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[Drew10]

Man...the Suwon office must be good..or i must have had a good immi person in a good mood that day.

We brought:

Marraige license (from the U.S because...that's where we got married)
Apartment lease (30mil key money..no rent, I believe thats Jeonsae?)
My wife's proof of employment
Our kids (kinda wish we hadn't, they were tired and cranky, and i think my oldest boy almost walked out of there with a vietnamese wife)
Other paperwork pertaining to our kids and getting them legally "registered" here since they were born in the U.S

We weren't hassled at all or asked for any more documents than what we brought, to be honest, I'm not even sure what we were asked for because my Korean ability is..rough, and i was keeping an eye on the little ones while the wife handled business.

[crossmr]

mostly standard, but the diplomas are excessive. The F2 is a residence visa not an employment visa.

They kind of covered all basis, the only concrete requirement on the F2 is that you can prove that you can financially take care of yourselves. Generally proven through a bank statement, housing contract, employment contract, etc but usually not all of them. For those that have been asked for specific amounts it's 30m won usually.

[Drew10]

[waygooktim]

(Forrest, i can't reply using the pm system)

But anyway, it seems a lot more hopeful from what the immigration have told you - that written confirmation from the Britsh embassy will be sufficient. According to my wife immigration are claiming they need a British marriage certificate - and nothing less will suffice(she has called 3 times). I told the British embassy this, twice, and they said try the Korean immigration again! There may well be translation issues! (My wife has got quite stressed about this, so im not bringing up the subject for a few days!!!)

Anyway, if you find out exactly what the immigration require or anything new please let me know - and visa-versa.

[hagwonnewbie]

This is a serious question.

Don't F2's need a CBC just like the E2's?

[Drew10]

[waygooktim]

[Mr. Peabody]

[Darkray16]

just for the sake of clarity, what if you have an F2 visa and wish to be a English teacher at a public school or hagwon?

[crossmr]

[Rigamarole]

My wife was told that immigration need some document that we've reported the marriage in the U.S. I guess the reason for the new law is because of fradulent visa practices by visa applicants or something, where they get married here, but have another wife in their country, so maybe it's to avoid bigamy. Who knows?

I'm wondering if a document stating the intent for a spouse to immigrate would suffice? The U.S. Embassy Web site states:

"PLAN AHEAD -- FILING A PETITION FOR SPOUSE TO IMMIGRATE

The procedure for filing a petition; awaiting its approval; assembling all documents required for an immigrant visa; and scheduling the interview can be expected to take a minimum of four months, and considerably longer if there is any delay in petition approval or Korean passport issuance. Do not wait until shortly before you plan to leave Korea before initiating the paperwork. Your spouse's visa will be valid for 120 days from the date of issuance; that is, you will have nearly four months to reach a U.S. port of entry. We recommend that, after passport has been issued, you contact the Embassy to schedule your spouse's interview at least two months prior to your estimated date of departure.

FILING THE PETITION

If resident in Korea, the U.S. citizen spouse should complete Form I-130m, Petition to Classify Status of Alien Relative for Issuance of Immigrant Visa, and submit it to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS) at window number 9 in the second floor lobby of the Embassy to initiate the processing of the spouse's immigration."

I don't know if this would be the same for the British Embassy. I'll try calling the U.S. Embassy and immigration to find out later.

[Rigamarole]

Actually, I didn't read that close enough. It could take 4 months, which would make that useless for me. My visa expires at the end of January.

Someone else who has longer on their visa could see if that would be sufficient, though.

[Darkray16]

if your visa runs out this month, I suggest taking a ferry boat($80) from Busan to Fukuoka and back to renew the visa for another 3 months.

Not to get off topic but how is having an F2 visa any different from an E2 visa when you are looking for work as an English teacher? Both require a criminal background check which would require you to go back home, apply, notarize, and apostille.

Sorry to keep bringing this up, but I'm one of the people waiting on this F2 visa mess to get sorted out with immi and the embassy and I'm wondering how life will be different after my F2 visa.

[PEIGUY]

I went to the Seojongno immigration office today at Anguk Station to apply for my F2 with my wife. We had the following documents:

1. My passport/id card
2. My wife's id card
3. Our employment certicates (piece of paper that shows that you work where you work)
4. A certificate of marriage that we had to get stamped by the embassy and the gu office back when we were registering our marriage. (Funny thing is now that the Canadian embassy website doesn't have that application anymore. I did that paperwork back in December so I received the certificate.
5. 60,000 won and we were out the door with a receipt to come back in 3 weeks to pick it up.

So, it seems that the Canadian embassy has followed suit with the other embassies in not issuing marriage certificates anymore. I guess I was lucky to have done that paperwork just before the new year.

@ Darkray, an F2 allows you to work at multiple locations (minus any host bars). So for example you could do a radio show in the morning and an after school program in the afternoon all without having to go through the apostilled notarized degree process etc etc that you have to do with an E2

[crossmr]