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teacherman1234
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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: Staying past the end of your contract |
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Just a quick question. If my contract finishes August 31st, is it possible to get a extension until say 5th September so i can wire money home/sort stuff out after i finish work? Or do you have to leave the day after? Whats the longest you can extend after your official contract is up?
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Staying past the end of your contract |
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| teacherman1234 wrote: |
Just a quick question. If my contract finishes August 31st, is it possible to get a extension until say 5th September so i can wire money home/sort stuff out after i finish work? Or do you have to leave the day after? Whats the longest you can extend after your official contract is up?
Thanks in advance for the info! |
you can extend your stay up to 30 day at the immi office for free.  |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Staying past the end of your contract |
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| teacherman1234 wrote: |
Just a quick question. If my contract finishes August 31st, is it possible to get a extension until say 5th September so i can wire money home/sort stuff out after i finish work? Or do you have to leave the day after? Whats the longest you can extend after your official contract is up?
Thanks in advance for the info! |
As long as you have the air ticket out of Korea you can extend until the date of the flight (up to 30 days past the end of your ARC).
There is no cost and you can do it at your local immigration office OR on-line (but you need to be able to forward or show your ticket out to get the extension).
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teacherman1234
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:41 pm Post subject: Re: Staying past the end of your contract |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| teacherman1234 wrote: |
Just a quick question. If my contract finishes August 31st, is it possible to get a extension until say 5th September so i can wire money home/sort stuff out after i finish work? Or do you have to leave the day after? Whats the longest you can extend after your official contract is up?
Thanks in advance for the info! |
As long as you have the air ticket out of Korea you can extend until the date of the flight (up to 30 days past the end of your ARC).
There is no cost and you can do it at your local immigration office OR on-line (but you need to be able to forward or show your ticket out to get the extension).
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Does it have to be a one-way ticket? seems like the answer would be yes, but if you were to hand in your ARC on the way out, wasn't sure if a round-trip would be ok. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: Staying past the end of your contract |
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| isitts wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| teacherman1234 wrote: |
Just a quick question. If my contract finishes August 31st, is it possible to get a extension until say 5th September so i can wire money home/sort stuff out after i finish work? Or do you have to leave the day after? Whats the longest you can extend after your official contract is up?
Thanks in advance for the info! |
As long as you have the air ticket out of Korea you can extend until the date of the flight (up to 30 days past the end of your ARC).
There is no cost and you can do it at your local immigration office OR on-line (but you need to be able to forward or show your ticket out to get the extension).
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Does it have to be a one-way ticket? seems like the answer would be yes, but if you were to hand in your ARC on the way out, wasn't sure if a round-trip would be ok. |
It does NOT need to be a one-way ticket but it does need to be out of Korea.
Return on the next flight is fine - you would enter under a new visa or visa waiver class.
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:26 pm Post subject: Re: Staying past the end of your contract |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| isitts wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| teacherman1234 wrote: |
Just a quick question. If my contract finishes August 31st, is it possible to get a extension until say 5th September so i can wire money home/sort stuff out after i finish work? Or do you have to leave the day after? Whats the longest you can extend after your official contract is up?
Thanks in advance for the info! |
As long as you have the air ticket out of Korea you can extend until the date of the flight (up to 30 days past the end of your ARC).
There is no cost and you can do it at your local immigration office OR on-line (but you need to be able to forward or show your ticket out to get the extension).
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Does it have to be a one-way ticket? seems like the answer would be yes, but if you were to hand in your ARC on the way out, wasn't sure if a round-trip would be ok. |
It does NOT need to be a one-way ticket but it does need to be out of Korea.
Return on the next flight is fine - you would enter under a new visa or visa waiver class.
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Visa waiver class? Does coming back as a tourist fall under that category? |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Staying past the end of your contract |
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Visa waiver class? Does coming back as a tourist fall under that category? |
If you come back as a tourist and do NOT have a visa (of some kind) then yes, you enter Korea in the visa waiver class (B1 or B2(Canadian)).
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ssuprnova
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| I don't mean to derail the thread but my contract has a clause that says I have to leave Korea within a week of completing my contract. Is that just a bs clause I can ignore or should I be concerned? Asking because my contract's up a month before my visa expires. |
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isitts
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:36 am Post subject: |
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Visa waiver class? Does coming back as a tourist fall under that category? |
If you come back as a tourist and do NOT have a visa (of some kind) then yes, you enter Korea in the visa waiver class (B1 or B2(Canadian)).
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Thanks, ttom!
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| I don't mean to derail the thread but my contract has a clause that says I have to leave Korea within a week of completing my contract. Is that just a bs clause I can ignore or should I be concerned? Asking because my contract's up a month before my visa expires. |
I don't think this is derailing the thread. It's relevan | |
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