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Hagwon Muppet
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject: Visa Query |
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If I come to Korea on a 90-day student visa (i think its a D3? Not sure) is it possible to extend it or change it to a tourist visa without having to leave the country??
Tried to find a link to definitive information but couldn't find a site. |
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Seoul Skye
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| No. You must leave the country to change a student visa to a tourist visa. |
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mr.bojangles
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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yup, you have to get out of the country. come here, sign a contract, your school will usually fly you to osaka on a "visa run" . it's a one-day deal. an E-2 visa's good for another 90 days, then you've gotta register at the immigration office where you'll get an Alien Registration Card (ARC). then you're good for a year.
good luck |
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Hagwon Muppet
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| mr.bojangles wrote: |
yup, you have to get out of the country. come here, sign a contract, your school will usually fly you to osaka on a "visa run" . it's a one-day deal. an E-2 visa's good for another 90 days, then you've gotta register at the immigration office where you'll get an Alien Registration Card (ARC). then you're good for a year.
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No no, I don't want an e2 visa. I'm not working at a school. Just want to spend 4 months in Korea instead of 3.
This would all be on my own coin so if I have to leave the country then I won't come back to Korea..just move on somewhere else.
Just wondering if its possible to extend a student visa so i can be a touristy type for another month. I have to go to Japan in late September but my tourist visa would expire in late August in Korea.
So looks like a trip to some other Asian country or back home to the UK is in the offing. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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I think you can extend a student visa if you have a letter from your university/school and you don't have to leave the country.
Ask your school (i imagine you are going to one with a student visa) for more info. |
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Hagwon Muppet
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Don't think that would work either since I technically wouldn't be a student anymore.
I want to come on a student visa, do my studies, then transfer to a tourist visa to just hang out for a month. Sounds like that might not be possible.
Damn Korean immigration paperwork!! |
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