Korean Job Discussion Forums

[WadRUG'naDoo]

My friend in Gumi has a job lined up for China but has less than 6 months on his korean arc.

So he can't get a Z visa from Korea.

I think he needs to do what I did and get a flight to China and toursit visa and then extend his tourist L visa for 365 days once he arrives.

So he needs an English speaking travel agent to help him out.

Also, any idea if he should get a return flight? He has only 25 days left on his arc, so needs to get on it asap.

If having less than a monht on his arc is going to be a problem - what exactly can he do to get to China on a toursit visa? I heard flying first to HK and then getting a tourist visa form there and then flying to China is a possibility?

Also he found a visa processing agency in the Uk with a 4 day turnaround that can do it for 200k but would the 30 day rule still be a problem with them?

He needs advice asap.

Thanks.

[WadRUG'naDoo]

Okay, my friend found out he CANNOT get a china torusit visa from korea with less than 30 days on his arc.

He was advised to extend his arc at korean immi.

Do you have any idea how he can do this?

Thanks again for any useful info.

[morrisonhotel]

[DaHu]

He can't get a 365 day tourist visa, unless you mean one that's good for a year, but only offers 90 day stays each visit (then have to leave and go back)

Plus, it's illegal to work on a tourist visa, he could get deported, and YES, I've been places where they've checked us

He can get a Z in Hong Kong, no problem...

[lemak]

Any updates on this one?

Have a job offer from a uni in China and am planning on making the jump on a Z visa in the next couple of months, but need to specify to them where I will collect the visa. If the embassies and consulates in Korea are still a no-go I need to book a flight to Bangkok first instead.

Would prefer to hear first hand reports rather than rumors from friends of friends (even if it's crappy news).

Thanks in advance.

[lemak]

[Vox_Populi]

FYI: I've mentioned the possibility of fedexing your passport back to the States (if you're a US citizen anyway) to obtain a tourist visa.

I recently discovered another benefit to this:

If you apply for a tourist visa through the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, the maximum you can get is a visa which lasts for 6 months and allow for a maximum of 2 entries during that time. Each entry allows for a maximum stay of 30 days. That's all!

By applying through one of the consulates in the US, you get a MULTIPLE-ENTRY visa good for a full YEAR with a maximum stay (per entry) of 60 DAYS!

Anyway, this could be well worth the extra 20 bucks or so that it costs to send the passport to America (shipping & processing costs inclusive).

[wainy316]

Hi,

I am finishing up in Korea (for now) in March and am planning on traveling SE Asia. I want to end this by taking the trans-Siberian rail back to Europe, beginning in Beijing, but I am worried about a visa.

I am hearing from everywhere now that you need 6 months on your ARC to get one from Korea (I am a UK citizen). Is it this difficult for every country or would I be able to get a visa easier elsewhere in Asia, for example Thailand? Really hope I can get hold of one because the rail journey at the end is a big part of my proposed trip.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[lemak]

[Squire]

Glad to hear it's possible to get a visa if you've been there within the last two years. I'm hoping to ride the train from Beijing to home (Newcastle, UK) when I finish in Korea next year

Interestingly I found myself tranferring between flights at Beijing airport two weeks ago and was free to leave the airport. I had to change flights without leaving the terminal but there was no way they could have stopped me just hopping on the train into town. If I was ever desperate to get into China and didn't have a visa that's what I'd do. Transfer at Beijing and simply walk out when I arrive there. I liked the feeling as I stood outside the airport having a cigarette that I'd slipped through the net of immigration

Of course, after that I just walked back in and got on my next flight

[rammac13]