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sheba



Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:30 pm    Post subject: One-way ticket to Korea?? Reply with quote
I'm looking for a job at the moment, planning to start around early March. I want to arrive in Korea in early Feb to catch up with old friends before starting work... I'm guessing my employer wont want to pay for me to come so early while my visa is ticking over without actually doing any work... so I guess Ill have to fork out for the flight, and then do a visa run to Japan later. So my question is, will they let me into Korea with a one-way ticket on a tourist visa?

Or any other ideas about what I should do?

Cheers
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Dixon



Joined: 30 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can always get a ticket to Tokyo if you can't fly into Korea on a one way ticket. One way tickets to Tokyo are often cheap, then you could purchase the JR Rail Pass (depending on time) and travel to Fukuoka for the ferry, plus see some cities.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:46 pm    Post subject: Re: One-way ticket to Korea?? Reply with quote
sheba wrote:
I'm looking for a job at the moment, planning to start around early March. I want to arrive in Korea in early Feb to catch up with old friends before starting work... I'm guessing my employer wont want to pay for me to come so early while my visa is ticking over without actually doing any work... so I guess Ill have to fork out for the flight, and then do a visa run to Japan later. So my question is, will they let me into Korea with a one-way ticket on a tourist visa?

Or any other ideas about what I should do?

Cheers


If you are talking about a real visa, then there is no problem.

If you are talking about a visa waiver / stamp on arrival, then the airline will probably give you grief (and NOT let you board) if you do not have an exit ticket of some sort (air/ferry/etc). They are the ones who are liable and subject to fines and penalties if there is any problem with your entry.
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sheba



Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Was just planning to get the stamp on entry so I guess Ill need an onward ticket...

Any cheap ideas?
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rocket_scientist



Joined: 23 Nov 2009
Location: Prague
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used to use United, you can get a full refund after purchase.
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sunghwan34



Joined: 27 Jan 2010
PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey,

I bought myself a one-way ticket to Korea through Asiana and recieved a tourist stamp (90 days stay).

Hope that helps.
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Isiod



Joined: 11 Jan 2007
PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I did that same about 3 months ago and just did a visa run last week. Officially you need money in your account and an onward ticket. What I did was got my parents to put some cash in my account for show, then emailed one of the travel agents (Kangsan) here and got them to book a ferry ticket from Busan to Japan. I then cancelled it when I got to Korea, so didn't have to pay a thing.

Of course they didn't even ask at immigration, but good to be safe.
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dantana



Joined: 01 Mar 2010
PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So what about coming here on a tourist visa...and staying 1 year. Do you have to show a return ticket and money in the bank too?
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Isiod



Joined: 11 Jan 2007
PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't think anyone can stay legally on a tourist visa for 1 year. NZ is 3 months and maybe US is a bit more. You will need to do a visa run if you want to work legally as far as I know.
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AtmaWeapon



Joined: 30 Jun 2011
PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just stumbled on this thread, wondering the same as the OP...why would you have to go to Japan first? And if you do find a job using a 90-day tourist visa, I'm assuming any employer can sponsor an E2?
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
AtmaWeapon wrote:
Just stumbled on this thread, wondering the same as the OP...why would you have to go to Japan first? And if you do find a job using a 90-day tourist visa, I'm assuming any employer can sponsor an E2?


FAQs and visa run... two things to look up.

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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ttompatz wrote:
AtmaWeapon wrote:
Just stumbled on this thread, wondering the same as the OP...why would you have to go to Japan first? And if you do find a job using a 90-day tourist visa, I'm assuming any employer can sponsor an E2?


FAQs and visa run... two things to look up.

.


I'll be nice and spell it out for him:

1) You technically need an exit ticket in order to get a tourist visa in the first place (this is true in most countries, especially those that you can't take a bus out of). I was able to get in on a tourist visa without an exit ticket, and many others have been able to do the same, but I also had a friend who wasn't allowed on her plane because she didn't have a ticket out of the country (and she was too foolish to just buy the cheapest refundable ticket on offer and is now working retail in Ontario).

2) You can't simply convert a tourist visa to a work visa. You need to do a visa run.

3) A visa run to Japan is no certainty, unless things have changed, as you're technically supposed to get your first E2 in your home country, though there is a workaround.
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motiontodismiss



Joined: 18 Dec 2011
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just book a round trip and toss the return segment. Sometimes it's cheaper.
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