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Kennyftw
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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 Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:48 am Post subject: Getting Married in Spring, E2 Expires in July. Need Answer |
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I don't want to have to jump through all of the hoops to extend my E2 with the CBC and everything when I could technically get the F2 visa before the E2 expires.
Is there anything I should know, any legalities, or will everything be ok as long as I get my F2 BEFORE my E2 expires? I don't need a background check for F2, correct? |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:59 am Post subject: |
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My advice (as someone who made the jump from e2 to marriage visa):
Jump through all the hoops as if you were preparing for your e2. F-visas, like any other visa, can come with unexpected delays. If your f-visa (like mine) gets delayed by several weeks, you'll be glad you have everything in line to extend your e2 while you wait.
Congrats on getting married, btw. |
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Kennyftw
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| PeterDragon wrote: |
My advice (as someone who made the jump from e2 to marriage visa):
Jump through all the hoops as if you were preparing for your e2. F-visas, like any other visa, can come with unexpected delays. If your f-visa (like mine) gets delayed by several weeks, you'll be glad you have everything in line to extend your e2 while you wait.
Congrats on getting married, btw. |
Well, I was thinking that if my E2 expired I could get an extension for 90 days (tourist). That should be more than enough time.
Did you need to get a CBC for F2?
Thanks for your answer. |
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Kennyftw
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| PeterDragon wrote: |
My advice (as someone who made the jump from e2 to marriage visa):
Jump through all the hoops as if you were preparing for your e2. F-visas, like any other visa, can come with unexpected delays. If your f-visa (like mine) gets delayed by several weeks, you'll be glad you have everything in line to extend your e2 while you wait.
Congrats on getting married, btw. |
Well, I was thinking that if my E2 expired while I was waiting for my F2, I could get an extension for 90 days (tourist). That should be more than enough time.
Did you need to get a CBC for F2?
Thanks for your answer. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| Kennyftw wrote: |
Well, I was thinking that if my E2 expired I could get an extension for 90 days (tourist). That should be more than enough time.
Did you need to get a CBC for F2?
Thanks for your answer. |
umm... NO.
If your E2 expires and you don't have your F2 completed yet then your options are:
i) get a 30 day non-working extension based on an exit ticket. You still have to leave - can't convert this to an F2.
ii) do a visa run and return as a tourist then convert to an F2.
iii) jump through the hoops and extend your E2 (you must be an American because everyone else would have been in compliance before then and the extension would have been easy). Convert to an F2 sometime during the next year at your convenience.
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IanChops
Joined: 19 Mar 2009
Location: Pyeongchon, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:06 am Post subject: |
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And don't worry! I stressed myself out over it, but actually the K-immigration part is the easiest. The main thing is to satisfy your embassy's requirements and then you are married!
The bit at K-immi is just showing the documents. I got my F-2 alien card an hour later. I've heard that it is easier if you are on a working visa but I have not heard of anyone being grilled to get an F-2 . All they said to me was 'Congratulations.'
So the part to concentrate on is making sure that you can get the documents that your embassy requires. Your future wife should look into what is required of her, but in our case it was just filling out a another form and showing the docs from my embassy.
But of course don't overstay your E-2 or tourist visa, or just nip over to Fukuoka if necessary.
All the best! |
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theloneleaf
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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I seem to recall someone saying that you can't convert from a tourist visa to an F-2 (F-6) anymore.
here: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2663621#2663621
If you're getting married soon anyway, you can do the paperwork at any time.
You don't need the ceremony to make the paperwork official. If you want to have lots of time, go 2-3 months before the end of your E-2 and do up the paperwork, and then have your ceremony later when you planned to.
Usually though you don't wait anymore than 10 days to receive your new ARC. |
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xhaktmtjdnf
Joined: 20 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| If you've got your marriage certificate it shouldn't be much of a problem to get your visa updated to an F-2. When I got married I had to prove that I had 30 million, because my wife was going back to school so she was considered a student. Good luck! |
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Kennyftw
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| xhaktmtjdnf wrote: |
| If you've got your marriage certificate it shouldn't be much of a problem to get your visa updated to an F-2. When I got married I had to prove that I had 30 million, because my wife was going back to school so she was considered a student. Good luck! |
30 million?! I don't have anything even close to 10 million. Neither does my soon to be wife. What they wont give me the f2 if I can't prove I got money stacks in the bank account? That's crazy. She's not a student though--does this count?
and theloneleaf, thank you for your advice about doing the paperwork way ahead of time. |
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theloneleaf
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Kennyftw wrote: |
| xhaktmtjdnf wrote: |
| If you've got your marriage certificate it shouldn't be much of a problem to get your visa updated to an F-2. When I got married I had to prove that I had 30 million, because my wife was going back to school so she was considered a student. Good luck! |
30 million?! I don't have anything even close to 10 million. Neither does my soon to be wife. What they wont give me the f2 if I can't prove I got money stacks in the bank account? That's crazy. She's not a student though--does this count?
and theloneleaf, thank you for your advice about doing the paperwork way ahead of time. |
Your wife can borrow the money, even for just a day. All she needs to do is get a certificate from the bank saying she has 30 million in her account. Often her parents, friends, etc, can dump a whole bunch into her account, she can go and make the paper, then transfer the money out at the end of the day. They don't check.
Some people mentioned meeting financial requirements with work contracts, but most people report being required to demonstrate 30 million in the bank. |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:48 am Post subject: |
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So, does anyone have any recent experience with how much money needs to be dumped into your account to get the f-6 visa? Was it only 30,000,000 for the above poster because his wife was a student? Is it 10,000,000 for two people with proof of jobs, or is there even any requirement at all if you have paperwork proving you both have jobs?
Thanks! |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:10 am Post subject: |
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I just got mine, and my wife attached our jun-sea loan/contract of our house to my F6 visa application and there were no problems on providing any more proof of funds at the Incheon branch.
As far as people worried about their E2 running out. . . as long as you FILE for your F6 you are good to go as of the day you FILE it. You don't have to wait until you get your F6 card in hand.
For example. Your E2 can run out on June 15th 2012, but if you submit all of the paperwork and it is all correct with Kimmi to get your F6 on June 14th, you're good.
That was relayed to me by my wife from the Kimmi officer.
Let me know if you need help with any of the process. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| I thought 30mil was pretty standard. |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:10 am Post subject: |
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There is no general rule when it comes to Immigration in Korea.
I did not have 30 million and didn�t even have a job. Wife got a job just a week or so before my application thus we had a grand total of 5 million as housing deposit. It was good enough. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:56 am Post subject: |
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I had about 15M in the bank, but with a large deposit on my apartment and steady income from a non-teaching job here in Seoul the interviewer/agent had no issue. It's not just the money...it's how stable you appear.
If you're both students and you've got 30 mil in the bank, it's gonna look fishy. Keep it believable and you'll be better off, in my experience. |
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