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jpe
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul, SK
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 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:59 am Post subject: Questions about Visa/Background Check |
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I'm leaving the country in a month and planning on coming back to Korea at the beginning of January. I'm not renewing my contract with my current job, but I'm planning on looking for a job after I come back here (if I don't find one before I leave which I doubt i will at this point)
A couple questions:
1) I was told to get an E-10 (looking for a job) visa, which lasts 6 months. However, as a Canadian I also get a tourist visa which lasts the same time. Is there a difference?
2) How long do you have to be out of Korea before you need a background check from your home country to get a new visa? Or does it matter? Do I need a background check from within Korea? |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| 1) I was told to get an E-10 (looking for a job) visa, which lasts 6 months. However, as a Canadian I also get a tourist visa which lasts the same time. Is there a difference? |
That's D10. The tourist visa means you need all new documents, a D10 is a lot less work. It's as if you never came to Korea, whereas the D10 allows a transfer to the typical E2.
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| 2) How long do you have to be out of Korea before you need a background check from your home country to get a new visa? Or does it matter? Do I need a background check from within Korea? |
I think as soon as you walk past immigration at the airport when you leave Korea and they stamp "Canceled" on your visa, you are no longer "in the system".
You get no grace period to come back. You leave, you grieve (BYE BYE TRON!!!) |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: Questions about Visa/Background Check |
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| jpe wrote: |
I'm leaving the country in a month and planning on coming back to Korea at the beginning of January. I'm not renewing my contract with my current job, but I'm planning on looking for a job after I come back here (if I don't find one before I leave which I doubt i will at this point)
A couple questions:
1) I was told to get an E-10 (looking for a job) visa, which lasts 6 months. However, as a Canadian I also get a tourist visa which lasts the same time. Is there a difference?
2) How long do you have to be out of Korea before you need a background check from your home country to get a new visa? Or does it matter? Do I need a background check from within Korea? |
D10 not E10.
A D10 allows you to keep your current status of sojourn.
You can transfer back to an E2 when you get a new job.
You can stay out of the country for up to 90 days without needing a new CBC.
You can leave Korea on a D10. I have been told 90 days is the limit.
If you switch to a tourist stamp then you need new documents (CBC and certified degree copy) regardless of how long you are out of the country for when you apply for a new visa application AND you will need a visa run to get the new E2.
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jpe
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul, SK
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome, thanks for the info!
So I should get a D10 before I leave the country, and then when I come back I can just switch to the E2 easily whenever I get a job?
Where do you get the D10, the airport? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz can correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive that if you leave the country while you're on the job-hunting visa, that visa itself is canceled. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz can correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive that if you leave the country while you're on the job-hunting visa, that visa itself is canceled. |
As a registered foreigner you are allowed to leave and return.
The restriction on a D10, to the best of my knowledge, is that you can't be out of the country for more than 90 days on a D10 (new, apostilled documents are required if you are out more than 90 days).
Other visa classes (with the exception of the F5) allow free movement for the validity of the ARC.
F5's are limited to 2 consecutive years outside of the country before they lose their status. |
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