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nick70100
Joined: 09 Sep 2005
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 Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Daniel1981 wrote: |
| the visa names above are confusing |
F-2-99 = 5 year continuous stay visa (7 years in the case of some visa types)
F-2-7 = points visa
(this thread is not about the points visa)
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Just to be clear does the points visa require any amount of savings |
No.
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| and any amount of income requirement? |
You need some sort of income to earn points in the income category. Look at the point chart, it's pretty self-explanatory. The more money you earn the more points you get.
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| My understanding was there were no financial requirements other than the application fee, perhaps 100,000 won. [/b] |
Application fee is 50,000. also must pay 10,000 for new ARC. (60,000 total) |
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nick70100
Joined: 09 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| pegasus64128 wrote: |
| I always suspected that there would be Koreans having night fevers about whities getting F visas |
Probably much less often than you think. On the rare occasion that they do have a night fever they're probably thinking about the Chinese and Southeast Asians, who get these visas in much greater numbers than whities. The average Korean probably doesn't even know much about immigration policy or have any idea what the difference is between an E visa and an F visa.
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| I can't see this F2-S visa lasting too long either. I almost had a heart attack when I saw that visa was in circulation. I still haven't heard of someone of non-Korean ethnicity getting one. Anyone? |
Strange. I haven't heard of a signle person of Korean ethnicity getting one (why would they when they have the F-4 option?). On the other hand I know several non-Koreans who have done it. The requirements are fairly clear, and I haven't heard of a single person who met the requirements being turned down. I would go as far as saying the point system is easy. If you're under the age of 40 or so, speak Korean, have a bachelors degree, and do the social integration course you more or less qualify. Learning Korean takes time, but it's not a magic trick or anything. Anyone can do it with a bit of effort. And I don't blame Korea at all for expecting people who intend to reside here long-term to speak at least a bit of the local language.
The F-2-99 (back on subject) is a different beast entirely, and one I'm much less familiar with, but it seems that some of the posters here have been able to do it.
Looking at the immigration stats from July 2011 (most recent I can find) there were 137 F-2-7 (points) visa holders. I expect that number will increase significantly as time goes on and more people figure it out. There were 5,907 F-2-99 holders, which makes sense as it's been around a lot longer than the point system. There were also 14,000 F-5 holders who qualified through methods which did not involve being married to a Korean or being of Korean ethnicity. So plenty of people are doing it/have done it, and so far Korea hasn't collapsed into chaos or night terrors or whatever. |
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Daniel1981
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks Nick! |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| TexasChicken wrote: |
No the rules changed for the F2-99 it now has an income requirement. Call 1345. They have failed to update hikorea the immigration website despite changing the rules in April. Further more you must meet 2 of the 3 income requirements. 1.5 times the GNI, show more than 3000만원 in a Korean bank account with your name and or more than 3000 만원 in chonsae or wolsae from the realestate agency. Oh and TOPIK LVL 2.
The immigration officer seemed unsure of the exact gross national income of a korean person but he quoted me something like 3600만원 a year as the requirement. To pass the income requirement.
Dont worry im sure next year they will increase the requirements even further. |
There's a shocker. They changed the reqs for a D8 in Oct 2010, the website still isn't updated. It's now 100 million, up from 50. How they don't update the website is beyond me.
So money and TOPIK is now a req. Looking more and more like the F5-A and the F2-7 :/
| tiger fancini wrote: |
| She suggested that the Social Integration course provided by immigration (I think) would suffice instead of TOPIK level 2. |
KIIP takes forever. First you take the entrance exam and HOPE that they open one in your area that you can attend with your schedule. And to go through the entire programmes, takes over a year. |
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james peters
Joined: 20 Nov 2012
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:57 am Post subject: f2-99 |
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| i was told last week that the income requirement for f2-99 is now that you earn at least the Korean GNI.$23,000 US was mentioned.No need for 1.5 times that figure. |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: f2-99 |
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| james peters wrote: |
| i was told last week that the income requirement for f2-99 is now that you earn at least the Korean GNI.$23,000 US was mentioned.No need for 1.5 times that figure. |
Being told one is one thing. Actually having it happen is another :/ |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Is this Visa just a joke? Most E2's won't qualify for this.... I think I read somewhere even Ttompatz didn't qualify and he applied a couple of times? Been here for more than 5 years and never took it seriously.
Of course, I don't meet the savings requirements as I've been paying loans backhome forever with this new crappy exchange rate we've seen over the past four years. Wish I had of come here sooner when things were better, but that's the way it is.
Anyways, except for a few elite individuals is this really acheivable or is it just there for appearance sake? Thought I had read from others, a while back, here that K immi officers had admitted most won't get it. |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
Is this Visa just a joke? Most E2's won't qualify for this.... I think I read somewhere even Ttompatz didn't qualify and he applied a couple of times? Been here for more than 5 years and never took it seriously.
Of course, I don't meet the savings requirements as I've been paying loans backhome forever with this new crappy exchange rate we've seen over the past four years. Wish I had of come here sooner when things were better, but that's the way it is.
Anyways, except for a few elite individuals is this really acheivable or is it just there for appearance sake? Thought I had read from others, a while back, here that K immi officers had admitted most won't get it. |
I don't think it existed when tttompatz applied. I think you should try. The Korean is what kills me, mine is non existent. It's hard to study, I' work all day and go home to an overactive baby.
It's achieveable. Mainly if you do the KIIP programme. For me it would takd 2.5 years. Bit of a joke. I tried to get into level ZERO and they said I had to take a test, but I wasn't in country at the time. |
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