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chopstick
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 Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:06 am Post subject: F5 Visa: Application turned down? |
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I have been living in Korea for 7 years and been married for 4 of those (to a Korean). I am just getting the documents ready for my F5 application (I have been on an F2 for 3 years).
Is the application a formality providing paperwork and standard requirements are met or is it the kind of thing which might get turned down?
I have the CRC, sufficient money and have broken no immigration laws but thought I'd just ask and see if anyone has experience in this area? |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: Re: F5 Visa: Application turned down? |
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| chopstick wrote: |
I have been living in Korea for 7 years and been married for 4 of those (to a Korean). I am just getting the documents ready for my F5 application (I have been on an F2 for 3 years).
Is the application a formality providing paperwork and standard requirements are met or is it the kind of thing which might get turned down?
I have the CRC, sufficient money and have broken no immigration laws but thought I'd just ask and see if anyone has experience in this area? |
I was on the F5 visa from 2007 until recently and I only heard of a few people during that time who were refused an F5 for some reason. If you do everything right there is no particular reason to deny your application. The timing will be the big thing. In my case it took three full months, but back then the procedure wasn't as streamlined as it is today. More recently some of my friends who received their F5 only had to wait a few weeks or up to a month before receiving their ARC. Hope all goes well, and do let us know when the process is complete. |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: Re: F5 Visa: Application turned down? |
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| chopstick wrote: |
I have been living in Korea for 7 years and been married for 4 of those (to a Korean). I am just getting the documents ready for my F5 application (I have been on an F2 for 3 years).
Is the application a formality providing paperwork and standard requirements are met or is it the kind of thing which might get turned down?
I have the CRC, sufficient money and have broken no immigration laws but thought I'd just ask and see if anyone has experience in this area? |
Never done myself.
But I think one aspect is address, living arrangement and real estate issues.
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2333845 |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Another thing I wanted to remind you of. Your spouse was your sponsor for your F2 visa, but for this visa you are your own sponsor. So, while it is important to make sure your spouse is involved in the process, the immigration people are going to be focusing their attention on you. July is the month when the language interview goes into effect as well, so anyone who has not applied by now will likely face the new requirement of doing a personal interview with the immigration people before receiving their F5 visa. Immigration went to great lengths to make sure that all the people applying for F-visas now have to do a personal interview in Korean before being approved for the visa. |
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thebearofbundang
Joined: 02 Sep 2012
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| July is the month when the language interview goes into effect as well, so anyone who has not applied by now will likely face the new requirement of doing a personal interview with the immigration people before receiving their F5 visa. Immigration went to great lengths to make sure that all the people applying for F-visas now have to do a personal interview in Korean before being approved for the visa. |
Do you know if this is for people who are renewing F6 Visas as well? I am not worried about passing it, but in the past I could just go to my local Gu Office on the third Thursday of any month to renew my F6 (F2). It took 2 minutes.
Curious if next time they will make me actually go to the immigration office to renew, or if the interview is only for people who are applying for the first time? |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| thebearofbundang wrote: |
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| July is the month when the language interview goes into effect as well, so anyone who has not applied by now will likely face the new requirement of doing a personal interview with the immigration people before receiving their F5 visa. Immigration went to great lengths to make sure that all the people applying for F-visas now have to do a personal interview in Korean before being approved for the visa. |
Do you know if this is for people who are renewing F6 Visas as well? I am not worried about passing it, but in the past I could just go to my local Gu Office on the third Thursday of any month to renew my F6 (F2). It took 2 minutes.
Curious if next time they will make me actually go to the immigration office to renew, or if the interview is only for people who are applying for the first time? |
I am not sure if this will be true for renewals or not, but I have been told it will be the staple for any and everyone applying for the F visas from this point on. I would only be guessing, but I would say if you already have your F visa, then they are not going to force this on you since you have already gone through the application process, and this is supposed to be a part of the application process from now on. |
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nicwr2002
Joined: 17 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| tob55 wrote: |
| thebearofbundang wrote: |
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| July is the month when the language interview goes into effect as well, so anyone who has not applied by now will likely face the new requirement of doing a personal interview with the immigration people before receiving their F5 visa. Immigration went to great lengths to make sure that all the people applying for F-visas now have to do a personal interview in Korean before being approved for the visa. |
Do you know if this is for people who are renewing F6 Visas as well? I am not worried about passing it, but in the past I could just go to my local Gu Office on the third Thursday of any month to renew my F6 (F2). It took 2 minutes.
Curious if next time they will make me actually go to the immigration office to renew, or if the interview is only for people who are applying for the first time? |
I am not sure if this will be true for renewals or not, but I have been told it will be the staple for any and everyone applying for the F visas from this point on. I would only be guessing, but I would say if you already have your F visa, then they are not going to force this on you since you have already gone through the application process, and this is supposed to be a part of the application process from now on. |
I thought this was being implemented January of 2014. There was another thread on here just a few weeks ago talking about this. |
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chopstick
Joined: 03 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| I heard August 1st is when the test comes in... |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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| chopstick wrote: |
| I heard August 1st is when the test comes in... |
There is always an official date, and a date that the local immigration offices decide to put thing into play. It is fair to say that anyone applying for F visa status from this time forward may have to go through the process of interviewing, even if the "official" date has not yet signaled the actual beginning of this regulation. One thing is for sure, the days of no interview are just about out the door. Hopefully the people doing the interviews have been properly trained to go through the process. I enjoyed my citizenship interview, but leading up to it, I was sweating bullets, not knowing what to expect. |
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chopstick
Joined: 03 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, tob555. I've called Immi helpline a couple of time over the last few days and both operators have informed me that.
Topik 2 is needed (it's not a speaking test in the office).
Married people are exempt from this.
At least 30 million in bank/housing assets is also needed.
An apostilled CRC is required.
All the above apply to F5 visas... |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| chopstick wrote: |
Thanks, tob555. I've called Immi helpline a couple of time over the last few days and both operators have informed me that.
Topik 2 is needed (it's not a speaking test in the office).
Married people are exempt from this.
At least 30 million in bank/housing assets is also needed.
An apostilled CRC is required.
All the above apply to F5 visas... |
Glad you went ahead and checked this out. This will serve as useful information to others. The CRC is something new, but needed. The difference between then and now is that back then the immigration office did the CRC at their expense. I had it done on me, and I know it was done because I asked when applying for my F5 visa back in 2007 (some people tried to argue the point that it was not true, so I let them believe what they wanted to believe back then). Now, they want the cost of the CRC to be borne by the applicant to save money, good call in my opinion.
For my citizenship the CRC was again done by immigration, but this time much more thorough. I have a friend who used to work for the Ministry of Justice in a private capacity and he was very helpful in letting me know at the time what to expect and how things work with the MOJ who works together with immigration. As for the other requirements, the TOPIK is the new thing, and while the interview is not currently required, I wouldn't be surprised if they did make it a requirement in the future. I am guessing that married couples are exempt because they are already in the "system" via the F2 (F6) when they first applied. Good news for you and others. Cheers! |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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Mmmm a language test by an Immigration official in Korean.
I wonder what sort of questions they'll ask?
1. Do you like kimchi?
2. Does Dokdo belong to Korea?
3. Do you like soju?
4. Do you like Korea?
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Neh, neh, neh, neh
Pass! |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
Mmmm a language test by an Immigration official in Korean.
I wonder what sort of questions they'll ask?
1. Do you like kimchi?
2. Does Dokdo belong to Korea?
3. Do you like soju?
4. Do you like Korea?
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Neh, neh, neh, neh
Pass! |
I cannot comment on what might be included IF they were going to implement an interview system for F-visa applicants, but I can tell you that the interview for citizenship was comprised of 12 - 15 questions dealing with mosty aspect of Korean life. They have a question guidebook that is more than 40 pages long that has a larger series of questions about government, social life, Korean history, obligations and rights of Koreans, etc. There is not set series of questions they can ask, but it is usually focused on things that pertain to everyday life and understanding as someone who lives, works and is part of Korean culture and society. I would guess these are the types of things you would have to be prepared for. All things that the KIIP program was designed to give when I went through it. Hope that clears it up for you a little. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| chopstick wrote: |
Thanks, tob555. I've called Immi helpline a couple of time over the last few days and both operators have informed me that.
Topik 2 is needed (it's not a speaking test in the office).
Married people are exempt from this.
At least 30 million in bank/housing assets is also needed.
An apostilled CRC is required.
All the above apply to F5 visas... |
Just an F5? If you get married and apply for an F6 do you have to do this too? I'm somewhere between a TOPIK 1 and TOPIK 2, but it depends on the questions asked on this exam. Are the TOPIK questions relevant or something weird and obscure? I guess you can submit the TOPIK in place of the interview. |
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chopstick
Joined: 03 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Another thing is that it seems if you need to present as TOPIK2, that requirement will be from August 1st |
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