Korean Job Discussion Forums

[awnine]

hi, ive recently come tｏ Seoul , im currently here after one one month， and am here on a landing visa / 3 month thing that you get when arriving. Im a British citizen.

I want to apply for a job here, but my passport will expire at the end of February, in 4 1/2 months... will this mean i will be unable to get a work visa after finding a job? will i need to renew my passport first before getting the visa, or can i renew it afterwards?

the reasong i ask is that if i were to renew it no it would take so long that id probably have to leave the country before once my 3 months is up, and also it would delay getting a job.

thanks a lot for any help!

[ttompatz]

[awnine]

could i not, for example, re-enter Korea, or another country that provides a 3-month landing visa type situation, and then send off for another passport to arrive within those 3 months? it should take about 6 weeks, i currently have 2 months left here which is pushing it a little, but if i had 3 it would be safer

[Aine1979]

You can get a 12 month extension for your British passport at the British embassy.

https://www.gov.uk/get-an-emergency-passport-extension-or-child-travel-document

[drcrazy]

As an American, when I needed a new passport, I emailed the US Embassy (sp?) in Seoul. The got right back to me. I got a new pass port in just a few days.