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[alongway]

[huncamunca]

Does anyone know if the interview is required to get the point visa? Our teacher says there's a 간담회 on Tuesday at 이화여대 and a 개별상담 on Monday at the서울글로벌센터. I don't know if either of those is applicable to me.

[spaceman82]

I wondered the same thing and wound up going to the interview since everyone else was. The interview was very quick and casual, and the interviewer didn't seem to think it was odd I was interviewing along with everyone else. Sorry, that's all I can tell you. Hope someome else comes along with a more definitive answer.

[alongway]

So if anyone was waiting for the level test, my friend just got screwed. They clearly outlined the dates on their site so they were waiting for the date to get closer so they could sign up.
they decided, out of the blue, to hold the test a couple weeks ago on the 29th of March, despite the document above not showing it until april.

That said they are apparently bumping up the 3rd level test, maybe they'll have 4 this year:

from the site:

[PigeonFart]

deleted post and moved it to a more appropriate thread....f2 visa thread^^

[alongway]

I think consistency is one of the things that they really need with this:

Currently you can sign up for the 4th level test in August. Massive opening

[coralreefer_1]

I will be taking the level 5 (Culture/social) test this coming weekend.

I would love to hear any info/insight anyone else whom has taken the test may be able to provide, such as types of questions, how far they strayed from the format of practice questions in the book...etc.

[tob55]

[kingssurfer]

[tob55]

Another question for those taking the test, just out of curiosity. How many people are taking the exam for visa purposes, e.g. the F2 for those not married to a Korean National, or for citizenship purposes? Just wondering since the law changes over the past few years have opened up a ton of opportunity for people who consider staying on here in Korea for the long term. Thanks for any replies on this.

[malaz]

[tob55]

[coralreefer_1]

Ill put this out there for future reference for others taking the level 5 exam.

There were a decent portion of grammar (Level 4 or under, questions not really related to the culture class material. This threw me off as I was expecting a full test relating to the book. In short, study your grammar also.

The culture related questions were much easier than I expected though. That isn't to say that they were easy for me, but rather than given the material in the book, the questions could have very easily been much more complicated and connected to much more detailed information in the book than they were.

The speaking test however , threw me for a loop. I remember a girl from Taiwan in our class raising the issue of whether or not we would be asked to sing the national anthem (at least one verse) for the speaking portion, but the general consensus was that such a thing was reserved for people seeking nationality (to become Korean) rather than those attempting to acquire the F2, and we all put it aside.

Yet guess what? When we sat down for the speaking interview there was some small bit of writing about national anthems, and we were asked if we could "sing" the first verses of the Korean anthem. Neither myself, nor the other person with me could...so we were then asked to describe the history and meaning behind our own county's anthem.

For future reference, learn at least the first verse and chorus for the Korean anthem, and at very least recite it if you cant sing it.

[malaz]

[tob55]