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hitorikko
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 Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:32 am Post subject: Spouse Visa logistics? Currently living outside of Korea |
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Hello!
Just a quick question on the mechanics of getting a spouse visa (F6) for Korea. I've consulted various websites and threads, and am aware of the various requirements (mainly financial) needed to secure an F6 visa for the RoK. The complication in our situation is that both my wife and I are currently living in the UK, and therefore my wife has no current job in South Korea with which to prove an annual income. She is, however, working in the UK. Am I right in thinking the only way we could secure a spouse visa would be for her to return to Korea, find a job, work for X months and then have me apply?
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any recommended course of action would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| If you have enough cash they won't worry about the income. I think it was 30 million won. You can use that for a house rental deposit. |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:31 am Post subject: Re: Spouse Visa logistics? Currently living outside of Korea |
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| hitorikko wrote: |
Hello!
Just a quick question on the mechanics of getting a spouse visa (F6) for Korea. I've consulted various websites and threads, and am aware of the various requirements (mainly financial) needed to secure an F6 visa for the RoK. The complication in our situation is that both my wife and I are currently living in the UK, and therefore my wife has no current job in South Korea with which to prove an annual income. She is, however, working in the UK. Am I right in thinking the only way we could secure a spouse visa would be for her to return to Korea, find a job, work for X months and then have me apply?
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any recommended course of action would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
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We also came to Korea already married but no job and only 5 million rental deposit. My wife got a job and we applied for my visa within a week. It was fine.
But as the previous poster wrote: If you have at least 30 million in the bank or as a rental deposit, it should be enough. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:52 am Post subject: Re: Spouse Visa logistics? Currently living outside of Korea |
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| Lazio wrote: |
| hitorikko wrote: |
Hello!
Just a quick question on the mechanics of getting a spouse visa (F6) for Korea. I've consulted various websites and threads, and am aware of the various requirements (mainly financial) needed to secure an F6 visa for the RoK. The complication in our situation is that both my wife and I are currently living in the UK, and therefore my wife has no current job in South Korea with which to prove an annual income. She is, however, working in the UK. Am I right in thinking the only way we could secure a spouse visa would be for her to return to Korea, find a job, work for X months and then have me apply?
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any recommended course of action would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
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We also came to Korea already married but no job and only 5 million rental deposit. My wife got a job and we applied for my visa within a week. It was fine.
But as the previous poster wrote: If you have at least 30 million in the bank or as a rental deposit, it should be enough. |
How long ago was that?
Currently you can't transfer from a tourist visa to a spousal visa. You need to apply for the visa before you come over or you'll just end up having to jump over to japan to do it. If the OP was coming over on an E2 they could transfer from that. |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:48 am Post subject: |
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It was back in 2009. I know that it wouldn't work now.
A visa run to Japan is not a big deal. I would pick that option over coming back separately.
But if you have been married for a while, a couple of weeks or months apart could be refreshing  |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Lazio wrote: |
It was back in 2009. I know that it wouldn't work now.
A visa run to Japan is not a big deal. I would pick that option over coming back separately.
But if you have been married for a while, a couple of weeks or months apart could be refreshing |
There is no reason to come back separately. A visa run to japan is at best a near $800 unnecessary expense. By the time you get a couple plan tickets, a hotel for a night or two and eat for a couple days, and do something while you wait, it's just pissing money away for the same thing you could do before you came here. |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
| Lazio wrote: |
It was back in 2009. I know that it wouldn't work now.
A visa run to Japan is not a big deal. I would pick that option over coming back separately.
But if you have been married for a while, a couple of weeks or months apart could be refreshing |
There is no reason to come back separately. A visa run to japan is at best a near $800 unnecessary expense. By the time you get a couple plan tickets, a hotel for a night or two and eat for a couple days, and do something while you wait, it's just pissing money away for the same thing you could do before you came here. |
Fair enough. But aren't you supposed to be a resident in Korea, moreover having the same address as your spouse in order to get an F-6 visa?
Or is there some temporary thing to be obtained if abroad and you can get the "real" visa once you live in Korea? |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Lazio wrote: |
| alongway wrote: |
| Lazio wrote: |
It was back in 2009. I know that it wouldn't work now.
A visa run to Japan is not a big deal. I would pick that option over coming back separately.
But if you have been married for a while, a couple of weeks or months apart could be refreshing |
There is no reason to come back separately. A visa run to japan is at best a near $800 unnecessary expense. By the time you get a couple plan tickets, a hotel for a night or two and eat for a couple days, and do something while you wait, it's just pissing money away for the same thing you could do before you came here. |
Fair enough. But aren't you supposed to be a resident in Korea, moreover having the same address as your spouse in order to get an F-6 visa?
Or is there some temporary thing to be obtained if abroad and you can get the "real" visa once you live in Korea? |
Of course there is. Just like most other visas. Most long term visas that they put in your passport are just entry visas. You need to apply for your ARC card to make it "permanent". Same with the F6. They put a visa in your passport but it's only good for 90 days. That is exactly what would happen in Japan. Do you think Japan is some special place that would somehow give you something different than you'd get in your home country? You cant apply for an F6 from a tourist visa that's to cut down on mail order brides. You can transfer from other Visas (E2/1 several other work/study visas) but going to Japan would be identical as going to the consulate in your home country except you'd be paying $800 extra to do it. You apply in the home country come in, then go to immigration and apply for your ARC based on your entry visa, being the F6. |
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