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[desultude]

I had to buy a one-way ticket to return to Korea from Viet Nam. It took two days to convince Thai Airlines to sell me a ticket. They kept insisting that I needed an onward ticket because I was from the U.S. I went to them in person with my passport with a 4 month old multi-entry E-2 visa. They showed me the provision in the legal requirements, and it sure looked like even with a multi-entry visa, you are suppposed to have an onward ticket out of Korea. It was a real hassle. They ended up calling Incheon, and then sold me the ticket with a lot of reluctance.

At the airport in Ha Noi my passport fell under intense scrutiny twice. (of course, at the Ha Noi airport they need to entertain themselves- I have never seen such a dead, dark, international airport.)

They must be enforcing some detail in the law.

[huck]

I got stopped by an airline once in the States when I had a oneway ticket to Seoul. It made me nervous the next time I got a one-way ticket. The immigration guy didn't say a word. If worse comes to worse, just say you're picking up an ongoing ticket from a Korean travel agent at the airport.

If you've already purchased the ticket, when you check in for your flight - if the checkin counter asks if you have a work visa, say yes. they won't check, and if they do and they stop you, then at least you'll know that they would've stopped you regardless, so you didn't lose anything by trying.

But personally, I don't think immigration will stop you.

[insamsaram]

If money is the big issue in the short-term, consider just getting a new credit card before you leave or put it on an existing one then transfer the balance. It's easy to get one with no interest until maybe July 2005 or so (just make sure you pay the minimum payment each month and you'll pay no interest or fees. Or better, just pay it all after you get your first couple of paychecks in Korea). I've never paid a fee or interest on a credit card. They can be useful for these types of scenarios.
Also, post again and let us know what happens. I was also planning to buy a one-way, but maybe I should play it safer. Unfortunatey, the round-trip could cut a little into the ���� fund.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

Stranger still: I know a girl who was denied exit from Canada because she only had a one-way ticket -- even though she had an E2 visa!

Sparkles*_*

[Joseph Fitzgerald]

I will tell my recruiter or school to just book me a flight for my visa run a couple of days after I get to Seoul, and email me a confirmation. That should do!!!!