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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:44 am    Post subject: Can Immi deport me without proof? Reply with quote
I am currently in Busan on a tourist card, looking for work. I am not doing anything illegal. I am not teaching, I am looking for work however.

I am getting a bit paranoid as I have been staying in the local yeogwan and tonight, the owner made me fill out a registration thingy..............................with my passport number, date of arrival, reason for being here etc.

I am a bit worried that immigration guys are going to show up and just claim that I am an illegal.

Can they do that? Am I just nuts?

What can I do if they decide to try this?

I am getting this really creepy feeling from the owner of the yeogwan, who up until now was very freindly. Shocked
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the eye



Joined: 29 Jan 2004
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
if you are here on a tourist visa, and have not overstayed it's time limit, you are not an illegal.

they would have to catch you teaching illegally in order to prosecute you.

don't worry.
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I_Am_Wrong



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
god...don't be so paranoid.
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denverdeath



Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just go to another yuh-gwon...or, put in some fake info. Some places ask you to fill in the registry info and some don't. Maybe the guy had nothing to do and thought he'd do his job properly this evening? I wouldn't be getting paranoid about anything.
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks. Embarassed
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hellofaniceguy



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Immigration can do whatever they want with you. It's not your country. So of course breaking the law would not sit well with them. But....sometimes no problem at all.
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like posts like this, because it opens a whole can of variables.

One of them is "what if the person coming to Korea on a tourist visa IS IN FACT a tourist wanting to visit Korea"?

I would love to see what would happen if immigration, on the high horse that its on right now, mistakenly arrested a tourist on false pretenses just because they were a foreigner and they had a tourist visa.

I sometimes think this law will crawl up and bite them on their arze.
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mj roach



Joined: 16 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:08 am    Post subject: can immi deport me without proof? Reply with quote
s/w- try the backpackers' yogwan down by the port - check "pusanweb" for the address or if you want pm me and i know a no Q's place near downtown. hang in there friend!
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mj roach



Joined: 16 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:11 am    Post subject: can immi deport me without proof? Reply with quote
s/w- try the backpackers' yogwan down by the port - check "pusanweb" for the address or if you want pm me - i know a no Q's place near downtown. hang in there friend!
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mj roach



Joined: 16 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:15 am    Post subject: can immi deport me with no proof? Reply with quote
s/w - pm me for a no Q's place near downtown or try the backpackers' place near the port. hang in there friend!
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ladyandthetramp



Joined: 21 Nov 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:33 am    Post subject: Re: Can Immi deport me without proof? Reply with quote
some waygug-in wrote:
I am currently in Busan on a tourist card, looking for work. I am not doing anything illegal. I am not teaching, I am looking for work however.

I am getting a bit paranoid as I have been staying in the local yeogwan and tonight, the owner made me fill out a registration thingy..............................with my passport number, date of arrival, reason for being here etc.

I am a bit worried that immigration guys are going to show up and just claim that I am an illegal.

Can they do that? Am I just nuts?

What can I do if they decide to try this?

I am getting this really creepy feeling from the owner of the yeogwan, who up until now was very freindly. Shocked


Doesn't seem too strange that they'd ask for that information, although they should do it on the first day. I guess they usually don't worry about it, but since you're staying so long it's more of a safety thing. Just a thought.
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FUBAR



Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Stay away from this site and most of your paranoia will just vanish.
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