| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
|
 Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:06 am Post subject: How long does it take to process a visa in Manilla? |
 |
|
| How long does it take to process a visa in Manilla? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
You need to get to the embassy the FIRST thing in the morning. Or you'll be in line waiting for hours. And hours. And hours. Once you hand in your application, they tell you to come back in a few days and pick it up. No one day service. It's a busy place with hundreds of applications everyday.
You can't bring your backpack/suitcase/or whatever up stairs until it's searched by security, so...
It's a MAD house the korean embassy in Manila.
We got at the place at 9am and still had to wait until the afternoon before we were seen.
You just can't walk into the building. The embassy is located on the upper floor of a business building housing other businesses, coffee shops, etc. Before the guards let you into the building, you are searched and then you have to sign in, leave your ID and then go up stairs. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
justagirl
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Cheonan/Portland
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I think it might depend on where you're from, too. The day my husband went, there was a huge line out the door of the Korean embassy, winding down the hall. They were all Philippinos. When the embassy guard saw us, he took us right to the front and to the appropriate window. (the Philippinos were waiting for a different window)
We got there on a Friday, the visa was tentatively ready on Tuesday (the paper said no guarantee). We ended up picking it up the following Friday after spending a week on the beach.
justagirl |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
danyuk
Joined: 17 Jun 2003
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Go there all the time, Bud.
(sorry im in that kinda mood 2day) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
john
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: 3days |
|
|
| It takes 3 business days to process the visa. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Maybe there is a consulate in another city. Cebu? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Maybe there is a consulate in another city. Cebu? |
I'm in Cebu now.. and had to go to the Korean consulate for unrelated reasons.
Apparently they don't do any kind of visa work whatsoever.. its all done in Manila.
On the plus side.. the Korean Consulate in Cebu happens to be located right in one of the buildings of a major university in Cebu. (Babe-galore). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
|
| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
Typically they tell you 3 or 4 business days.
When I went in there to process my visa (2 visas ago) I handed them everything and then they told me 4 days.
I said that I wanted to cancel the application because I had a ticket to Hong Kong for that night and needed my passport back today so just cancel my request.
They asked me to prove my claim to be leaving the Philippines for another country (other than Korea) so I showed them the ticket to HK. After I did they processed me in about 30 minutes.
The usual wait is 4 days... but it can be done faster in exceptional circumstances. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
