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escapeartist
Joined: 09 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: Will I have to send my passport to Korea? |
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Hi there,
I was wondering if at any point during the application process if I am going to have to send in my passport to the school in Korea in order to get a visa? I'm asking because I plan to do some international traveling before going to Korea and I want to make sure I'll have my passport back in time in order to do that.
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jaderedux
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Lurking outside Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Never surrender your passport to anyone. ANYONE. Your hogwan director may request later that you turn it over. DON'T! Your passport belongs to the issuing country. Keep it in your possession. No ifs, ands, or buts.
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: Will I have to send my passport to Korea? |
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| escapeartist wrote: |
Hi there,
I was wondering if at any point during the application process if I am going to have to send in my passport to the school in Korea in order to get a visa? I'm asking because I plan to do some international traveling before going to Korea and I want to make sure I'll have my passport back in time in order to do that.
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No. All you will need to do is send them a copy of the page in your passport which has your picture and personal information on. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Near the end of the process, you WILL need to send your passport to the Korean consulate to get the visa stamp.
Typically, this will happen about one week before they (the school) expects you to arrive here. Send off the passport, wait a few days, get it back and get on the plane asap. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| Passports should never go to countries without their owners, but you will have to hand it over to the Korean consulate in your home country for a few days for the visa, and to the immigration office here to get your arc |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Can't quite travel internationally without a passport.  |
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Porter_Goss
Joined: 26 Mar 2006
Location: The Wrong Side of Right
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| Passports should never go to countries without their owners |
That's what I was thinking. OP, scan your passport photo page and send that in an email to perspective employers.
This is a pre-emptive strike; don't send them your original degree either, or anything original for that matter. |
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Zark
Joined: 12 May 2003
Location: Phuket, Thailand: Look into my eyes . . .
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| It might be a good idea to send ORIGINAL transcripts when requested - but yes - everything else should be scans or copies. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| jacl wrote: |
| Can't quite travel internationally without a passport. |
That is exactly what i was thinking...how could you get to Korea without the passport???
back up what everyone else here said...NEVER give your passport to anyone except immigration here in Korea. |
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