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[bluj8y]

Hello!

I am planning to go to Korea to teach, using an F4 visa. Since I do not have enough time to process it (The consulate in the US says it may take 3 months), they told me to use a c3 visa (short term visitors), and then get the F4 once I arrive in Korea.

My question: is the C3 visa necessary? Why couldn't I just travel to Korea with a US passport and then get a F4??

Okay. If anyone out there understands that question, and can answer it- Thank you in advance!
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***** Please disregard the question because i WAS able to get my F-4 in the states within one business day. Apparently there was either misinformed agents or miscommunication.

[Yaya]

[ttompatz]

[bluj8y]

ttompatz: Thank you. That's the info I was looking for. Yes I am of Korean decent. Hmm. I guess another option would be go early with a C3 (takes 24 hrs in the US) and then wait to work while a F4/E2 is processed. It should be quicker to process while there?

[ttompatz]

[Yaya]

[zealotnyc]

I have previously attempted to get an F-4 visa since I was born here and my parents are from Korea, but apparently my father never cancelled his Korean citizenship so I was denied. Is there a way he can do this online or at a consulate from here(the U.S.)? Or does he have to go to Korea and do this?

[bluj8y]

Hmm. What state are you from?? I think you can do it in the states

[zealotnyc]

currently living in NY

[ttompatz]

[bluj8y]

http://www.koreanconsulate.org/english/About_us/index.asp

I think you need the Public office on Park ave

[zealotnyc]

Thanks for the info guys, hit another roadbump though.
I just talked to the consulate and said that i want an F-4.

I explained that i'm a 24 year old Korean-American(born in America) whose parents are/were citizens of Korea.

I have all the paperwork except for proof of my dad's ex-citizenship which he is going to go do at the consulate.

However, they told me I still won't be able to get it and gave me some reason about my age and Korea tightening up on how many visa's they give out. Has anyone else heard about this? Even on the NY consulate website, the same requirements are still up, it doesn't mention any new rules or anything, what gives? The lady supposedly says there was a rule change this past December, but then how the heck is anybody supposed to get an F-4 then? They also said that even if they did give me an F-4, that it would be rejected once I got to Korea and i'd have to come back to the U.S..

[Yaya]

Well, I have the F-4 but I first got it back in 1999, when it was first passed. When I renewed it this year, I was told by my immigration officer that it's gotten much harder to get one.

Dude, you better watch out going to Korea. If your name is still on your family's hojeok (family register), you can STILL be drafted into the South Korean army even if you were born in the United States and have NEVER held South Korean citizenship.

A famous case occurred back in 2004 when a Seattle gyopo had just that happen to him.

If I were you, I'd first see if your name is on your family's hojeok, and if it is, stay in Korea no more than a year on another type of visa.

[zealotnyc]

oh jeez...i know several other guys around my age(24) that have been in korea for several months too. hopefully all that publicity will make it less likely to occur. when you say you can still be drafted, do you mean on an F-4? or regardless of visa as long as my name is on the family register?

[Yaya]