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happygirl
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: Which date is it? visa or ARC |
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Please Help!
I have to know if this is right or wrong.
"LEGALLY and thus TECHNICALLY your visa expires on or about the same day as your CONTRACT expiration. Because the dates are rarely the same ....
Thus if your visa was obtained prior to your start date, such as in my case, you must legally get a visa extension prior to your contract end date.
If it was obtained after your start date, like many people, then your visa expires on the final day of your contract and then you have 24 hours to leave the country.
Either way, if your visa has run it's course based on a fully worked contract period, you have 24 hours.
You can indeed get a visa extension allowing you to remain in the country for 30 days." |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Which date is it? visa or ARC |
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| happygirl wrote: |
Please Help!
I have to know if this is right or wrong.
"LEGALLY and thus TECHNICALLY your visa expires on or about the same day as your CONTRACT expiration. Because the dates are rarely the same ....
Thus if your visa was obtained prior to your start date, such as in my case, you must legally get a visa extension prior to your contract end date.
If it was obtained after your start date, like many people, then your visa expires on the final day of your contract and then you have 24 hours to leave the country.
Either way, if your visa has run it's course based on a fully worked contract period, you have 24 hours.
You can indeed get a visa extension allowing you to remain in the country for 30 days." |
This is NOT correct......
Your period of sojourn (visa) expiry date is the same as the date marked on your ARC. If you complete or quit your job before that date, then you are technically OBLIGATED to report the change in the status of your sojourn to immigration and they will issue a departure order that is 14 days after the date of your change (assuming your visa does NOT expire before that).
In practical terms.....
-Your visa expires when your ARC expires.
-You must leave the country on or before that date.
-If you desire to stay longer then you MUST get an extension from immigration.
-Failure to do so will result in delays when you try to depart along with the possibility of substancial fines and a blackmark recorded in your file.
-The length of the extension will depend on WHY you are extending and the circumstances.
-It can be up to one year if you extend or renew your contract with the same employer.
-If you just seek to stay for tourism or related purposes then you must show a ticket out of the country and the extension will be until the date of your departure. This is typically LESS than 30 days and usually less than 14 days.
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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The date on your Alien Registration Card (ARC) is the day you must legally leave the country, by midnight. There is no automatic extra 10 days, 30 days, 24 hours or whatever. You have to get some kind of extension.
Your contract is usually for one year. But, because most teachers sign a contract in their home country, then get a visa issuance number, then get the visa in the passport and then get an airplane ticket, it is common for the contract date, original visa date and ARC date to all be different. All of these steps take some unknowable amount of time. You could arrive in Korea before or after the contract start date. This is why it is pointless and silly to try to put an exact beginning and ending date on an original contract. (Even the signature dates of the two parties are different.) The exact beginning and ending dates should be done as an addendum on arrival. Then, you should expect to need an extension to finish your contract and an extension or change to a tourist visa for extra time to stay in Korea after your contract, for packing, goodbyes, travel or whatever.
Talk to your boss and to immigration. Getting extensions involves simple paperwork and a small fee. |
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