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last goodbye



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:13 am    Post subject: entering on a tourist visa Reply with quote
Has anyone had any problems recently entering on a tourist visa? I have done before with no probs....but was 18 months ago...and I herad its a little harder now...
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Lizara



Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Twice in the past month. No problems.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep...Korea no longer aloows tourists in the country. Only Koreans and people with proper visas may enter.

See how silly you sound now.
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PortHardy



Joined: 16 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You have to have a return ticket home. You can't enter on a oneway ticket. This happened to a buddy of mine as they wouldn't let him board the flight until he purchased a return ticket. The cheap Bast@rd didn't have enough cash and his credit cards didn't have enough room so missed his flight. I ended up buying his return ticket with my credit card the next day. Maybe he was pulling a fast one on me? Who knows? He paid me back after a month here as a tourist. Canadians get 6 months but I think Americans only get a month? Why is that?
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dimnd



Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Western USA
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:18 pm    Post subject: tourist visa Reply with quote
Americans can have a 30-day tourist visa without turning in passport to Korean Consulate.

If we want a 90-day tourist visa ..we...as Americans...have to turn our passport in to the Korean Consulate that services the state one is in...and then have it overnighted back to us..It takes two days by mail to get done.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
PortHardy wrote:
You have to have a return ticket home. You can't enter on a oneway ticket. This happened to a buddy of mine as they wouldn't let him board the flight until he purchased a return ticket. The cheap Bast@rd didn't have enough cash and his credit cards didn't have enough room so missed his flight. I ended up buying his return ticket with my credit card the next day. Maybe he was pulling a fast one on me? Who knows? He paid me back after a month here as a tourist. Canadians get 6 months but I think Americans only get a month? Why is that?


Because Koreans can stay in Canada for 6 months without a visa so Canuks can stay in Korea for 6 months on a visa waiver too.

Koreans CAN'T go to America unless they have a visa so Americans only get 30 days without a visa. Americans can get 90 days if they apply for a tourist visa ahead of time.
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michinkorea



Joined: 27 Jul 2006
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just got here 2 days ago with my full work visa. There was another couple on the plane with me that ended up inline in front of me at immigration. They had no visa and were going to Pusan to teach. They had no return ticket and were going to go on a visa run to Japan next week. They said that their boss said that 50% of his teachers do this. They walked right through immigrations without any questions. It could have been that it was 3am and the guy didn't care though....
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The issue is usually not with immigration but the airline at check-in.

If they had been turned back, the airline would have been fined and obliged to fly 'em out.
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TheUrbanMyth



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
PortHardy wrote:
You have to have a return ticket home. You can't enter on a oneway ticket.?


I have entered Korea numberous times on a one way ticket and never had any problems. So have other people I know.
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheUrbanMyth wrote:
PortHardy wrote:
You have to have a return ticket home. You can't enter on a oneway ticket.?


I have entered Korea numberous times on a one way ticket and never had any problems. So have other people I know.


Yes, we all believe you. The fact is, when push comes to shove, you can be surprised.

But do not forget that this is a fairly standard requirement for most developed countries, including USA. US immigration has NEVER asked me for a return ticket but the airlines have ALWAYS asked.
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