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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| cmr wrote: |
From what tzechuk posted it seems like with the F-5 we no longer need to renew the visa... ever again. Is that right? Then, the F-5 visa is good until... death? |
Yes... basically that's it. In my ARC, the expire date is forever (yeong-gu) and in my passport, it says my status is yeong-ju, which my husband says is permanent resident.
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In the eye of the Law, with the F-5, are we considered more of less like Koreans without Korean citizenship?
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Yup. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Horangi Munshin wrote: |
Tzechuk, what exactly did you receive? Just a new ID card with F5 on it. |
I thought I would get a new ID card, but no, I got my old ID back with stuff written at the back...
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Do you know what happens when you leave the country. I have to get wife to look at the Korean section of the immigration website, but if you know about it, please explain.
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What do you mean by when you leave the country? Like if you were to go somewhere else to live? I think it's probably the same as every other country - that you have to come back once in a while in order to maintain the status?
Although that doesn't seem to be the case for Hong Kong, where I am also a permanent resident / right of abode citizen blah blah - I don't actually have to go to HK every year to maintain that status... might have something to do with being born there? Dunno... |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I got a brand new card but it looks like the regular ARC, which was a big disappointment. I wanted something that was totally different from the ARCs that E2s have. |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| Horangi Munshin wrote: |
Tzechuk, what exactly did you receive? Just a new ID card with F5 on it. |
I thought I would get a new ID card, but no, I got my old ID back with stuff written at the back...
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Do you know what happens when you leave the country. I have to get wife to look at the Korean section of the immigration website, but if you know about it, please explain.
Cheers. |
What do you mean by when you leave the country? Like if you were to go somewhere else to live? I think it's probably the same as every other country - that you have to come back once in a while in order to maintain the status?
Although that doesn't seem to be the case for Hong Kong, where I am also a permanent resident / right of abode citizen blah blah - I don't actually have to go to HK every year to maintain that status... might have something to do with being born there? Dunno... |
Yeah I meant for a short trip or maybe a few months in another country. If there is nothing stamped in your passport, do you keep your ID card when you depart and just show it on the way back? That was what I was wondering. I have heard that up to 1 year abroad is ok. Is that a fact or just something that has been circulating?
Tzechuk, did they stamp or write something in your passport when you went in to pick everything up?
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:04 am Post subject: |
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They give you a new visa - a stamp much like your average E2/F2, except that it says F5 on it.
They put a date stamp on it when you go out and when you return - but they do that for everyone, even Korean.
As for the ARC, you have to show it when you leave and return - the ARC, apparently, holds more authority than your passport stamp does. |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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I see, interesting that the ARC seems more important.
Thanks very much. |
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superdave
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: over there ----->
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:49 am Post subject: |
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i didn't know they'd dropped the F2 period from 5 to 2 years ... that's awesome. i've had my F2 for a year ... one more year and i'll get the F5.
super sweet! |
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