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[mmace1]

I was accidentally given a single-entry VISA when I came to Korea, now I'm renewing - and still have that single entry VISA.

Immigration says that they can't do anything about it, I just have to pay the extra 20,000 (for 50,000 total) to get a multiple entry permit when I renew my VISA.

So, it's only 20,000 extra won, but, how would I go about getting my VISA corrected into a multiple entry like it's suppose to be for Americans? If that is even possible?

[Mirabilis85]

The same thing happened to me last year...but I only ended up leaving Korea once for vacation and even then its only 30,000 for a one-time use reentry stamp. Theyll probably just stamp something over the S ingle entry when you renew to change it to M ultiple.

[mmace1]

Well I have to pay 30,000 anyway to renew my VISA, and only an extra 20,000 upgrades me to multiple entry...so it's not a big deal, I'd just prefer if I didn't have to pay for the (consulates?) mistake.

And yeah, over the last year I already ended up paying for single-entry stamps twice. Once @ Incheon, and once online.

[nate2008]

[mmace1]

Ah OK thanks, who was "them" though?

[louiloui]

Americans do not get a multiple re-entry visa upon renewal of an E-2. You might as well just buy it when you go to Immigration, and they will give you a new stamp in your passport.

[louiloui]

side note: In Mok-Dong Seoul immigration it only took about 20 minutes to get the stamp in my passport.

[esetters21]

[Jeff's Cigarettes]

Actually, I think it does. I'm American and always get one no charge when renew.

[mmace1]

[moosehead]

I've always received a M entry E2 - used to C4 also but they stopped doing those - everyone on a C4 now gets an S stamp (single entry)

as for the M's going to Americans - how else would the CIA slip in and out of the country w/as little fanfare as possible?

[esetters21]

I guess that the consulate made a mistake this time around when issuing my new visa then. Before I had a multi and now I have a single.

We do not get an automatic multiple entry stamp just because we are American without requesting and paying for it.

[mmace1]

The stamp no...but the visa itself should already be multiple entry. Though I've read here that about 30% of the time they forget to do so. The exact % you can take with a grain of salt, but it seems like in theory Americans are suppose to get a multiple-entry visa by default.

[ajuma]

Well, I'm an American, been here 12+ years, and have always had to pay for a multi-entry visa. Maybe you don't realize that you're paying for it. They tell you how much, you pay, and you get the multi !!

[esetters21]