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Tho25 · Joined: 07 Mar 2007

So here is my situation

I'm finishing my contract on march 11 - i read online that we can extend our visa stay for up to 30 days after the last date. I will do this, however i want to stick around for the next couple months til around may so i can show my parents around when they come here

Right now, i'm not sure whether i can book my flight show my school/education board for pension and flight reimbursement back and then change the date of the flight to sometime in May when i will want to return home so i can still get it paid by the school

Secondly, after my 30 days extension on my visa, do i just leave the country then come right back into korea and get my passport stamped with a tourist visa and have up to 90 days (i'm from Canada)

Is there any way i can extend my visa for 90 days or something like that so i don't have to leave the country then come back?

help me please!!!

thanks

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Out and back. As a Canuk you get 6 months.
inside Korea you can ONLY get a maximum of 30 days as your extension.

roam177 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: South Korea

You finish on Feb 11 and you'll have 30 days to leave. That's till March 11. Go to Japan and come back. That will give you another 30 days on a tourist visa. That's till April 11 (plus the days you were in Japan). Then get an extension on your tourist visa. You'll need to give them a viable reason for extending. (I once got a 2 week extension but I don't know what the max is.) A 2 week extension will get you to around the end of April. You may have to make a second trip to Japan if you want to stay for May. It depends on what the max extension is and that may depend on your reason for extending.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:07 am Post subject:

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

roam177 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: South Korea

O.K., how's this:
You finish on March 11 and you'll have 30 days to leave. That's till April 11. Go to Japan and come back. That will give you another 30 days on a tourist visa. That's till May 11 (plus the days you were in Japan). You can then get an extension on your tourist visa. You'll need to give them a viable reason for extending. (I once got a 2 week extension but I don't know what the max is.) A 2 week extension will get you past the 25th of May.

cruisemonkey: your insult has been noted and reported

runthegauntlet · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Location: the southlands.

roam177 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: South Korea

I didn't understand ttompatz post. Didn't know Canadians and Brits get 6 months. (I take it that's what CanUK means). Wow, you guys are lucky! They really singled out Americans on that one. Must have been a retaliation for U.S. policies.

roknroll · Joined: 29 Dec 2007

Only Canadians get 6 months (last time i checked) because it's a mutual deal between the 2 countries. Hence, the US is not being singled out as it's mutual between the US and SK, although change is in the works. And, canuck refers to Canadians, no link to the UK. If you're not aware, ttompatz is on the leading edge in these matters.