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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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 Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject: 3 day extension of E-2 - Bureaucracy at it's best |
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Whoever asked the other day about extending an E-2 for a couple of days - maybe ruffledfeathers.
I just called up to check and see what I had to do for the remaining three days that I need my visa extended for to complete the year.
IT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO APPLY FOR AN ARC CARD OR A NEW VISA.
-CRC
-Health check
-Business Registration
- Contract
-ARC
-AP form 34
- Reference from principal
- something else I can't remember
and 30,000Won
FFS - that is taking the piss.
Or of course I could sit on my arse for 3 days and not go to work for free. |
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antoniothegreat
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Location: Yangpyeong
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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are you sure they understood?
i have twice had to extend my visa when i was leaving at the airport because of misunderstandings (one mine, one theirs, i think)
and both times i just paid 30,000. but maybe that was different, not too sure... |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: Jesus. Let me call 'em again. |
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I called 1345 today and was told I could file for a 'departure extension' and stay here up to a month longer. All I'd need is my passport, my ARC, and my plane ticket. I was also told I can do it online at
www.hikorea.go.kr
The counselor told me it's free, but the website states it costs 30,000.
Can anyone confirm? I wanna be out of here as soon as my school has paid me all it owes me, I've gotten my tax refund, and my pension refund has been set up. I hope this won't be more than a few days beyond Feb 28. I'd hate to have to deal with red tape for three weeks in March. I'd rather spend my tax refund on diving lessons in the tropics, not on Korean flophouses and legal fees. |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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This is to extend my ARC by 3 days because of the schools fark up with the contract - or cheekily changing the date so I started on a monday after I got here.
The woman understood clearly. I checked to make sure I was hearing the right thing for a three day extension of my contract and she said yes.
The other option is to extend it with my outbound flight ticket and not work  |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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If you are extending your period of sojourn to work it costs W30,000 and you need all the documentation listed in the OP - one day, or one year... it makes no difference.
If you are extending for non-work purposes (up to 30 days), it's free and you must have your ticket out of K-land. |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
If you are extending your period of sojourn to work it costs W30,000 and you need all the documentation listed in the OP - one day, or one year... it makes no difference.
If you are extending for non-work purposes (up to 30 days), it's free and you must have your ticket out of K-land. |
Yup 3 days. I can feel a tantrum coming on |
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TeeBee
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: Jesus. Let me call 'em again. |
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| Tobias wrote: |
I called 1345 today and was told I could file for a 'departure extension' and stay here up to a month longer. All I'd need is my passport, my ARC, and my plane ticket. I was also told I can do it online at
www.hikorea.go.kr
The counselor told me it's free, but the website states it costs 30,000.
Can anyone confirm? I wanna be out of here as soon as my school has paid me all it owes me, I've gotten my tax refund, and my pension refund has been set up. I hope this won't be more than a few days beyond Feb 28. I'd hate to have to deal with red tape for three weeks in March. I'd rather spend my tax refund on diving lessons in the tropics, not on Korean flophouses and legal fees. |
This info is correct. You basically apply for a tourist visa without having to leave the country. It does mean that you can't legally work, but if it's just a few days until the end of your contract, I don't think it matters.
It's definitely free. I applied for mine online this morning at www.hikorea.go.kr. The one you want to apply for is a "Temporary extension of stay for departure of registered foreigners".
This is not to be confused with the "Extension of stay for departure of registered foreigners". This one costs 30,000 won and involves a lot more paperwork.
Last edited by TeeBee on Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:09 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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I you don't finish 1 year your school won't be obligated to pay ur severance or plane ticket. Hoops....  |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: I assume |
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| TeeBee wrote: |
This info is correct. You basically apply for a tourist visa without having to leave the country. It does mean that you can't legally work, but if it's just a few days until the end of your contract, I don't think it matters.
It's definitely free. I applied for mine online this morning at www.hikorea.go.kr. The one you want to apply for is a "Temporary extension of stay for departure of registered foreigners".
This is not to be confused with the "Extension of stay for departure of registered foreigners". This one costs 30,000 won and involves a lot more paperwork. |
Thanks for the info. I will assume I'll be able to get the extension to some date beyond Feb 28 even if my contract, visa, and ARC all expire on the same day--Feb 28. From what I was told, my new departure day can be 30 days later. Just gotta take 'em the 'big three' PP, ARC, ticket.
Now. Time to look for some cheap flights somewhere over the rainbow.
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livinginkunsan
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| 4 years ago after my first contract, I was leaving the day after my arc card expired (it expired my last day of work).. anyway, I had to go to immigration to extend for those 9hrs .. haha. |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeff's Cigarettes wrote: |
| I you don't finish 1 year your school won't be obligated to pay ur severance or plane ticket. Hoops.... |
ACtually they will owe me two days over a year if I stay until the 11th......which has just caused amused faces. |
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Ut videam
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Location: Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeff's Cigarettes wrote: |
| I you don't finish 1 year your school won't be obligated to pay ur severance or plane ticket. Hoops.... |
I recently learned that this isn't true.
Under Korean law, a worker who has worked more than half of a given month (i.e., past the 15th), is considered to have worked the entire month for contract and wage purposes.
This is according to my fiancee, who is the HR generalist for a Korean government-affiliated research institute and works with these issues on a day-to-day basis.
Ergo, if a school attempts to deny contractual benefits (severance, plane ticket, etc.) because your visa status expires a day or two before the end of the month, they're ripping you off. Take them to the labor board and win. |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: Good to know |
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| Ut videam wrote: |
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I recently learned that this isn't true.
Under Korean law, a worker who has worked more than half of a given month (i.e., past the 15th), is considered to have worked the entire month for contract and wage purposes.
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Good to know. I may return to again work in Korea in 2019. But then again, if the won appreciates back to around 900 per..... |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:28 pm Post subject: Thanks for your info, too |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
If you are extending your period of sojourn to work it costs W30,000 and you need all the documentation listed in the OP - one day, or one year... it makes no difference.
If you are extending for non-work purposes (up to 30 days), it's free and you must have your ticket out of K-land. |
Thanks, Cruise. This helps, too. Getting good info here one can actually use can be like pulling teeth at times, but not this time. |
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verve
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: Re: Thanks for your info, too |
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| Tobias wrote: |
| cruisemonkey wrote: |
If you are extending your period of sojourn to work it costs W30,000 and you need all the documentation listed in the OP - one day, or one year... it makes no difference.
If you are extending for non-work purposes (up to 30 days), it's free and you must have your ticket out of K-land. |
Thanks, Cruise. This helps, too. Getting good info here one can actually use can be like pulling teeth at times, but not this time. |
I did the latter and didn't have a place ticket out, and it was never asked for. |
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