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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: Visa overstay... |
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What constitutes overstaying your visa? If your visa expires on the 29th and your actual working contract finishes on the 30th, what happens?
How many days are Americans allowed to stay after their visa and ARC have expired? Also, can you request an extension from immigration on your own? If so, for how long for Americans? |
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DongtanTony
Joined: 22 Feb 2008
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Your ARC card is used to calculate your length of stay for your visa. Your visa determines your sojourn...a period of one year.
Your ARC will have dates listed on the bottom right corner...once you are a registered alien resident...those dates activate your sojourn...for E2 visa holders...that period is one year.
Check your ARC first.
If your expiration date is the 29th...you finish work on the 30th...no problem.
You technically have five days to get out of dodge. As long as you're out within five days of the 29th...you're good to go.
A simple trip to Japan...or any other international destination...will qualify you for re-entry under a tourist visa.
Hope that helps!!! |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I understand the sojourn date and all of that. Do you really have to leave and re-enter under a tourist visa, without being able to extend for a short period of time through Kimmi? We don't have 14 days after our sojourn date? |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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You MUST be past immigration at the airport or seaport or border control by 11:59 PM on the day your ARC expires. There is NO grace period.
You can extend your stay for up to 30 days if you take your ARC, passport, and ticket out of the country. This is free of charge, but you CANNOT work during this time.
If you need an extension for working, you must do that by taking in your ARC, passport, contract showing the final working day, and, i believe, 30,000 won. They will extend it through the date your contract expires. If you still need time after that to get your affairs in order, you'll need an extension like I mentioned first.
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
If you need an extension for working, you must do that by taking in your ARC, passport, contract showing the final working day, and, i believe, 30,000 won. They will extend it through the date your contract expires. If you still need time after that to get your affairs in order, you'll need an extension like I mentioned first.
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This (like most things at immigration) are dependent on the individual immigration officer. I extended my work visa my first year for 3 days.. and they waved the fee. They told my co-worker that if it is less than a week then the fee is usually waved. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| esetters21 wrote: |
| I understand the sojourn date and all of that. Do you really have to leave and re-enter under a tourist visa, without being able to extend for a short period of time through Kimmi? We don't have 14 days after our sojourn date? |
You actually have 4 choices:
1) get a work extension for the time needed to complete your contract.
-cost is 30k won and you need some paperwork.
2) Get a tourist extension - good for up to 30 days.
-cost is free but you need your exit ticket, ARC and passport.
-you cannot LEGALLY work on this visa.
3) Leave the country before midnight on the expiry date of your ARC and return on a tourist stamp at your convenience (same day return is OK).
4) Overstay your visa.
-This will result in a fine
-This will result in a delay at the airport when you do try to depart because you will be taken into the immigration office and questioned as to why you overstayed. You may miss your flight
-This will result in a fine. If you are unable or unwilling to pay the fine you will be held in detention until it is or until you have made arrangements to pay it.
-This will result in a blackmark in your file that can have consequences if you ever return (like losing the exemption for a consular interview).
Pick one.
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| DongtanTony wrote: |
If your expiration date is the 29th...you finish work on the 30th...no problem.
You technically have five days to get out of dodge. As long as you're out within five days of the 29th...you're good to go. |
Do not 'listen' to this advice. It is plain and simply wrong!
Overstaying the expiry date on your ARC by one minute past midnight can have serious reprecussions. |
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Gnawbert
Joined: 23 Oct 2007
Location: The Internet
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| DongtanTony wrote: |
If your expiration date is the 29th...you finish work on the 30th...no problem.
You technically have five days to get out of dodge. As long as you're out within five days of the 29th...you're good to go. |
Do not 'listen' to this advice. It is plain and simply wrong!
Overstaying the expiry date on your ARC by one minute past midnight can have serious reprecussions. |
Bumping this because I'm having some confusion on the issue (noob question, apologies!)
My girlfriend and I are finished on the 27th. Our ARC lists an end date on 3.1.2009.
We asked our school to extend our visas for us for two weeks so we can travel around Korea before heading on vacation & back home. They said they have done this (I was in the room when they spoke to immigration and went on the website), however they said there's nothing we need for our ARC cards or passports to show we've extended our visa.
Does immigration send you a letter, or is there something you need you print out to verify your visa is extended? Should I have received a sticker or something?
According to our coordinator, once it's in the computer, it's all good, but this seems just too sketchy to trust Korea's immigration to have our extension 'on file' without some paperwork or printed receipt. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Never trust your school (or any K) to do things dealing with Immi... DO IT YOURSELF!!!
It's very simple - do it online at the Immi website... and don't forget to print out and take the 'Confirmation of Extention' to the airport so you can disprove the K-Immi officer who trys to fine you for overstaying your period of sojourn... expect delays.... or not... who knows, it's K-Immi!  |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| If you ever want to come back to the country, then I wouldn't even trust an online printout. I would go in person to immigration and get something stamped in your passport. |
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polonius
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| Gnawbert wrote: |
| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| DongtanTony wrote: |
If your expiration date is the 29th...you finish work on the 30th...no problem.
You technically have five days to get out of dodge. As long as you're out within five days of the 29th...you're good to go. |
Do not 'listen' to this advice. It is plain and simply wrong!
Overstaying the expiry date on your ARC by one minute past midnight can have serious reprecussions. |
Bumping this because I'm having some confusion on the issue (noob question, apologies!)
My girlfriend and I are finished on the 27th. Our ARC lists an end date on 3.1.2009.
We asked our school to extend our visas for us for two weeks so we can travel around Korea before heading on vacation & back home. They said they have done this (I was in the room when they spoke to immigration and went on the website), however they said there's nothing we need for our ARC cards or passports to show we've extended our visa.
Does immigration send you a letter, or is there something you need you print out to verify your visa is extended? Should I have received a sticker or something?
According to our coordinator, once it's in the computer, it's all good, but this seems just too sketchy to trust Korea's immigration to have our extension 'on file' without some paperwork or printed receipt. |
You can do it via the internet, but if you feel more comfortable, as I would, do it in person. You can book an appointment with immigration so that you don't need to wait in line. Bring your exiting plane ticket, ARC and passport. You can have up to a thirty day extension on your visa, however, not for working purposes. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| But if say, a SMOE employee, wants a 30 day tourist extension, will SMOE book the plane ticket at that later date for you (meaning, if your contract is up on Feb 24, they will book it March 24th for you)? I heard it's a pain in the ass to get SMOE to book flights with later dates. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
| But if say, a SMOE employee, wants a 30 day tourist extension, will SMOE book the plane ticket at that later date for you (meaning, if your contract is up on Feb 24, they will book it March 24th for you)? I heard it's a pain in the ass to get SMOE to book flights with later dates. |
I can't speak about SMOE, but my EPIK contract specifies I must leave K-land within ten days of the end of my contract in order to qualify for 'return' (or elsewhere) airfare.
Does the SMOE contract not specify a time frame? |
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Tho25
Joined: 07 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| When i go to extend my visa for 30 days after my ARC expires. Can i show them a return flight going to Hong Kong and then back to korea again so i can come and pick up my stuff then leave from korea? |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
Never trust your school (or any K) to do things dealing with Immi... DO IT YOURSELF!!!
It's very simple - do it online at the Immi website... and don't forget to print out and take the 'Confirmation of Extention' to the airport so you can disprove the K-Immi officer who trys to fine you for overstaying your period of sojourn... expect delays.... or not... who knows, it's K-Immi! :wink: |
this is news to me - how do you do it online? and what kind of extensions can you make?
details please! |
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