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freeridden
Joined: 27 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: Handing in ARC at imm but then returning to Korea |
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Hi all,
I recently finished my contract in Korea on August 25th. I left Korea to come to Thailand to do some teacher training. I left Korea on a round-trip ticket. My return ticket is set for two weeks from now. Since my E-2 visa/ARC card are expired, can I enter Korea on a tourist visa? I'm American, so I'm hoping that I can just enter on a tourist visa so I can do some sightseeing and (more importantly) pick up the rest of my stuff that is at a friend's house.
Anyone out there that has done this before?
Much appreciated! |
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isthisreally
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup, should be no problem. I've done it before. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: Handing in ARC at imm but then returning to Korea |
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| freeridden wrote: |
Hi all,
I recently finished my contract in Korea on August 25th. I left Korea to come to Thailand to do some teacher training. I left Korea on a round-trip ticket. My return ticket is set for two weeks from now. Since my E-2 visa/ARC card are expired, can I enter Korea on a tourist visa? I'm American, so I'm hoping that I can just enter on a tourist visa so I can do some sightseeing and (more importantly) pick up the rest of my stuff that is at a friend's house.
Anyone out there that has done this before?
Much appreciated! |
No problem. If your ARC was turned in and/or expired then you have no status in Korea and your entry will be on a B1 (visa waiver stamp) - good for 90 days.
Do be aware that, since you have no status in Korea, the airline may insist that you have on-ward passage before they let you board the aircraft for your return flight.
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:17 am Post subject: |
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First time is no problem.
if you then return on a second tourist visa in a row immediately after the first, then expect a lot of questions. They may even deny you.
The only fuss you will get about an onward ticket comes not from Korean immigration but from the airline itself. |
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runthegauntlet
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Location: the southlands.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Did it in May with no problem. |
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