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pangaea
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: Tourist visa for me and baby to visit fiance? |
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| My fiance lives in Korea and I am considering several options that will allow us to be together while we are waiting for our fiance visa to be processed. One of those options is a tourist visa, but it would be for me and our baby who is due in February. I don't think I would have a problem getting a visa on my own but I am worried that bringing a baby with me would be a different matter. Does anyone have any idea what if any problems I might have getting a tourist visa for me and our baby? |
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Jack_Sarang
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Would help if you told us your nationality. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:57 am Post subject: Re: Tourist visa for me and baby to visit fiance? |
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| pangaea wrote: |
| My fiance lives in Korea and I am considering several options that will allow us to be together while we are waiting for our fiance visa to be processed. One of those options is a tourist visa, but it would be for me and our baby who is due in February. I don't think I would have a problem getting a visa on my own but I am worried that bringing a baby with me would be a different matter. Does anyone have any idea what if any problems I might have getting a tourist visa for me and our baby? |
Unless you are from S.Africa you can't get a tourist visa. I guess from your statement about a "fiance visa" that you must be from the USA.
You will be allowed entry into Korea for 90 days on a visa waiver stamp.
You will need to meet the requirements for visa waiver entry (proof of ability to maintain yourself and an exit ticket).
If you enter as a pregnant woman and give birth here you have 30 days to get the baby registered at Kimmi (requires home country "foreign birth" registration and passport application).
If the baby is born in the States then it will have no problem entering with you. Kimmi won't even give it a sideways glance as you enter Korea (just scan the passport and wave you through)
Flying long haul with an infant is another matter (your airline can help you. Get an Asian airline if you can. US carriers SUCK when it comes to conveniences and consideration for babies in flight).
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pangaea
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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I am from the US. The fiance visa is for my fiance to come live with me here. He is from Cameroon but is living in Korea. He has already been denied a tourist visa to the US. I am looking for a way that we would be able to be together while we are waiting for his visa to be processed.
Why wouldn't I be able to get a tourist visa? I know Americans can get one. I would be applying for the C-3 tourist visa for non-exempt passport holders. I am just worried that I would have problems getting a tourist visa for the baby, too. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| pangaea wrote: |
I am from the US. The fiance visa is for my fiance to come live with me here. He is from Cameroon but is living in Korea. He has already been denied a tourist visa to the US. I am looking for a way that we would be able to be together while we are waiting for his visa to be processed.
Why wouldn't I be able to get a tourist visa? I know Americans can get one. I would be applying for the C-3 tourist visa for non-exempt passport holders. I am just worried that I would have problems getting a tourist visa for the baby, too. |
Prior to Korea entering the American visa waiver program Americans only got 30 days on entry into Korea and if they wanted to stay longer they needed a tourist visa.
Now, as a result of Korea's entry into the US visa waiver program, Americans get 90 days in Korea - the same as the tourist visa.
You won't get the tourist visa since it is of the same duration and purpose as the visa waiver entry stamp. Trying to get one, especially from a K-consulate in the USA will just be an exercise in futility and frustration.
Just wait till the baby is born, get it a passport, get on a plane, enjoy your stay in Korea and do your 90 day visa runs while you are waiting.
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| You don't need a visa for the "baby" as it's NOT BORN |
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