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Welshguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:36 am Post subject: From E2 to F2-99 to F5-A SUCCESSFUL !!! |
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Received a call from Immigration last week to inform me that my F5 application had been approved and that I could collect my Passport and Visa on July 1st.
History:
Had an E2 from January 2006 to January 2011.
Applied for the F2-99 and received it 5 weeks later.
Applied for the F5 on March 3rd. Will collect it July 1st. Just shy of 4 months to receive this Top Dog of a Visa !!!
On the plus side...I can now sponsor my Philippina wife an F2.
Just so there is no confusion, I obtained both the F2 and F5 on my own merit. I am not married to a Korean.
Life is GOOD. |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:24 am Post subject: |
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lol
you sound like a chinese immigrant getting a green card.
congrats.  |
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Welshguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| Ramen wrote: |
lol
you sound like a chinese immigrant getting a green card.
congrats. |
Very funny. Born and raised in the UK. A far cry from China.
Thanks for the congrats |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:05 am Post subject: |
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www.afek.info
c u there |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Wow, good for you, OP. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:16 am Post subject: Re: From E2 to F2-99 to F5-A SUCCESSFUL !!! |
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| Welshguy wrote: |
Received a call from Immigration last week to inform me that my F5 application had been approved and that I could collect my Passport and Visa on July 1st.
History:
Had an E2 from January 2006 to January 2011.
Applied for the F2-99 and received it 5 weeks later.
Applied for the F5 on March 3rd. Will collect it July 1st. Just shy of 4 months to receive this Top Dog of a Visa !!!
On the plus side...I can now sponsor my Philippina wife an F2.
Just so there is no confusion, I obtained both the F2 and F5 on my own merit. I am not married to a Korean.
Life is GOOD. |
God for you but don't you mean you can sponsor your wife to a F3 (dependant visa) as opposed to a F2 (resident visa)? |
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r122925
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:54 am Post subject: Re: From E2 to F2-99 to F5-A SUCCESSFUL !!! |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| Welshguy wrote: |
Received a call from Immigration last week to inform me that my F5 application had been approved and that I could collect my Passport and Visa on July 1st.
History:
Had an E2 from January 2006 to January 2011.
Applied for the F2-99 and received it 5 weeks later.
Applied for the F5 on March 3rd. Will collect it July 1st. Just shy of 4 months to receive this Top Dog of a Visa !!!
On the plus side...I can now sponsor my Philippina wife an F2.
Just so there is no confusion, I obtained both the F2 and F5 on my own merit. I am not married to a Korean.
Life is GOOD. |
God for you but don't you mean you can sponsor your wife to a F3 (dependant visa) as opposed to a F2 (resident visa)? |
An F5 holder can sponsor his/her spouse for an F2. As far as I know this is the only visa where this is possible. It really is as close as you can be to a Korean citizen without actually being one. |
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Welshguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:10 am Post subject: Re: From E2 to F2-99 to F5-A SUCCESSFUL !!! |
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| r122925 wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| Welshguy wrote: |
Received a call from Immigration last week to inform me that my F5 application had been approved and that I could collect my Passport and Visa on July 1st.
History:
Had an E2 from January 2006 to January 2011.
Applied for the F2-99 and received it 5 weeks later.
Applied for the F5 on March 3rd. Will collect it July 1st. Just shy of 4 months to receive this Top Dog of a Visa !!!
On the plus side...I can now sponsor my Philippina wife an F2.
Just so there is no confusion, I obtained both the F2 and F5 on my own merit. I am not married to a Korean.
Life is GOOD. |
God for you but don't you mean you can sponsor your wife to a F3 (dependant visa) as opposed to a F2 (resident visa)? |
An F5 holder can sponsor his/her spouse for an F2. As far as I know this is the only visa where this is possible. It really is as close as you can be to a Korean citizen without actually being one. |
r122925 is 100% correct on the above.
When I was on an E2, I could only sponsor my wife an F3.
On my F2 she changed her Visa to an F1.
On the F5, we have the same rights and privileges as a Korean National. That is the right to sponsor our spouse and children an F2. Come to think of it, my children will get an F5 right out of the box. Trying for kids at present. Too much info....I know...but what the hell...I am in a good mood.
The only thing we cannot do, is vote in elections. |
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r122925
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:14 am Post subject: Re: From E2 to F2-99 to F5-A SUCCESSFUL !!! |
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| Welshguy wrote: |
| r122925 wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| Welshguy wrote: |
Received a call from Immigration last week to inform me that my F5 application had been approved and that I could collect my Passport and Visa on July 1st.
History:
Had an E2 from January 2006 to January 2011.
Applied for the F2-99 and received it 5 weeks later.
Applied for the F5 on March 3rd. Will collect it July 1st. Just shy of 4 months to receive this Top Dog of a Visa !!!
On the plus side...I can now sponsor my Philippina wife an F2.
Just so there is no confusion, I obtained both the F2 and F5 on my own merit. I am not married to a Korean.
Life is GOOD. |
God for you but don't you mean you can sponsor your wife to a F3 (dependant visa) as opposed to a F2 (resident visa)? |
An F5 holder can sponsor his/her spouse for an F2. As far as I know this is the only visa where this is possible. It really is as close as you can be to a Korean citizen without actually being one. |
r122925 is 100% correct on the above.
When I was on an E2, I could only sponsor my wife an F3.
On my F2 she changed her Visa to an F1.
On the F5, we have the same rights and privileges as a Korean National. That is the right to sponsor our spouse and children an F2. Come to think of it, my children will get an F5 right out of the box. Trying for kids at present. Too much info....I know...but what the hell...I am in a good mood.
The only thing we cannot do, is vote in elections. |
Actually, you CAN vote in local elections (mayor, city council, etc) but you can't vote for anything on the national level like the president or the national assembly. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Good to know anyway!
Congratulations once more. |
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litebear
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Holland
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Great news mate, congrats!
Stupid question maybe, but were/are you an English teacher? |
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spaceman82
Joined: 01 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry if you've posted this elsewhere, but did you need to apply for (and receive) the F5 after you had gotten the F2-99? |
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Welshguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| litebear wrote: |
Great news mate, congrats!
Stupid question maybe, but were/are you an English teacher? |
Yes. |
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Welshguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry if you've posted this elsewhere, but did you need to apply for (and receive) the F5 after you had gotten the F2-99? |
I got my F2-99 first. I could have applied for the F5 direct, but from experience, taking the front door approach seldom works in Korea.
Besides, getting the F2 was, in my case, a better idea. It only took 5 weeks to get this Visa.
The F5 took 4 months. |
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spaceman82
Joined: 01 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Welshguy wrote: |
| spaceman82 wrote: |
| Sorry if you've posted this elsewhere, but did you need to apply for (and receive) the F5 after you had gotten the F2-99? |
I got my F2-99 first. I could have applied for the F5 direct, but from experience, taking the front door approach seldom works in Korea.
Besides, getting the F2 was, in my case, a better idea. It only took 5 weeks to get this Visa.
The F5 took 4 months. |
Thanks for your reply. It seems I accidentally left out "what" from my question the first time around - I had intended to ask what you needed to do/submit to get the F5 after you received the F2-99. Sorry for the trouble. |
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