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[rustbot82]

Hey all. I'm a US citizen and I've been living in Korea for three years. My passport expires this September. What's the easiest way to renew it?

[thrylos]

Go to the embassy's website (seoul.usembassy.gov) I think. Make an appointment for passport renewal. Go in at your scheduled appointment with the paperwork filled out from the site. Wait a few days to get it back by delivery service (you pay for it) or go back to the embassy to pick it up.

Someone mentioned you now can do everything- submit and receive- by mail, but not sure.

[iselynjenniep]

You can do everything by mail. My boyfriend got his renewed a few months ago and I added pages to mine. There are detailed directions on the embassy website.

[tideout]

The other option though no doubt less fun is to go to the embassy, fill out the form and hand the passport over. I did it that way during time off a year ago. I called the embassy about six days later and it was ready. Bring ID and (I think they gave me a receipt) and pick it up.

Depends, of course, on how much time you have!

[isitts]

I was just about to ask about this.

I just got back to Korea and my passport expires shortly after my contract finishes. I presume I'd have to wait until I get my ARC card before doing this, right?

And I suppose I would need to give my school a new photocopy of the first page so they can update their records?

Also, do they give the old passport back? I think I'd seen other people get it back (though it can't be used). I was just wondering how immigration cancels (stamps) the visa when it expires if it's in the old passport. Or do they put a new E-2 sticker on the new passport?

I know once you have the ARC, the E-2 sticker doesn't matter, but still, just wondering about the logistics.

[isitts]

This is in the Off-Topic Forum? It isn't at least General or Job-Related?