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plato's republic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Ancient Greece
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 Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:44 am Post subject: Register change of address with Immi? |
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| Do I need to register my recent change of address with immigration? If so, what's the maximum allowed time period in which it must be done? I guess I'll have to go down to the immigration office and fill in a form, join an extremely long waiting line etc... |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:54 am Post subject: |
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P.R., with a join date of 2004? Shame on you~ *wink*
Bet your britches you do! Nothing personal. Even locals gotta register a 'home' address. But there's a fine if you don't do it within 30 days (I think!).
Irregardless of change of job/contract, change of 'residential address' is
something immi takes serious. Can you blame them? |
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plato's republic
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| That's what I feared. Do you know if there's a fee payable? |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:14 am Post subject: |
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I was mostly teasing, but a government organization that turns away a fine
an prefers the added expense and international drama of deporting your rear?
NOT a big deal I assume. Talk to immi, big smiles, use that charm and they may
let you off the hook. All I know personally is I failed to register a change of
address for a motorcycle within 30 days and had to pay a 'hefty' fine considering it's value. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| Word of advice, don't say you're over that 30 day limit. Just say you moved in last week, or something. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| plato's republic wrote: |
| That's what I feared. Do you know if there's a fee payable? |
No fee.
Must (to be legal) be done within 14 days.
Late fine = 100k won (if you tell them you were longer than 14 days - confess to nothing .  ).
You can also do it at the local GU-office if it is closer than your local immigration office.
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| plato's republic wrote: |
| That's what I feared. Do you know if there's a fee payable? |
No fee.
Must (to be legal) be done within 14 days.
Late fine = 100k won (if you tell them you were longer than 14 days - confess to nothing . ).
You can also do it at the local GU-office if it is closer than your local immigration office.
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following on from this (i read somewhere recently, i think it was prob here...), the gu office are less likely to ask for details if youre over the allotted 14 days, so it might be safer to go via that route |
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coralreefer_1
Joined: 19 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| plato's republic wrote: |
| That's what I feared. Do you know if there's a fee payable? |
No fee.
Must (to be legal) be done within 14 days.
Late fine = 100k won (if you tell them you were longer than 14 days - confess to nothing . ).
You can also do it at the local GU-office if it is closer than your local immigration office.
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following on from this (i read somewhere recently, i think it was prob here...), the gu office are less likely to ask for details if youre over the allotted 14 days, so it might be safer to go via that route |
This MAY be true, but I moved last month and when I went to my local dong office (actually the city hall for my small suburb) they asked to see my rental contract, which of course shows the date the contract was signed. |
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jcd
Joined: 13 Mar 2012
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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I had to pay 100. I brought my housing contract and they asked for it.
I was about 2 months late.
I could have just said I don't have the contract and seen if they would have processed it anyway. But I didn't want to go home and then return again another day if they insisted. |
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Wad
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| One of my co-workers hadn't given notice of change of address for several years. Immigration now asks for a copy of your housing contract. If you don't have it with you they request you fax a copy. When she went to renew her visa they fined her 300,000 won. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Wad wrote: |
| One of my co-workers hadn't given notice of change of address for several years. Immigration now asks for a copy of your housing contract. If you don't have it with you they request you fax a copy. When she went to renew her visa they fined her 300,000 won. |
How did they know she'd moved? Couldn't she have never told them, and saved 300K. |
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Wad
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| Wad wrote: |
| One of my co-workers hadn't given notice of change of address for several years. Immigration now asks for a copy of your housing contract. If you don't have it with you they request you fax a copy. When she went to renew her visa they fined her 300,000 won. |
How did they know she'd moved? Couldn't she have never told them, and saved 300K. |
Because now when you re-new your visa they ask for a copy of your housing contract. You have 14 days to notify immigration of an address change...this has always been the case. They see the address on your contract is not the same as in their computer or on your ARC and bang your busted. |
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jcd
Joined: 13 Mar 2012
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I have read other stories on here where they didn't ask any questions and there was no fine. So could just depend on the person working and the place, your demeanor etc... |
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Wad
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| jcd wrote: |
| I have read other stories on here where they didn't ask any questions and there was no fine. So could just depend on the person working and the place, your demeanor etc... |
Right you are...immigration is totally incompetent.
The degree checks were another area of inconsistency. I was asked to have my degree notarized and verified by the Korean embassy in Canada. My co-worker was never asked. On top of that I brought it into immigration, they entered the data into their computers, and then a year later when I went for renewal they told me they hadn’t received it.
The problem I believe is that, like the banks, their front line people are the newest and most inexperienced. Once these people learn the job they are moved out to another department. Again bringing in someone new to the front-line. The cycle repeats over and over. |
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