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[lepid gecko]

i've browsed through the visa threads, without much confirmation.
my ARC e-2 visa is dated 6 january of this year. that was yesterday!
after offering to go to immigration myself and sort it out my boss assured me that i have an extra month on my e-2 because that's what immigration told her when renewing my contract last time. is this possible? does the ARC reflect the date of contract expiry or visa expiry?

[schwa]

What the heck is an "ARC e-2 visa?"

Which is dated jan 6, your alien resident card or the e-2 visa stamp in your passport? If youre talking about the date on your card, you need to get down to immigration right quick -- youre technically illegal if that expires & youre still here. If its just the passport stamp expiring but the date on your card is cool, no worries.

[Daechidong Waygookin]

Jesus Christ, your ARC expired yesterday and you are posting this now? As of Jan 6 you are an illegal in this country. Good job.

[HamuHamu]

Hmmm..your question is a little confusing...but, I'll try.

Did your boss go to immigration and renew your contract? Am I understanding that right? If so, your ARC date on the front will not change, and your visa in your passport will not change. BUt if you look at the back of your ARC, thy have written the new expiry date in pen, in one of the squares on the bottom.

I had mine renewed twice, one time the pen they used was obiously not a very good one, as the date rubbed off within a few hours! My manger got a good indelibe "name-pen" and inked it in for me again

[just because]

As HamuHamu said.

If your boos has already gone to immigration with your ARC card recently and they have written an extension on the back you will be fine.

If this has not happened you are illegal as of yesterday. There is a small grace period of 2 weeks I think.

However, if immigration starts asking for a fine don't expect your director to pay it or back you up. Sounds like typical Korean unorganization to me.

[lepid gecko]

i admit i'm a little concerned. i'll call immigration tomorrow if they open or asap. and verify it.
show some restraint before the wise-cracks...i nagged my boss all of last week to get it done, offering to go myself, but she kept saying she'd do it and that there was a one month extension and nothing to worry about. there's no reason why she'd make that up. i'm pretty sure she hasn't contacted immigration recently though thats what concerns me.
i have been at the school 18 months...and only need to extend a few months until march...it was one year contract then 6 months...so i'm assuming at this point that immigration had given her an extra month when she went last time but marked the ARC with the contract date.. but as i said, i will verify this.

[HamuHamu]

So has your contract with the school already been extended? (Like when you say it was a one year and then 6 months, was that an extension, or did you go home, get a vew visa and then come back...?)

Your visa can only be extended twice with immigration before you need to apply for a new visa. I can't remember the maximum length of time for an extension, I assume it's one full year (but we all know what assuming does...). But even if it is only a one month extension, and followed by another one month extension - that's it.*

Maybe that's irrelevant for your situation, but again, I'm a bit confused by your message about what's happened.

*(At least it was in my case....and I suppose, we all know that immigration seems to change their rules as if they are underwear...so who knows....)

[schwa]

[lepid gecko]

i had a 12 month contract with my school. i stayed on and extended it for 6 months. the 6 month contract ended 6 january. i want to extend for a further 2 months but have not yet being to immigration to extend. my boss is saying that the last time she was at immigration they told her my visa would expire 1 month later than the 6 month contract period and the date marked on my ARC.
sound dodgy to you? the more i think about it now, it does to me.
however, short of physically forcing my director to give me the appropriate forms, there wasn't much else i could do.

[schwa]

However dodgy your employer, its still your responsibility to keep on top of your visa status.

So it was in fact your ARC that expired yesterday? (People are trying to help you but youre stingy with details.) Youre gonna have to get back to immi pronto with your new contract & preferably with your director in tow to help explain the situation & mitigate fines.

[J.B. Clamence]

[Newt14]

http://www.moj.go.kr/immi/08_english

[J.B. Clamence]

[phaedrus]

[lepid gecko]

well, just a follow up.. my boss was wrong and my visa had expired. 6 days late but i got an extension with no problems at all.