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just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

Hey all,
I went to Sydney to the Korean consulate to process my E2 visa and when i went there they asked me for my transcripts and degree - I already have my E2 visa and the blue form so i was a little shocked as I didn't think it would be needed and I didn't have them on me, they are in Korea.....

Then they told me that I would have to have an interview to see if my visa would be approved!!!!!!

As this will be the 4th E2 visa I have processed i was a little shocked and surprised and told them I would just get my visa processed in Japan in Fukuoka...

Then they told me, that in Fukuoka as well i have to give to the Korean consulate my original degree, transcript and also and interview there as I might not be approved.......

They told me it changed only 2 weeks ago..

My E2 visa has already been approved in Korea, I have my blue form, so I don't undertsand why i have to do all this....

So what I am asking is.....

Who has been to Fukuoka in the last 2 weeks and did they have to give over their documents again and have an interview???

I'm happy that immigration is doing all this and are serious about cracking down, just came as a surprise and an inconvinience as I am in Australia while all my stuff is in Korea...I just wish i had of known.

shifty · Joined: 21 Jun 2004

Just back from Fukuoka, no interview of any kind.

And good thing too, not much English in those parts.

shifty · Joined: 21 Jun 2004

Only E2, passport, one pic and 6000 yen, I might not have mentioned.

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Ha, sounds like "Mr. Super Korean Man" at the consulate in Aussie thinks he can solve the whole illegal teacher problem by himself.

Typical Korean cowboy thinking... make up your own rules.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Kimchieluver · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

I agree with Derreck, even though I am Canadian, it seems that every immigration office has its own rules. When I got overcharged getting my F2 and E2 renewed. The woman said "You must understand that my English is not as good as yours". What the heck does that have to do with the mistake she made? She spoke mostly to my Korean wife. She made a screw up and admitted it, Ill give her that, but she didn't say I'm sorry by any means.

BTW, the reason it upset me is because you just can't take a day off to go immigration.. You have to wake up early and then take the bus or whatever and it is a real pain in the a$$

desultude · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject:

fidel · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Location: North Shore NZ

Derreck, made a few valid points regarding the tendency for government ministries to seemingly mislead people on occasion, and to be fair it does seem to be a widespread problem. I always insist on getting things in writing with the person's name and position. That way if they have misled me I have some hardcopy evidence to back my side.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Desultwit and StuperHero... nah, I don't hate Koreans. Will probably be here for some time.

What I do hate is the way this culture takes advantage of people. The bosses and business owners, on average, treat their employees like crap. The owner/slave mentality is about as alive as it can be in the absence of true slavery.

I also dislike the xenophobic attitude that seems to be so strong -- especially among male Koreans. Foreigners are looked up to in some ways, but treated like "necessary evils" in many others. Worse, they are treated like criminals who are here illegally, and should be hated by everyone (and their korean girlfriends should be banished). This could not have been better illustrated than it was by Korean netizens earlier this year.

As I have mentioned before, the graft and corruption so prevolent in this society -- and the tendency to blame it all on foreigners -- is a real downer as well.

You guys can say what you want, but I know two things:

1. I'm right. (thank-you fidel and kimchieluver for agreeing, in part).

2. You're just Left-Wing wackos who are looking to cut me down in every thread possible because I don't buy into your goofy beliefs. Calling me a "Korean Hater" is just your sad way of saying, "Derrek, you are really getting to me, and it pisses me off."

Korea has its good sides too, or I certainly wouldn't be here. I just don't feel like jumping on an internet board to praise it, or blow sunshine up the asses of a bunch of Left Wing, Commie nerds who escaped jobless Canada, or the 60s with barely a few brain cells.

This board is my release -- not a ministry.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

It's a challenge living here. While on the board it's a place to vent. So we're on the board now, and D's venting, and backing his perspective up very well IMO.

Isn't life 'interpersonal' when you get right down to it. The chemistry, vibe, tone of the relationship set by lots of factors. A big factor being the polarity one senses from the other person; whether they are positive or negatively disposed.

There's the language and culture gap in Korea. All the same when it comes down to interpersonal relating, if one is able to retain a positive disposition, the Korean might (if he has one) come out of his shell of generalizations.

ahopfe · Joined: 02 Apr 2005

I did my visa run last thursday and friday ,

no interview , only the blue form , passport , pic , 6000 yen and the application form

anyone else do there run on thursday ,