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[winnie]

I have a couple of questions...

I need to extend my E-2 Visa....as I will be signing on for another year.

How long does the process take? Do I have to leave my passport for a day or two, or is it just a quick stamp?

Do I have to get it done at the immigration place closest to my new work place(have heard this before)? I will be moving to another town in the same province.

[vdowd]

I think that your E2 is tied to your current place of employment and contract. You can extend your E2 only if you stay at the same company and place.

If you are changing locations, I think you must get a new E2 even if you are staying with the some company. Correct me if I am wrong people.

[NearlyKorean]

[winnie]

I am staying with the same company/program, just changing schools.

Was told that I just need to get it extended.

[NearlyKorean]

(1) The Object of Permission

When a foreigner desires to change or add working places under their present status of sojourn, he/she must apply for and obtain permission to do so in advance(article 21-1). For example, this permission is required when an English teacher wishes to teach English at a different language institute from the one originally designated, or desires to teach English not only at a language institute originally designated but also at a
different language institute under the same status of sojourn.

The objects of this permission are as follows:

�� Status of work activity : C-4(short-term employment), E-1(professor), E-7(other particular occupations), H-1(working holidays)
�� Status which applies correspondingly to work activity: D-3(industrial trainees), D-5(residence reporters), D-7(intra-company transferees), D-8(treaty investors)
�� Persons who change their organization, school or training place: D-2(students), D-4(general trainees), D-6(religious workers)

�� Attentions

When a foreigner is transferred to another working place following the directions of an employer, the employer should report that fact to the immigration office which has jurisdiction over the foreigner's new working place within 15 days. In this case, a foreigner does not have to get a permission to change or add working places.

These following 2 conditions should be met!
- same employer
- same activity
(2) Required Documents and Application Places

For permission to change or add working places, an applicant should visit in person a district or branch office (Ujongbu, Ulsan, Donghae) which has jurisdiction over the place of sojourn with the following documents.

�� Passport and Alien registration card
�� Application form(refer to Annex 14)
�� Materials indicating in concrete terms the nature of the activity to be engaged in (e.g., copy of employment contract, brochure describing the business of the employer, etc., refer to Annex 14)
- A personal reference should be presented by a new employer.
�� Fee (60,000 won)


<Example��
�� When an English teacher holding an E-2 status(Teaching Foreign Languages) desires to add a working place: passport, alien registration card, application form, contract paper, release paper and reference are required.

- Fee : 60,000 won

[thorin]

I extended mine today.

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Passport
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Application
30,000 won