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BigBlackEquus

I went to immigration to get my degree verified. Did anyone else notice that the sign right at the front door incorrectly says to bring your 'transcripts' instead of 'degree'?

That one freaked me out momentarily. Had I not known that other foreigners had done this with just their degree, it might have made me turn around and go home to get them!

Typical immigration stupidity.

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

Omokyo. I will be posting a photo of it later.

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject:

Here it is. It's right on the front door of the Omogkyo immigration office:

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

I saw it too. What amused me the most was having my degree scrutinised by a lady who was knitting a pink scarf and who I don't think is trained to spot forged documents although she did do a good impression of such a person. Laughing

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

Apparently, the picture supports what I was saying in another thread. Foreign residents (F2-1 visa) simply don't have to play along with this charade. The form is for E2 holders. Since September 25, 2005, immigration is not concerned with the employment of foreign residents. Contact your local immigration office and make this point clear to them.

koryo1 · Joined: 26 Aug 2005

sarahsarah · Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Location: Bundang

Funny...

They didn't require anything of me other than handing over the paper. They didn't ask to see my transcripts, degree, nor any type of ID.

Whole thing seems a bit pointless to me.

Kyrei · Joined: 22 Jan 2003

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Not me.

Korean immigration is a breeze compared with, for example, US.

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

Wangja, I think we are all now well-aware of your extreme hatred of US immigration policy.

When are you going to spill the beans about your own personal experience? And please tell us if you expect immigration rules to tighten in the UK after recent incidents?

JacktheCat · Joined: 08 May 2004

Korea:
Visa: a week at most
ARC: two weeks

America:
Visa: 6 to 9 months
Greencard: +3 years

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

It's not extreme hatred it's just unreasonable for someone to complain about hard Korean immigration is when the complainer's is even harder.

No I do not expect any changes to UK immigration policy as it is already extremely hard for a non-EU citizen to get a work permit. Just as it is in the US. Much harder than in Korea .....

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Grimalkin · Joined: 22 May 2005

One of the teachers at my school went yesterday. She said the whole process only took two minutes. She asked the guy she was dealing with if they were going to call the uni's and confirm that the degrees were genuine. He said no cos that that would be too expensive. Shocked