Korean Job Discussion Forums

[poet13]

Hello.
I have looked at the immigration website here, and anywhere else i can think of, including posts a few years old. In one it stated that the Korean Immigration does not grant visas of only six months, only one year. My question is, if my passport has only 7 months remaining, can I sign a new contract for six months, and renew my passport in country?
I kinda-gotta-know-right-now cause my boss is expecting an answer from me this evening. I am scheduled to talk to immigration tomorrow morning by phone, but then it will be too late. The long route would be to visa run back on a three month tourist visa, and wait the two weeks while its renewed, but thats cutting budget pretty tight.
If anybody is informed, I would really appreciate hearing from them.
Thanks all.

[sadsac]

Immigration require you to have a minimum of six months still on your passport. They will still issue an E2 for the year, it's just transfered to your new passport when you get it. That's what happened with my wife and her Australian passport.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I managed to sign my first one-year contract with only four months left in my passport, then renew my passport in Korea.

[poet13]

gentlepeople,
thank you for the repsonses. i'd like to ask one more question though. Wehn did they renew your passports in such a fashion? As regulations tend to do, I worry that if your's were renewed two three or more years ago, that this may not still be possible.
Thanks again,

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[poet13]

thank you.

[ajuma]

Yes, you can sign a contract, but your VISA will only be good until your current passport expires. Then you'll have to make another trip to immigration to get the visa stamp in your new passport and the updated date on your ARC.

[poet13]

the end result was that i signed a six month contract. the passport expires a couple of weeks after that, but thats ok, cause i will go about the process of renewing it shortly.
thanks all.