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[dogshed]

I've been excited and maybe asking to many questions. My recruiter got my contract and other paperwork but now seems to be ignoring my emails.

The Friday work day is done in Korea so now I have to wait until Sunday night Kansas City time.

Should I be worried? How long does it take to get the letter of acceptance for EPIK?

The consulate in Chicago thought that EPIK did not use the numbers but instead only used acceptance letters.

Thanks. -Jeff

[ThePoet]

This week has been Chuseok and Independence day holidays. So Tuesday and Thursday/Friday were civil servant days off...Don't worry about it if you were out of contact with them for the whole week as many public programs (such as the university I work at) took the whole week off.

Cheers

Poet

[bosintang]

[CBP]

Doggie, search for recent posts by me and you'll see that I've been boggled down with lots of questions myself. But at some point we all are, so please don't worry about that. This is going to be my first time working overseas. I've radically changed my life to do this. And never mind the barrage of details ... contracts, negotiations, finding the right school, visa stuff, and numerous other details. I tend to feel apologetic for my questions, but the responses I've been getting have been a huge help.

[dogshed]

I got an email from the recruiter and she said I should be getting a number sometime this week. -Jeff

[Oreovictim]

Yeah, I signed and sent my contract, and I'm waiting, too. Oddly enough, I'm from the Chicago area as well.

Small world

[dogshed]

I got the number. I have to send it all to Chicago today. -Jeff

[bosintang]

[dogshed]

[dogshed]

When I got the number it was earlier then I expected. My passport was at my mother's house 4.5 hours away. I had my truck loaded with with my bedframe strapped to the lumber rack. I got to moms, hooked up the laptop, printed the form and then drove the loaded truck to the tool rental shop to ship it.

The guy didn't know how to do a return label and the woman at the Chicago consulate repeated three times that it had to be prepaid and not my credit card on the shipping label.

I couldn't find my photo. When I finally found it I realized I had grabbed the passport cover instead of the passport. We decided to try again the next day.

The next day I called the consulate to ask questions about the visa app form. She wanted the schools contact information on the form even though I had my visa acceptance number. School address in 23. Address in Korea and School address and contact person in 31. Guarantor. She said it is ok to use the school address in 23 until I get an apartment.

Of course with the time difference my recruiter didn't get my email until after the FedEx deadline. That added another day. The tool rental shop guy had learned how to do the return label and I sent it all off. The address is for the school district. I hope it works.

Consulate woman asked for the a copy of page 1 and page 2 of my passport. I assumed she meant the inside cover (page 0?) which has my picture and information and page 1 which has the signature. The page marked 2 in a US passport has nothing unique about me.

FedEx says they got it. -Jeff

[dogshed]

I got the passport back with the E2 visa in it. I bought my ticket online. Ready to go. -Jeff

[CBP]

Congratulations!

How long did it take to get your visa pin from Korea? My school submitted my paperwork to immigration two days ago. I was told it could take two weeks, but someone else said be ready to go within a week, because sometimes it comes in faster than that.

Thanks.

[Darkness]

I was told it will take 10 days to get my visa number......I'll be in fucken korea in 2 weeks!!!!

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[dogshed]

[CBP]

But how long did it take from the day your school applied for your visa to the day you received the pin? It's been almost two weeks (including weekends) for me and the pin hasn't come through yet.