Korean Job Discussion Forums

[casey's moon]

I've searched this website and I've looked on the passport Canada website, but what I'm still not sure of is if I need to do anything BEFORE I go to the Canadian embassy in Seoul to change my name in my passport and renew it.

I still have 6 more months on this passport but am out of pages, which is why I didn't change my name (to my married name) before now -- they told me to wait until I needed a new one because I could spare the page.

I'm assuming I need to do this in person -- I'm just wondering if I need to download any forms or anything beforehand.

I guess if no one knows I could always call the embassy.

[tzechuk]

The Canadian Embassy is good - they save you money.. lol..

I changed my name the day I registered my marriage at the British Embassy. They said since I was there, anyway, I might as well have it done.. though I still had 2 years left on the passport, so they told me to change it then rather than wait for 2 years.

The only thing that was required at the time was my marriage certificate, and the money to pay for it.

I am not sure how different it is at the Canadian Embassy but I suspect it's pretty much the same?

As for forms - the people at the British Embassy gave me a form, which was just a passport renewal form... I am glad I was there to fill it in because it was a little complicated to say the least!

I guess you've already seen this?

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/korea/amendment-en.asp

[ttompatz]

[casey's moon]

Thanks very much -- that's a lot of extremely helpful information!

[crazylemongirl]

Oh btw, if you don't have gurantors be prepared to have 4 references to give in place of them!

[casey's moon]

I was under the impression that guarantors were only necessary if you couldn't be there in person. I lost a passport 5 years ago, and I'm sure I didn't need a guarantor that time around.....

[crazylemongirl]

[casey's moon]

[prairieboy]

You will also need to supply your addresses for the last 5 years instead of the last 2 years as well as your employment history for the last 5 years.

Luckily, I had a guarantor here in Korea so I didn't need to go through the extra crap. Just the 2 references, guarantor declaration and 2 year history of addresses and work places.

And alot cheaper fee - 89,000 as opposed to the 130,000+ without a guarantor.

Cheers

[captain kirk]

Honest to God it's not like they don't know all that anyway considering the amount of information that's available to governments via their active surveillance arms. Making you write down addresses for employment seems like telling them what they already know for God's sake. If I may rail further I think it's bogus you have to pay more without a guarantor. Just renew the damn passport. If you're a citizen, were born there, they ought to cut you a break. Sheesh.

[Lizara]

When I had mine renewed a couple of months ago I wasn't prepared with all that information, and they let me get away without giving all the information about previous jobs and such. Obviously I don't carry their addresses and phone numbers around with me all the time. I did need four different references, but they just have to be people who have known you for a few years... at least two, I think.

[casey's moon]

[oneiros]

[casey's moon]

[skindleshanks]

Certain levels of bank officials also work as guarantors--lucky for me one of my relatives is in management at KB. He was interviewed by phonewhen I got my new passport.

Canada is soooooooooo slow--my US passport was delivered the next business day on the other side of the country! I wonder what they would have one had I chosen the "express service"!