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freethought · Joined: 13 Mar 2005

Hi,

I need to get my visa extended for about 4 days between the expiration on Aug 30th (contract ends on Aug 31st) and when my new contract with my new public school starts on Sept 3rd.

I live in Gyeonggi and so I'm going down to Hwaseo (or whatever it's called).

What documents do I need to get the extension. My middle school is pretty disorganized and they don't know and can't seem to find it.

Replies ASAP would be great since I want to go tomorrow.

Thanks.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

freethought · Joined: 13 Mar 2005

Thanks, I'll try to be more clear.

I'm staying in the same city at a different public school in the same public school system.

The visa can apparently be extended/transfered, or so I've been told. This means no visa run is required, since the city is the employer, rather than a hagwon, and the employer technically remains the same.

My contract ends on August 31st. My new contract starts on Sept 3rd, and I will be signing it on Friday. My visa, however, runs out on Aug 30th.

So the idea is that I get a 4 or 5 day extension and then the new visa will be in effect.

Any further insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.