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superaley
Joined: 17 May 2006
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 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:52 am Post subject: NO VISA - AIRPORT PROCEDURE |
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| what must i do when i arrive from uk with no visa |
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makemischief
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: Traveling
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| do you have a roundtrip ticket? |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| you could buy a one-way ticket back home with no restrictions, so that it looks like you have a roundtrip ticket, and then cancel it after you get to korea. |
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biggpoppa
Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| from what i've read on here, its pretty ambigious...i've been told that you don't need an onward ticket, and you'll be granted a 30 day visa upon arrival but again, it's difficult to say...but i know there is another member from the uk who's had no problem with one ways... |
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superaley
Joined: 17 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| yes i have a return ticket |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| superaley wrote: |
| yes i have a return ticket |
Get off the airplane and follow the crowd to the passport control lineup.
Present your passport and entry card (given to you by the flight attendant) to the official.
They will take the entry card, stamp your passport and send you on your way. (Non-registered (NO ARC) foreigners still have to fill in an entry card).
Go down the escalator to the baggage carousel and get your bags.
Go through the customs lineup and out of the secure area - get some korean money at the money exchange desk on the way out.
Go out to the curb and find the bus going to your destination.
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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one of the most precise, concise, correct, and complete replies I've seen here. Wish you were here when I first arrived.  |
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Saram
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been told that it's less stressful to chose a a line with a female immi officer at Incheon if you're coming here on a tourist visa. Specially if you're doing it for the second or third time! |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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If you have your regular passport issued by your government, but no VISA issued by the Korean government, you will get a tourist VISA inside of the passport.
If you have NO passport, you go back on the first flight available. |
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Carter82
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:17 am Post subject: |
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I thought I might not get my E2 in time for leaving so I looked into getting into Korea from the UK with a tourist visa just in case the E2 didn't arrive on time.
I spoke to the Korean embassy in London about this and they insisted that you cannot get a tourist visa without a return ticket. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| Carter82 wrote: |
I thought I might not get my E2 in time for leaving so I looked into getting into Korea from the UK with a tourist visa just in case the E2 didn't arrive on time.
I spoke to the Korean embassy in London about this and they insisted that you cannot get a tourist visa without a return ticket. |
If you go to Korea during an E2 request, your E2 is immediately revoked! |
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Carter82
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Lucky I got my E2 then!
I made the enquiry prior to beginning the process for an E2 therefore I was in no danger of having the E2 revoked. |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: |
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If you haven't applied for an E-2 yet (i didn't know that rule), and the airlines allow you to fly to Korea on a one-way ticket, I've never once seen Immigration ask for proof of a return ticket before giving a tourist visa - and I hang out by the Immigration desks all the time  .
I mean, how do they know you're not taking a ferry to China or Japan? Or picking up your ticket from a travel agent in Korea? |
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