Comments on: Visa Troubles and the Seoul Immigration Office

By: muhammad yousaf khan

muhammad yousaf khan — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:29:26 +0000

Dear Sir,
Attention : Kim Sung-Hwan
May I have apply short stay visa here in Korea Embassy Islamabad Pakistan.

Receipt : No 11-3243
Dated : 18-10-2011
Name : Muhammad Yousaf Khan
Passport : CL 4103273

Dear Officer Immigration department R.Korea.

Dear Sir,
I would like to inform you that I am running my business in the name and style of M/S KHAN TRADERS GUJRANWALA
based in Pakistan ,

I am involved in textile machinery business since 1994 and I have lot of experience in international market of import and
export of textile machines.

Recently I have been invited by the Organization office from the KORTEX 2011 , this is very good opportunity for me to
promote my business in the textile machinery ,

for participating in this forum I in need to get visa for Korea , the KORTEX 2011 has sanded me the official invitation letter
which I have presented to the Korea embassy Islamabad along with the following documents.

1. original invitation and grunts letter
2. original passport and pictures
3. via fee
4. bank statement of my business and my personal bank status.
5. my company Tex documents.
6. my company Registration certificates.
7. travel ticket and insurance
8. international travel history
9. my company undertaking letter

after submission of my visa application to the embassy with all documents I get receipt from the embassy and I was informed by the
visa officer that I will collect my passport after 3 days. When I was received my passport from embassy I was shocked that there
is no visa on my passport , when I request to embassy what is the reason to not grant visa , the visa officer ask me no any reason tell
me regarding this matter ,

I would like to request you that please check the matter and inform me what is the reason why the Korea embassy has not issued me
visa for participating in the forum KORTEX 2011.

thanks with regards
Khan Muhammad Yousaf
Proprietor
KHAN TRADERS GUJRANWALA
PAKISTAN
PHONE 0092 554442050-2088
FAX 0092 554442040
EMAIL : info@khan traders.org
web : http://www.khan traders.org

By: tony

tony — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:17:45 +0000

when I was in korea , the first time, I had a diploma which was accepted in south korea.
All i need was one more course to get my diploma turned into a degree from my college for I had taken all my required course for the degree ,just need one, but at that time diploma was accepted in korea so my friend said complete your degree latter. I use my diploma and got my E2 visa in Ulsan.

Then the rules in korea changed,
The koreans wanted a degree, so my friend said you can take a course online and get a degree.
from any university instead of flying back to canada , so I took a online course and got my Toronto degree.

Then I came back to canada joined the military , the military does they own check up.
Online degrees are not accepted in korea and in canada ,No lawyer will nortorized it.
When i was in canada on vacation 2003 I think , I took my one course to finish my degree from my college.
That the canadian lawyers did nortorize for they check before nortorizing it.
I explained that to the bussan immigration . They were okay with my explanation
But now I applied in ulsan they say my degree is fake
cause I got the 2 degree. I keep telling them one is on line and I got conned by one site saying they were part of the toronto university. The other one is from Canada going to the university. Bussan was okay but not ulsan. Any advice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: debbi

debbi — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:42:36 +0000

this is great! i happened to enter ur blog by googling “seoul immigration office” n this entry is SO much more helpful than any other website. thanks a bunch!!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:17:06 +0000

Been here 3 years, and personally haven’t had any of these problems… yet. Headed to immigration in a few minutes to try and convert my soon to expire E-2 into a D-4, as I’m also a registered student. Wish me luck, sounds like I’ll need it.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:56:09 +0000

I just arrived in Seoul a month ago and have been trying to get my alien registration car, and I’m running into similar problems. Nothing as bad as yours, thank God, but I keep them in mind to keep my spirits up. Thanks for the helpful tips.

By: Muninn

Muninn — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 06:45:44 +0000

No problem vesta! I’m glad you have gotten that alien card procedure through with. I wish you the best working in Seoul!

By: vesta

vesta — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 01:06:22 +0000

Thank you for your clear and funny introduction! I am a Chinese working in Seoul. Your blog helps me to get my Alien Card done. Wish you a good day!^_^

By: Muninn

Muninn — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:44:29 +0000

Takk for rådet! Noen ganger hjelper det å være en “Imperial Citizen” men som du sa, det er ofte best å bare si at man er fra Norge. Det kommer litt an på hvem du snakker med, og hvilken generasjon de er.

By: Vladimir Tikhonov

Vladimir Tikhonov — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:12:01 +0000

Kjære Muninn, kan jeg gi deg et godt råd? Har du noe slags konfliktsituasjon på gata i Korea, trøbbel med koreanerne osv, vennligst bare si at du er fra Norge, uten noe omtale om USA-forhold. USA har jo et stort imageproblem overalt, men p.g.a. Bushies gale politikk overfor N-Korea og mange andre grunn ser Korea ut som et spesielt tilfelle. Det betyr selvfølgelig ikke at man eksploder når han/nun hører om USA, men jeg opplever det på den måten at følelsene blir forskjellige – du er virkelig anerkjent som en “andre”.

Mvh,

Vladimir

By: Muninn

Muninn — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:11:04 +0000

Hey sis, ya – that was funny and sad, same with museum lines in Spain. But US didn’t the EU and even the EU seems like it is hanging on by a thread…

Ah, good old days :-)

By: Carleen

Carleen — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:09:39 +0000

Remember getting off the boat in Ireland and how everyone else got to go through and you and I, with our Norwegian passports, had to wait in line? When we ask the immigration guy why that was he said “You should have joined the EU while you could.”

sis

By: Muninn

Muninn — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:34:47 +0000

Hey George – figured as much (as I indicated in my posting).

By: Siri

Siri — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:08:24 +0000

Welcome to the world of immigration offices and visa problems! All of the above rings a giant bell with me – as you know, I’ve had more than my share of experiences with such offices in various parts of the world, and that was using a Norwegian passport!

Glad it all got resolved in the end.

mom

By: George

George — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:48:13 +0000

Canadians get 180 days because Koreans can travel to Canada without visas for 180 days. Canada. Cool. Connected.

By contrast, Korean nationals going to the US seem to require a visa/interview, even for tourism purposes. So they’re actually being quite nice giving you 30 days.

By: Craig Colbeck

Craig Colbeck — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:18:16 +0000

But…! We had great mandu ramyon on the way.

Somebody needs to write a paper on the practice of writing an elipses [...] followed by an exclamation point [!]–which many Koreans do. Does that indicate a gap between dazed apprehension and astonished comprehension?