Korea (Thread 12)

[katniss]

Locked na yung prev. thread: http://www.femalenetwork.com/girltalk/index.php/topic,291678.0.html

Let us continue our discussion here.

IDK if this has been posted but meron na ngayong Discover Seoul Pass for 39,900 won - transpo plus entrance to tourist attraction:

More info here: http://english.visitseoul.net/essential-Info-article/Discover-Seoul-Pass-EN_/18400

[Eggpudding]

Sis Katniss, okay sana yan no, kaso tama ba intindi ko? Pagka purchase mo or upon first use, eh within 24hrs dapat mapuntahan mo yung 16 locations? Parang ang hirap. lols! Baka di mo masulit? Then di naman sya free transpo no? Discounted lang? (OT, yan yung commercial ni Song Hye Kyo sa TvN haha! Yan pala yung I Seoul U nya. lols!)

To answer Sis huit's question sa last thread

Yes sis, need nadin sa ngayon ng 3 mos Bank Statement. For further info, eto yung list ng new reqs nila For Employees http://embassy_philippines.mofa.go.kr/english/as/embassy_philippines/visa/requirement/index.jsp And yes sis, safe na kumuha now kung October ang alis nyo.

Mabilis nga ang pag submit sa kanila. Lalo na kung Tues-Thurs ka natapat. Kami last time Monday ata yun, siguro mga 30mins din tinagal namin. Nag apply ako ng visa gamit yung BPI Promo nila after 3 days nakuha ko na agad passports namin with 3 years ME Visa

[katniss]

^ i meant pwede sya gamitin for transpo kaso loloadan pa?  haha di ko rin magets yung 24 hours na usage for the tourist attraction. di nga sya sulit! usually kasi pili lang dun sa listahan nila ang pinupuntahan namin. lol. marami namang pwedeng puntahan sa Seoul na walang bayad in a day!

[rasee16]

Sis eggpudding, I also plan to use their bpi card promo. Diba itr and bank certificate lang exempted? So nagpasa ka pa rin ba ng bank statement and need parin ng show money?

[meloncreme]

Di nga sulit yung card. Impossible talaga mapuntahan mo lahat ng locations na yun. Buti sana kung magkakatabi lang, eh kaso yung travel time from one place to another medyo matagal din eh. Kung within 3 days sana pwede pa. Nakakapagod naman kasi yun. Haha!

Sino na nakapag-DMZ tour? Pasuggest naman ako ng Korean travel agency na may DMZ tour. Salamat! ^^

[angelholics]

i think 24hrs validity for the tourist attractions YES, malabo mapuntahan un 16 places hehe
Pass Usage Duration
- Entry to tourist attractions : 24 hours
- Tmoney function : No expiration date

the Tmoney function means it can act as a Tmoney card which you can reload for train/bus rides and some convenient stores

[katniss]

I think they patterned it with Osaka Amazing Pass. Pero mas sulit yung sa Osaka kasi mas mura sya and unli-rides na ang transpo doon. Sana ginawa na rin lang nilang unli.

[Eggpudding]

Sis eggpudding, I also plan to use their bpi card promo. Diba itr and bank certificate lang exempted? So nagpasa ka pa rin ba ng bank statement and need parin ng show money?

Instead of Bank Statement, ang ipapasa mo nalang is yung SOA ng CC mo. Parang ang lalabas, yung Credit Limit/Available Balance mo ang show money mo. hehe.

Eto yung reqs na sinend ko for BPI Gold CC

1. Application Form
2. 1piece of Passport size colored picture
3. Original Passport (should be valid for more than 6months)
4. Photocopy of Passport Bio-page (page 2)
5. Original Certificate of Employment
   (must include applicant's position, date hired, compensation, office address, HR landline number(cell-phone number is not allowed), HR e-mail address)
6. SOA (Instead of Bank Statement) (BDO/BPI SOA CC mo ito. Latest SOA for BPI, then 2Latest SOA for BDO CC)

HTH!

[runbarbierun]

Hello! Sorry, clarify ko lang just to be sure haha. My ticket's from MNL-INC-LAX, with a 20 hour layover in Incheon. I can go out the airport diba? No need for any visa? Do I just go directly to the immigration kapag ganun? AYoko kasi mag-avail nung free transit tour sa airport.

[arowen]

Guys, question. I was issued a 3yr ME visa two years ago. Na gamit ko naman siya twice. Gusto ko sana Sulitin  before it expires next year. Thing is, magrerenew ako ng passport this October, and magpapapalit na din ako ng surname since married na ako. Magiging invalid na kaya  visa ko? 😔

[missreese]

@eggpudding - hi sis.. yang requirements na nipost mo.. yan na po yung ibibigay kay BPI for visa application? Kelangan na ba agad ng Iti at ticket pag nag apply ng visa?

[Eggpudding]

^
sis missreese yan yung mga reqs na binigay ko sa Korean Embassy. Pag pasok mo, dun sa unang table, iaask nila kung anong application ang sadya mo, sabihin mo lang na BPI Gold yung dala mong reqs, para sa window 3 kana nila ipipila. No need for itinerary and plane ticket muna. Di naman sila nag rerequire ng ganun upon application ng visa. Though sa application form mo, dapat ilalagay mo "undecided" doon sa kung saan ka mag sstay na accom pati yung contact number. Yun eh kung wala ka pa talagang nabook na accom ha. Sakin kasi, may accom and plane ticket nadin ako before applying ng visa, kaya may nakalagay nadin agad doon sa application form ko. Pero yun nga, di naman nila req ang plane ticket, accom or itinerary upon applying Korean Visa.

[huit]

To answer Sis huit's question sa last thread

Yes sis, need nadin sa ngayon ng 3 mos Bank Statement. For further info, eto yung list ng new reqs nila For Employees http://embassy_philippines.mofa.go.kr/english/as/embassy_philippines/visa/requirement/index.jsp And yes sis, safe na kumuha now kung October ang alis nyo.

Mabilis nga ang pag submit sa kanila. Lalo na kung Tues-Thurs ka natapat. Kami last time Monday ata yun, siguro mga 30mins din tinagal namin. Nag apply ako ng visa gamit yung BPI Promo nila after 3 days nakuha ko na agad passports namin with 3 years ME Visa

Yay! Sige target ko before end of August mag-apply na. Question ulit, kasi may recent COE na ako na nakauha
form our company. Pero mga July 20 siya na-release, nakakahiya naman if humingi ako ulit,
pwede pa kaya magamit yung COE na kinuha ko if ngayong August ako mag-apply. Nandun naman yung
name ng company, telephone number ng office at ibang information na nakalagay sa requirements
for COE. =) Tapos regarding sa OECD countries, ano effect nun aside sa 3 working days ang processing ng visa? Galing kami
Japan last year kasi pero single entry lang siya. Thanks in advance. =D

[snowkeis]

Hi mga sis. Question, do we need to book a hotel first before we apply for a korean visa? Tia.

[fallen_@ngeL]

^sis no need to book a hotel, can apply visa even without hotel booking, just inpute "undecided" like what sis eggpudding mentioned earlier

@sis huit i think ok lang naman kahit last july 20 ka kumuha ng COE, basta nandun sa COE yung required details na hinihingi ng visa requirement. regarding the OECD, im not sure what's the effect besides the 3 days processing. they did not explain this naman unless you know someone who works for Korean Embassy hehe

[snowkeis]

^^ thank you sis.

[Eggpudding]

Yay! Sige target ko before end of August mag-apply na. Question ulit, kasi may recent COE na ako na nakauha
form our company. Pero mga July 20 siya na-release, nakakahiya naman if humingi ako ulit,
pwede pa kaya magamit yung COE na kinuha ko if ngayong August ako mag-apply. Nandun naman yung
name ng company, telephone number ng office at ibang information na nakalagay sa requirements
for COE. =) Tapos regarding sa OECD countries, ano effect nun aside sa 3 working days ang processing ng visa? Galing kami
Japan last year kasi pero single entry lang siya. Thanks in advance. =D

Not sure lang sis kung tama pag kakatanda ko na lahat ng docs na ipapasa sa pag apply, tinatanggap nila kahit 3months old na yung doc. So kung last July lang, then Aug ka mag aapply, pasok pa naman siya.

Yung sa OECD naman, sabi nila may mas edge ka daw when applying, kasi meaning, nabigyan kana ng visa nung ibang OECD countries, edi parang para sa kanila, mapag kakatiwalaan kana din nila mabigyan ng visa? lols! yun lang yung nasa isip ko ha. Pero may nabasa padin ako noon, kahit may ibang valid OECD visa sya eh na deny padin sya for a korean visa. Pero parang 1 or 2 lang yung nabalitaan kong ganun. haha!

[snowkeis]

^^ sis if meron ka existing visa from OECD country sabi hindi na kailangan ng ITR?

[witch_goddess]

sissies, I and my friend are planning to apply for a Korean visa, kaso lang, she does not have an ITR kasi she is working as a freelancer/via online.  Any inputs for this kind of situation wherein may chance na tatanggapin pa rin yung application niya?

TIA! :*

[damonsgirl]

Your friend can submit an affidavit of support from her parents together with their itr, bank statement, employment cert.