HOW TO APPLY SOUTH KOREAN VISA FOR FILIPINO EMPLOYEES
For once in our lives, we were involuntarily hooked on Korean dramas and lifestyles mainly by the influence of mainstream media. I was reviewing for the Boards back then when the Korean series Lovers in Paris was such a hit and the list goes on. I honestly wasn’t able to watch the whole series. Most of my friends dreamt of going to South Korea to personally experience how it is to live in those cinematographic settings. And they did go.
I
have never been to South Korea and there are no concrete or definite plans of
going there anytime soon. A seat sale
came and so I joined the bandwagon.
But
it is never that easy to go there. A
seat sale is not enough as we still need to secure a visa. There are different types of visas and as a
corporate slave, I have to secure a tourist visa with specific requirements set
for Filipino employees.
Fortunate
that I have been granted visas on OECD member countries such as Japan, that
processing of my application was shortened to 3 days and I finally got hold of
the Single-Entry Korean Visa as first timer.
Wall
postings at the Korean Embassy states that documentary requirements should be
arranged according to the sequence on the list. And so this will be your guide.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
1
|
Application
Form
|
2
|
1
pc. Passport size colored picture
|
3
|
Passport
Original (6 months valid)
|
4
|
Copy
of Passport First Page (Bio-Data page)
|
5
|
Original
& Copy of valid visa and arrival stamps to OECD member countries for the
past 5 years
|
6
|
Original
Certificate of Employment (must include applicant’s position, date hired,
compensation, address, office landline number (cell-phone number is not
allowed), e-mail address)
|
7
|
Original
Bank Certificate (must include account type, current balance, account opening
date, 6 months average daily balance)
|
8
|
Bank
Statement (original or certified true copy of bank statements/passbook for
the last 3 months)
|
9
|
ITR
(Income Tax Return) or BIR Form 2316 copy
|
10
|
Copy
of PRC Card or IBP Card (if applicable)
|
·
Note
also that frequent travelers who have travelled to OECD countries within five
(5) years are exempt from submitting ITR.
If
personally invited by Korean: Invitation
letter & Copy of Inviter’s Passport
If invited by Company in
Korea: Invitation letter & Copy of
Korean Company Business Permit
FEES
Visa
Fee for 59 days (or less) stay in Korea is FREE.
Visa
Fee for 60 to 90 days stay in Korea is PhP1,800.00
OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES
Regular
processing of visa application is five (5) days from the time of its submission
but if you have been granted a Visa to OECD countries for the past five (5)
years, have the same photocopied and attached to the application form so that
processing will be shortened to three (3) days.
Australia
|
Hungary
|
Poland
|
Austria
|
Iceland
|
Portugal
|
Belgium
|
Ireland
|
Slovak
Republic
|
Canada
|
Israel
|
Slovenia
|
Chile
|
Italy
|
Spain
|
Czech
Republic
|
Japan
|
Sweden
|
Denmark
|
Korea
|
Switzerland
|
Estonia
|
Luxembourg
|
Turkey
|
Finland
|
Mexico
|
United
Kingdom
|
France
|
Netherlands
|
United
States
|
Germany
|
New
Zealand
|
|
Greece
|
Norway
|
THE KOREAN EMBASSY
McKinley
Town Center, 122 Upper McKinley Road
Taguig,
1634, Metro Manila
Application
of Visa: 8:30AM to 11:00AM
Releasing
of Visa: 1:30PM to 4:00PM
1 comments
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Visa for Australia