Visa Part 2

A few days later I was contacted by the Korean Embassy cause they didn't know what kind of visa I wanted. That's not surprising cause it never tells you what kind of visa you were applying for on the form. They also asked why I was going and the duration. Hm...didn't I put all of that in the application? I sometimes think they don't read the application, haha. I told them I wanted a C3 Visa and will be staying for 3 months, but they insisted that I didn't need one. The US and Korea has a Waiver agreement which says Americans can stay in Korea up to 90 days without a visa. Then I insisted I wanted one anyway. They kept saying since I was only going to Korea for 3 months that it wasn't necessary to get a C3 Visa cause it had the same duration as a regular tourist visa, but they would issue one to me if I still wanted it. WELL, since I had already paid a pretty penny to get all my materials over there, I think I still REALLY want that C3 visa, haha. Unfortunately they couldn't issue one to me without faxing over my admission letter. The confusing part was on the website, it states that there were no required documents. I didn't argue with them, I just went to work and faxed over copies of my certificate of admission, certificate of enrollment, and official receipt documents.

You might be wondering why I didn't just get a D4 visa from the beginning? Well, there's just too much work to get that visa and I'm just too lazy, haha. I didn't want them looking at my financial statements. You also might be wondering why I said 3 months instead of a year? I didn't want the Korean Embassy asking too many questions and how I was going to pay for everything. I didn't want to go through all the grief of telling them that stuff, haha. Anyway, after a few days I got my passport in the mail. This is the pre-paid envelope I bought. You see the over sized stamps?:

Front of Envelope

Back of Envelope

I open up my passport and to my absolute utmost surprise I got a.......

......D4 visa. Not a C3 visa, but a D4 visa. Do you see THAT? haha. I wasn't trying to get one until I got to Korea. I had to check 3 different times to see if I was seeing an illusion. I definitely wasn't, haha. D4 visa is definitely better than a C3 visa. BINGO!!!!! I think I hit a jackpot and this will give me more time to have fun ^__^V. I actually wanted to see what the process was to change my C3 visa to a D4 visa while in Korea, but I guess I'll do an entry later on how to extend your D4 visa.

I just noticed why my pre-paid envelope was so much. The top stamps were $4.90 each. The middle stamps were $1 each. The bottom left stamp was $0.10 and the bottom right was $0.75. So I paid $13.65 just for stamps =__=