Korea Expat Guide

If your visa extension appointment in Korea is after your stay expiration date, check the deadline, office, documents, online filing, and official guidance fast. This guide is for foreigners in Korea who found a HiKorea appointment date, but the appointment is later than the stay expiration date or immigration deadline. For the full immigration cluster, start from the ARC, Visa and Immigration Problems in Korea hub. Quick Answer: A Late Appointment Does Not Automatically Extend Your Stay If your appointment date is after your stay expiration date, do not treat the reservation as automatic permission to stay longer. First confirm your exact stay expiration date, check whether the appointment is for the correct office and task, prepare your extension documents, check whether online filing is possible, and contact 1345 or the responsible immigration office before the deadline passes. HiKorea's visit reservation notice says reservations should be made before the stay expiratio...

To find your immigration office in Korea, check your current address jurisdiction, task type, HiKorea reservation page, deadline, and office notice first. This guide is for foreigners in Korea who are not sure which immigration office handles a visa extension, ARC task, address change, passport update, visit reservation, or other HiKorea-related task. For the full immigration cluster, start from the ARC, Visa and Immigration Problems in Korea hub. Quick Answer: Start With Address Jurisdiction, Not Convenience Do not choose an immigration office only because it is nearby, has an earlier appointment, or appears first in a search result. Many immigration tasks are tied to the office responsible for your current address, your changed address, or the task category. The safest starting point is the official HiKorea immigration office jurisdiction search . HiKorea shows office names, addresses, and jurisdiction areas. Use that result together with your current address, task type, dea...

If immigration office appointments in Korea are fully booked, check your deadline, office, task type, online filing option, and whether you must visit. This guide is for foreigners in Korea who can access HiKorea but cannot find an immigration office appointment before a visa, ARC, reporting, or document deadline. For the full immigration cluster, start from the ARC, Visa and Immigration Problems in Korea hub. Quick Answer: Do Not Wait Silently If every appointment looks fully booked, do not assume the deadline automatically moves. First confirm your stay expiration date or legal reporting period, check whether you selected the correct office and task type, see whether the task has an online electronic petition route, and contact 1345 or the responsible immigration office before the period passes. HiKorea's visit reservation notice says that reservations should be made before the stay expiration date or legal reporting deadline. It also says that if there is no date availa...

If HiKorea visit reservation is not working, check login or non-member authentication, passport details, office selection, available dates, and your immigration deadline. This guide is for foreigners who cannot make, find, cancel, print, or use a HiKorea visit reservation for an immigration office task. For the full immigration cluster, start from the ARC, Visa and Immigration Problems in Korea hub. Quick Answer: What Should You Check First? If HiKorea visit reservation is not working, separate the problem into four parts: account or authentication, applicant information, office and date selection, and immigration deadline. These are different problems, even if they all look like one broken reservation screen. Are you trying as a member or as a non-member? Are the passport number, nationality, name, date of birth, and registration number typed exactly as the record expects? Are you choosing the immigration office responsible for your address? Is the task one that a...