Hi Everyone!
New to this forum and really need some help and advice from anyone/everyone.
A year ago I met my now girlfriend in South Korea. We are both ESL teachers. (She's Canadian and I'm from South Africa) I have been working abroad now for the past 3.5 years now. For 2 years I was in the United Arab Emirates also working as a teacher and for the past year and half I have been working here in South Korea. We are planning on going to Canada together and settling down there, permanently. We are thinking about doing the Visitor Visa for me first and then extending it afterwards. We found out that I would have to send my South African Passport to the Philippines because it seems the embassy in Seoul do not handle Visitor Visas. (The whole process I believe will take month, excluding getting the paperwork together) I've gone home to South Africa a few times to visit my family through the years etc. but haven't been living/working in South Africa for the past few years but I have a valid and up to date SA passport.
That's our situation and I have a few questions:
When entering Canada on a Visitor Visa it is required that I need a return ticket. Where should I book the return ticket to? The most logical place would be South Africa but we are unsure.
Also is it correct that foreigners (Like South Africans) living in South Korea have to send their passport all the way to the Philippines? (I kind of feel naked without it)
Any advice or help would be really appreciated.
Thanks!
New to this forum and really need some help and advice from anyone/everyone.
A year ago I met my now girlfriend in South Korea. We are both ESL teachers. (She's Canadian and I'm from South Africa) I have been working abroad now for the past 3.5 years now. For 2 years I was in the United Arab Emirates also working as a teacher and for the past year and half I have been working here in South Korea. We are planning on going to Canada together and settling down there, permanently. We are thinking about doing the Visitor Visa for me first and then extending it afterwards. We found out that I would have to send my South African Passport to the Philippines because it seems the embassy in Seoul do not handle Visitor Visas. (The whole process I believe will take month, excluding getting the paperwork together) I've gone home to South Africa a few times to visit my family through the years etc. but haven't been living/working in South Africa for the past few years but I have a valid and up to date SA passport.
That's our situation and I have a few questions:
When entering Canada on a Visitor Visa it is required that I need a return ticket. Where should I book the return ticket to? The most logical place would be South Africa but we are unsure.
Also is it correct that foreigners (Like South Africans) living in South Korea have to send their passport all the way to the Philippines? (I kind of feel naked without it)
Any advice or help would be really appreciated.
Thanks!