Thai Citizen visiting the South Korea Warning (NO VISA WILL BE GIVEN)

[theoldgit]

There have been plenty of reports of Thais being denied entry into South Korea due the increasingly large number of overstayers seeking work, male and female, my wife and I have travelled there a number of times and so have a number of our friends, none of us have encountered a problem though sometimes plans in South Korea itself are scrutinised, length of stay and accomocation, as well as exit tickets, I suspect the class of travel wouldn't make any difference one way or the other. 

As a matter of interest it's worth noting that S Korea ceased the stamping of passports on exit some time ago in an effort to reduce queues on departure and are about to stop stamping passports on entry for the same reason, instead of stamping the passport the holder will get an entry and exit slip, whilst this is a good move, and many other countries seem to be doing the same, some Border Force Officers and Visa Officers use the exit and entry stamps in passports to satisfy themselves of a record of complying with immigration rules, maybe travellers should retain these slips.

[nickboyuk]

My wife has been there 3 times and never refused entry. She is there now staying with her best friend on holiday and had no problem. 

[jpeezy]

I work in Korea and I am about to go meet my girlfriend in Thailand and we will be coming to Korea together. I am not sure if I should be concerned or not about her coming into country if I am with her. Will she need to have her own cash on hand to enter Korea or me vouching for her at immigration with my money is sufficient? How much money are they looking for, if she visits for month? I imagine me having a work visa holds more weight than a tourist but who knows nowadays?

 

[docspinoff]

i think i know the answer to this story but would be good to here your views '''' a thai girl wants to make  big money in Korea doing massage .so she gets  tourist visa on arrival .... she said i man will meet her at the thai airport and give her information like tourist stuff on Korea ...  then another man will meet her Korea . for this service she has to pay 7,000b ;;;;;then what happens is speculation   !!!!!!  i assume he will take her to a massage shop .and leave her there.. to work     but the strange thing is she said i leave my passport with him...  i told her she must keep her passport all the time as with out she cannot leave ...... what do you all think ????? more speculation would be interesting ?   but i can't seem to tell her , so if any one has a thai girlfriend who could write  replies in thai also would be good so i can show her ...  thanks 

[theoldgit]

8 hours ago, docspinoff said:

i think i know the answer to this story but would be good to here your views '''' a thai girl wants to make  big money in Korea doing massage .so she gets  tourist visa on arrival .... she said i man will meet her at the thai airport and give her information like tourist stuff on Korea ...  then another man will meet her Korea . for this service she has to pay 7,000b ;;;;;then what happens is speculation   !!!!!!  i assume he will take her to a massage shop .and leave her there.. to work     but the strange thing is she said i leave my passport with him...  i told her she must keep her passport all the time as with out she cannot leave ...... what do you all think ????? more speculation would be interesting ?   but i can't seem to tell her , so if any one has a thai girlfriend who could write  replies in thai also would be good so i can show her ...  thanks 

If she thinks this is a reasonable approach then I suspect that anything you, or anybody else on this forum, can say will make her look past the perceived prospect of earning mega bucks over and above her initial outlay.
You talk about a "Thai girl" but your post implies that she might be in a relationship with you, this forum isn't really for discussing relationships but it beggars the question as to why a lass in a relationship would even consider wanting to travel to Korea to work in a massage parlour.

The media here in Thailand have been reporting that the Thai authorities have been stopping some Thai nationals traveling to Korea, and some other countries, when they believe that they are going overseas to work illegally, the Thai Embassy in Korea is also issuing warnings relating to working in Korea.

Forum Rules prohibit posts in Thai on this forum.  

 

 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/11/251_239496.html