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BboySeoul1 · Tue 12-Dec-06, 02:33 AM

Hi. This is my first time trying all of this (teaching abroad), and I'm obviously not too good at it.

I went to Hong Kong for a Visitor Visa. I got it and came back to Taiwan. Now I need to go back and get another visa, except, they stopped me and told me that I needed to go to an office to GET my visitor visa. I guess the piece of paper they stuck in my passport wasn't the visa, it was just the paper allowing me to get a visa here in Taiwan. I didn't know that, and have been living here for two months, apparently on nothing.

Nobody said anything about having to do this, not the visa office, not the airport, so I thought I had my visa already. I am leaving before the "visa" expires, but I am going tomorrow to get it switched to the visitor visa and try to work things out, which I should have done a long time ago apparently.

Any advice on what I should do? Did anyone else have this problem? I really need a new visitor visa, and if they stamp in my passport that I overstayed, I think my chances of getting a new one are toast. I don't know what to do and it's pretty scary.

Any advice would help! Thanks!

Tue 12-Dec-06, 02:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
BboySeoul1 ESL Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Occupation: Teacher Location: Posts: 1	Visitor Visa Problem Hi. This is my first time trying all of this (teaching abroad), and I'm obviously not too good at it. I went to Hong Kong for a Visitor Visa. I got it and came back to Taiwan. Now I need to go back and get another visa, except, they stopped me and told me that I needed to go to an office to GET my visitor visa. I guess the piece of paper they stuck in my passport wasn't the visa, it was just the paper allowing me to get a visa here in Taiwan. I didn't know that, and have been living here for two months, apparently on nothing. Nobody said anything about having to do this, not the visa office, not the airport, so I thought I had my visa already. I am leaving before the "visa" expires, but I am going tomorrow to get it switched to the visitor visa and try to work things out, which I should have done a long time ago apparently. Any advice on what I should do? Did anyone else have this problem? I really need a new visitor visa, and if they stamp in my passport that I overstayed, I think my chances of getting a new one are toast. I don't know what to do and it's pretty scary. Any advice would help! Thanks!