South Korea Multiple Visa

South Korea Visa?

When people hearing about applying for South Korea Visa, a lot of people has already feel it's complicated, because too many documents that needed for apply a visa. But here's it is, this month I try to apply for South Korea Multiple Visa.

One of condition to apply Multiple Visa is, you had went to South Korea at least 1 times. And I have already been there 2 times before, so I decided to apply Multiple Visa.

At first, I plan to apply at the embassy directly. But after ask around, many multiple visa that applied via travel agent also has been approved easily. I live in Magelang, located at Central Java. So the fee to go to Jakarta is too expensive. So, I decided to apply via Travel Agent.

The other requirements is as same as when you are applying for Single Visa. I just modify my Sponsor Letter for multiple visa and give statement to why I want to apply for Multiple Visa. Everything is just addition, if you didn't want to add them, it's okay.

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Multiple Visa Requirements:

1. Passport that still be used at least 8 months before expired and also old passport that have Korean Visa inside.

2. Copy of all pasport name, visa and stamp.

3. Copy of identity ID

4. Copy of Birth Certificate

5. Copy of Family Card

6. Sponsor Letter

example

7. Copy of Bank Reference

    You can ask from the bank, usually they already have a format for it. Just make sure it is in English, and to Embassy of South Korea.

8. Copy of bank account transaction the last 3 months

    If possible, please don't add any significant amount between 3 months, if you wants to borrow some money from your parents, you can add it before 3 months. Or, you can borrow little amount by amount and don't forget, make it beautiful (income, and outcome). There's no rule how much do you need for the amount, just make it as you have job and live.

9. Copy of SPT Tahunan (annual tax yearly).

    Some people said, if you didn't have this, you can still apply by make statement if you didn't have SPT PPT21 / annual tax letter, especially when you apply directly to embassy. But, if you apply from travel agent, they will ask you to provide it at least, maybe from your parents, brothers, or sisters. But if you really don't have it, they are willing to proceed it, with applicant consent (approve or not is all by embassy, or if embassy ask for it, you have to be able to provide it later).

Statement letter didn't have SPT PPH 21 / NPWP -- example

10. Multiple Visa Statement Letter

      I decided to make statement letter, with materai 6000 and my sign. So the embassy will be more trust me that I will always back to Indonesia before the maximum of stay. This letter is not mandatory.

example

11. 2pcs of Pas Foto 4x6cm / 3.5x4.5cm with background white.

      My travel agent ask for 4x6cm Pas foto, but in application form it said 3.5x4..5cm. So you better ask your travel agent for it. In embassy, it also required 4x6cm.

12. Copy of deposit billing, credit card billing, five stars member, etc.

      This is just additional, you don't have to include it.

13. Copy of Flight Ticketing

14. Copy of Voucher Hotel

15. Copy of Itinery

For number 13-15, for travel agent, they wants this to be included, but in embassy, this is not mandatory.

If you want to try to apply directly in embassy, you don't need the flight ticketing, voucher hotel and itinery. But remember, for SINGLE ENTRY, once the visa granted, it will expired after 3 months from the date it granted 

-- for example, the single visa granted at 10 January 2017, so before 10 April 2017, you have to enter Korea --

Usually, the flight ticket has already very expensive. Many people buy the promo ticket which more than 6 months before departure. And the risk is, the visa is not granted. 

Because I plan to go on November 2018, and I have already had Flight Ticketing, and Voucher Hotel, so I send all of them. I still plan to go to South Korea on April 2019 for Cherry Blossom Festival, but I haven't had ticket yet, so I didn't mention about this in my letter.

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That's the requirements for applying Multiple Visa, which is the same when you apply for Single Visa.

For information,

Single Entry Visa: IDR 576.000 in Embassy

     via travel agent that I use to apply: IDR 850.000

Multiple Entry Visa: IDR 1.296.000 in Embassy

     via travel agent that I use to apply: IDR 1.600.000

Multiple entry visa proceed only 1 day once our documents enter the embassy. But if you apply via travel agent, spare about 1-1.5 weeks processing time because they need to send it first to Jakarta and send back.

You can check the application via Korean Application Visa Web.

application date: 12 September 2018, status under review

application date: 12 September 2018, I check it on 13 September 2018 afternoon, and the status is APPROVED.

Multiple entry visa will get 5 years of South Korea Visa, with maximum of stays 30 days everytime you enter Korea.

It's easy, as long as you provide all documents. So, Let's go to Korea again and again for the next 5 years.

감천문화마을 Gamcheon Culture Village > Busan, South Korea > Day 03 (1) - 2014 October 10 (Busan, Gyeongju, Seoul, Daegwallyeong, Nami Island, Mt Seorak, Kuala Lumpur)

Woke up a little bit late today, to pay the time of sleep of yesterday. We start our journey at 09:00. Our first destination is 감천문화마을 Gamcheon Culture Village.

Gamcheon Culture Village or also known as Santorini on the South Sea, or Taeguekdo Village. The village is a panorama of endless rows of low-rise cubicle homes climbing up the steep hillsides from the sea below, their cheerful blue, yellow and pink hues a delight to the eye. Narrow stone and concrete alleyways wind their way through the homes, yielding something new at every turn.

From Elysee Motel Busan, go to Nampo Metro Station, ride subway to 도성/土城 Toseong Metro Station (orange line), go exit 6, then you will see intersection, turn right and walk until you meet hospital. The bus stop to Gamcheon is in front of the hospital. Ride bus no 2 / 2-2 to 감천문화마을 Gamcheon Culture Village, and stop right in front of Gamcheon Elementary School.

The main entrance of Gamcheon Culture Village right across the school.

Gamcheon Culture Village

this statue right in the corner of main entrance

You can collect stamp about this village, buy the map in the information or art shop. It cost W2000.

W2000 Guiding Map, the stamp book inside this map

Use this course as your destination to looking around the village

The stamp that I collected

1st free postcard from collect stamp

2nd free postcard from collect stamp

We use the direction in the map, so we know where we heading. And it's useful, because we know where to go.

 We spent almost 3 hours in there.

용두산 공원 Yongdusan Park & 부산타워 Busan Tower > Busan, South Korea > Day 02 (6) - 2014 October 09 (Busan, Gyeongju, Seoul, Daegwallyeong, Nami Island, Mt Seorak, Kuala Lumpur)

After eat dessert, before back to hotel to resting, we decided to come by Yongdusan Park. It's beautiful even at night. From Nampo-Dong District, you can ride elevator (it's really long and high) to reach this place.

There's Busan Tower, the Statue of the Great Admiral Yi Sun-shin, the Bell of the Citizens, a flower clock, the Museum of Musical Instruments of the World, and a bust of the Busan-based independent activist, Baeksan An Hee-je.

Busan Tower is a symbol of Busan that stands proudly 69m above sea level at a height of 120m. The top of the tower is modeled after the baldaquin of Dabotap Pagoda in Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju.

the statue of the Great Admiral Yi Sun-Shin

Busan Tower Entrance

The view from Yongdusan Park is beautiful. The Busan Light is really glamorous.

South Korea is famous as love country. And it's famous with the love locks.

It's 22:00 already, and we didn't get enough sleep yesterday. So we decided to back to hotel for rest. Good Night, see you tomorrow..

설빙 Sulbing / Korean Dessert Cafe > Busan, South Korea > Day 02 (5) - 2014 October 09 (Busan, Gyeongju, Seoul, Daegwallyeong, Nami Island, Mt Seorak, Kuala Lumpur)

Time for dessert. We go back to the shopping street at Nampo. On the way there, we passed BIFF Square.

Korean Dessert Cafe is a famous dessert cafe in Korea. It's originally from Busan and located at Nampo Shopping District (there's another branch in other area too, even in other city). We order the famous 인절미 injeolmi which cost W6000. Injeolmi also known as Korean Rice Cake coated in sweet bean powder. It's delicious. Even the weather is cold, but it's nice to eat dessert.

This place is quiet famous, so many people eat here for evening snack.

In Korea, when you eat in restaurant, always do the self service. You can order and the waiter will give you an alarm machine which will tell you if your order is ready and when your order ready, you have to take it by your own. And after you finished, you have to take your tray to tray rack.

Korean Dessert Cafe Address: 부산광역시 중구 광복로 54-2 / 54-2 Gwangbok-ro Jung-gu Busan, Korea

자갈치시장 Jagalchi Market > Busan, South Korea > Day 02 (4) - 2014 October 09 (Busan, Gyeongju, Seoul, Daegwallyeong, Nami Island, Mt Seorak, Kuala Lumpur)

After dinner, we go to Jagalchi Market. Jagalchi Culture Tourism Festival coincidentally being held in there, so there's so many people.

On the way there, I found 호떡 Hoddeok, Korean Sweet Pancake. It's delicious and cheap.

Jagalchi Market is Korea's largest seafood market. This market represents Busan and is famous throughout the country.

The gate to Jagalchi Market

You can see a lot of people sell seafood in there. You can buy raw seafood then ask ahjuma to cook it.

inside Jagalchi Market 1st Floor

2nd floor of Jagalchi Market is restaurant. Many people eat in there. But I heard that it's quiet expensive. I didn't have a chance to eat here.

We also go to the back side of Jagalchi Market, which we can see the sea and night view of Busan

View from Jagalchi Market back side

Lotte Mall at Gwangbok, Nampo

Some of the people in there, could speak Chinese. And it's better than English. My friend has a chance to ask for fish meat, and it's quiet expensive.

After take some picture, we decided to eat Korea Dessert.

봉추찜닭 Bongchu Jjimdak > Busan, South Korea > Day 02 (3) - 2014 October 09 (Busan, Gyeongju, Seoul, Daegwallyeong, Nami Island, Mt Seorak, Kuala Lumpur)

After we check-in and put our luggage, it's already evening. And we are starving. But we don't know what to eat. So we ask Mr Son (owner of Elysee Motel Busan).

And he give us a lot of recomendation of restaurant to eat and place to visit.

Yangssi Sanghoe Restaurant

Bongchu Jjimdak Restaurant (Bongchu-style seasoned and simmered chicken)

Seoul Samgyetang Restaurant

We decided to try Bongchu Jjimdak Restaurant. It's easy to go there because of the map. The map is really helpful.

We order small portion (for 2 person), and it's really a big portion for us.

In South Korea, the eating tools is always available in each table.

And don't worry for drinking. They always provide free water.

After eating, we are ready to walk around Nampo.

엘리제모텔 Elysee Motel Busan > Busan, South Korea > Day 02 (2) - 2014 October 09 (Busan, Gyeongju, Seoul, Daegwallyeong, Nami Island, Mt Seorak, Kuala Lumpur)

Once we arrive at Busan, we directly go to the hotel for check-in because we bought a very heavy luggage. There's some way to go to the hotel, by using Airport Limousine Bus or Subway. I choose subway because it's cheaper (But I regret it later, because it's not convenient if you bring a heavy luggage. And I suggest you using airport limousine bus also known as express bus which a little more expensive but convenient).

From Gimhae International Airport, go outside to the metro station, Gimhae International Airport (line Gimhae Light Rail Transit/Purple), then buy ticket to Sasang Station (line 2/green). Because it's different line (airport line and metro line), so we have to stop at Sasang Station first. From Sasang Station, we go to Nampo Station (line 1/orange) by transit at Seomyeon Station (transfer station between line 1/orange & line2/green).

Don't forget to buy T-Money card at convenient store (7-11/c&u/GS25). It cost W2500 for the card, and just top up whatever you want (from W1000 to W100.000).

Elysee Motel Busan located near Exit 5 or 7 of Nampo Station. The owner give me email of map direction to the hotel from either exit. Altough it's only took 5-10 minutes by walk, but because it's hill-up, and we bring our heavy luggage, it tooks more time.

The map from Mr Son, owner of Elysee Motel Busan

the map from Mr Son, owner of Elysee Motel Busan

The owner is really nice and kind. Check-in proccess is fast. The room is big, didn't like motel at all. The bathroom also large. There's a hot water and bathub. They provide body wash, and shampoo. There's also steamer inside the bathroom if you want to sauna.

Besides the room, we also feel South Korea atmosphere, from the door key and shoes place. Before you enter the room, you have to take off your shoes in the special place between the door and room, then you can wear home sandals inside the room.

I satisfied with this hotel. It's clean and modern but with budget price. Also located in the centre of city, just right beside Yongdusan Park and Busan Tower. Also walking distance to nearest subway, shopping street, Jagalchi Market, and BIFF square. From KTX Busan Station, also take less than 5 minutes by taxi.

You can get self-service breakfast. They provide bread, egg, cereal, milk, coffee, and tea. You can cook by your own just remember to wash it after used.

Address: 46 DongKwang-dong 3 Ga Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea
Phone: +82 10-5264-8048

Agoda: Elysee Motel Busan
Booking.Com: Elysee Motel Busan