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Long Term Visa Information for Study Abroad to South Korea

 Preparation! Blog Post Two! Phew! Korea Here WE Go! Visa; Long Term Study Abroad- If you are planning on staying in Korea for more than 90 days you will need to apply for a long term visa (aka D-2-6 student visa is also applicable). Make sure to search for the relevant Consulate for your state, for Arkansas it is the Houston location.  Long Term Visa Checklist Visa Documents 💜 Here is my checklist 💜: 💜1. Print your Certificate of Admission in color (sent by your advisor to your email most likely.) 💜 2.You may need to include a Certificate of Business Registration of the University and Business Registration (your foreign advisor should have sent this to you.)   💜 3. Include $45 as a mailorder or cash (I did cash but I recommend doing a mail order instead to leave a paper trail.)  💜 4.Your Visa application fully filled out. Make sure you have your school sponsors information, your passport details (such as passport number), location of where you will be sta...

Finding an International Phone Plan for Study Abroad Trip to South Korea

 Preparation! Blog Post One! Phew! Korea Here WE Go! Phone Plans! I spent about a week combing through phone plans, looking up international sim card costs, and using the chat feature on a lot of networks...I hope this conglomerate of information will help you on your international travels!   Google Fi - $20 basic plan (& one line) for unlimited talk & text + $10 for each gb of data you want. Internationally whether you are in another country or just messaging someone in another country you can use your data, your texts are free, but calling costs about .20 cents a minute (which isn't too bad.) Once you exceed 6gb of data anymore that you use that month is free. I'd recommend if you wanted to call people overseas to use Whatsapp or add a googlevoice number (an international one) to your phone in addition to your regular number, then you can call people both in the US or outside the US. GoogleFi also provides a data only sim card option which I couldn't find throug...

Korean Dramas I've Watched In Preparation for my Study Abroad to South Korea

    This design was inspired by the latest kdrama I had been watching- Tale of the Nine Tailed. You can get this design on Redbubble     List of Kdramas I've watched Before Going to Korea:   OhMyGhost (netflix) I am Not A Robot (Viki) Touch your Heart (Viki) Boys Over Flowers (Viki & Netflix) I'm still watching Guardian: the Lonely and Great God (Viki) This is my First Life (netflix) CoffeePrince (Viki) Abyss (netflix) Tail of the Nine Tailed (Viki) LoveStruckIntheCity (netflix) watching this currently  Kdramas I'm watching while in Korea It's Okay to not be Okay     *Remember you can access relevant posts by clicking on the labels section on any post. You can also read about my Korean Exchange Program by clicking the "Korea" tab located next to "Home".