How to cancel a reserved immigration office visit in South Korea as a Hi Korea non-member

If you need to make a reservation to visit an immigration office in South Korea, I think it is still better to create an account in the Hi Korea website. Just make sure to remember, take note or not forget your account details as trying to find your password through the site is a bit of a complicated process.

However, in cases that you reserved a visit through the website as a non-member and need to cancel that reservation, here are the steps to do so:

Go to the Hi Korea website. Close any pop-ups that appear, and click reserve visit.

Click appointment reservation status (non-member) on the left-hand side options.

Enter the required information in the boxes on the page, and click confirm button.

A list of your reserved appointments will appear. Select the appointment you want to check details of.

Details of your visit reservation will appear. Enter the password you registered upon reservation of the visit, and click the cancel button. 

A pop-up will appear asking if you will cancel the online reservation, click ok (or the blue button). A pop-up will confirm that the reservation has been cancelled successfully. Click ok (or the blue button). 

You will also receive a text message on your phone that your reservation has been cancelled.

Extending my F-3 visa

I recently went to the Daegu Immigration Office to extend my F-3 visa that is expiring on February 2019. Before doing so, I booked an appointment at www.hikorea.go.kr. Similar to the time I went last year to update my passport information, I did not print the appointment receipt and just saved a copy on my phone to show to the officer. I feel like it would be a waste of paper to print it and so far, I have had no issues. I am not really sure of the exact documents to bring but here are the documents I passed to the officer who processed my application:

• Filled-up application form (with the request for extension of sojourn checked)
• Passport
• Alien Registration Card
• Confirmation of residence
• Photocopy of my husband’s Alien Registration Card (front and back)
• Photocopy of our Marriage Certificate
• Fee of 60,000 won

I also offered the officer a copy of my husband’s work contract but she said it was not needed. I was probably there for around 8 to 10 minutes and I immediately got my ARC back with the new validity date printed in the back.