Q: Can you give me some information on where I can buy baby furniture?A: Please refer to the following Web sites. You may shop for baby furniture at your local department store or big malls such as E-Mart or Lotte Mart.
www.cjmall.com, www.petitlapin.co.kr
Q: Is there a shop dealing with second-handed furniture in Gangnma or Yeoksam?
A: We have found two used goods shops in Gangnam. Unfortunately, they don’t speak English. Their Web sites are www.gnrecycle.com/shop/main.php and www. korearecycle.com/index.html
Q: My Korean grandmother will pass away soon and I am trying to find out the average cost of a Korean funeral.
A: According to the Korea Customer Protection Board, the average cost of a funeral is between $15,000 and $20,000. The cost includes materials for the deceased, ceremony, reception and others. The ceremony will cost about $10,000, the burial about $7,150 and arranging a charnel house is about $2,600. Funeral ceremonies are usually held in hospitals, private residences, funeral parlors and religious facilities.
Q: I hold an F-5 visa and I understand that I can leave Korea for up to one year at a time and keep my visa. I recently learned that I must leave Korea soon for an indefinite period. Is there any way I can keep my visa valid for longer than one year? Also, during my absence, must I continue to pay my health insurance or is there a way to temporarily stop paying it?
A: According to the immigration office, if you leave the country for more than one year, your visa will be valid once you get a multiple reentry permission before you leave Korea. Multiple re-entry permission allows an absence of up to two years.
The Seoul Global Center, operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and its Seoul Business Agency, is a one-stop service center that provides a wide range of support services for foreign resident of Seoul, including daily living conditions, how to cope with official regulations, business needs and cultural exchange activities.
Seoul Global Center
Tel: (02) 1688-0120
Fax: (02) 723-3206
http://global.seoul.go.kr
