Visa Information

General information on Korean visas, extensions, and status changes. Explore public resources and official inquiry channels for the topics below.

D-2

Student Visa

For academic and degree programs at registered Korean universities.

D-4

General Training Visa

For qualifying language education and other recognized training outside the D-2 academic-study scope.

E-7

Employment Visa

For foreign professionals and experts with specialized skills.

H-1

Working Holiday Visa

For eligible nationals taking an extended holiday with incidental work under an applicable agreement.

D-10-1

Job-Seeking Visa

For job searching and career applications in Korea.

D-10-3

High-tech Internship Visa

For eligible overseas-university students or recent graduates undertaking approved advanced-technology internships in Korea.

E-1

Professor Visa

For qualified foreign professors providing teaching or research guidance at eligible institutions.

E-2

Foreign Language Instructor Visa

For qualifying foreign-language conversation instruction at approved Korean institutions.

E-3

Research Visa

For qualified foreign researchers conducting recognized research at eligible Korean institutions.

E-4

Technological Guidance Visa

For specialists providing advanced technical knowledge or industrial technology to eligible institutions.

E-5

Professional Visa

For recognized licensed professionals performing work permitted under Korean law.

E-6

Culture & Arts Visa

For qualifying artistic, performance, entertainment, sports, and related activities in Korea.

E-8

Seasonal Work Visa

For authorized seasonal agriculture and fishery work under Korea’s seasonal worker program.

E-9

Non-professional Employment Visa

For designated non-professional employment under Korea’s Employment Permit System.

E-10

Crew Employment Visa

For qualifying foreign crew members working under approved seafarer employment arrangements.

D-10-2

Technology Start-up Preparation

For eligible foreign entrepreneurs preparing to launch a technology-based start-up in Korea.

D-8-4

Technology Start-up Visa

For eligible founders establishing and operating a qualifying technology start-up in Korea.

D-7

Intra-company Transferee Visa

For eligible personnel dispatched from an overseas company to a qualifying Korean branch, subsidiary, liaison office, or affiliated entity.

D-8-1

Corporate Investment Visa

For qualifying investment in a Korean corporation and approved essential-professional activity.

D-8-2

Venture Investment Visa

For qualifying venture founders supported by intellectual property or recognized technology.

D-8-3

Individual Business Investment Visa

For qualifying investment in a Korean individual business under a joint-business structure.

D-9

International Trade & Management Visa

For qualifying trade, export-import, and commercial management activities in Korea.

F-2-7

Points-Based Resident Visa

For eligible professionals meeting the applicable points, status, income, and conduct rules.

F-5

Permanent Resident Visa

For eligible foreign nationals who qualify under one of Korea’s permanent-residence pathways.

F-4

Overseas Korean Visa

For eligible overseas Koreans meeting the statutory and immigration requirements.

F-2

Resident Visa

For eligible foreign nationals qualifying for one of Korea’s designated resident-status pathways.

F-1-D

Workation / Digital Nomad Visa

For eligible overseas-employed professionals continuing qualifying remote work from Korea.

F-1

Family & Designated Stay Visa

For applicable family, household, humanitarian, or other designated stay circumstances.

F-3

Dependent Family Visa

For eligible spouses and unmarried minor children accompanying or joining qualifying principal foreign residents in Korea.

F-6

Marriage Migrant Visa

For eligible foreign spouses and other qualifying applicants under Korea’s marriage-migrant residence framework.

C-1

Temporary Journalism Visa

For temporary news gathering or reporting activities in Korea.

C-3

Short-term Visit Visa

For tourism, business visits, family visits, events, medical visits, and similar non-profit activities.

C-4

Short-term Employment Visa

For qualifying paid professional, technical, performance, or other short-term work.

D-1

Culture & Arts Visa

For qualifying non-profit cultural or artistic activities, study, or training.

D-3

Technical Training Visa

For approved technical or industrial training at an eligible Korean organization.

D-5

Long-term Journalism Visa

For foreign media personnel assigned to qualifying long-term reporting activities in Korea.

D-6

Religious Worker Visa

For qualifying religious, missionary, or related activities at eligible organizations.

G-1

Miscellaneous / Special Stay

For designated humanitarian or other special stay circumstances not covered by an ordinary status.