Hiring foreign interns on D-10 visas
Foreign nationals on a D-10 visa can train as interns with companies or organizations during their job search.
- The wage requirement is that an employment contract must be concluded at a level above the minimum wage.
- You can only intern in an E-1 through E-7 job classification. No simple labor jobs.
- You can intern for 6 months at a time.
Report intern employment
Training commencement and internship employment notification must be reported to the immigration officer of the country of residence within 14 days. Failure to do so will result in illegal employment. Since then, both the company and the individual are subject to fines, fines, and penalties due to violation of the Immigration Control Act, and extension of the period or change of status to another work visa is impossible.
Documents to be submitted when hiring a D-10 visa intern
- Integrated application
- Internship Agreement
- A copy of business registration certificate
- A list of the company’s employment insurance members, etc.
If you can extend up to two years
- Those who have obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher from a domestic university within 3 years
- Over 3 years working at 4,500 companies in the world for more than 1 year
- Graduates of the 200th ranked university by The Times within 3 years, and the 500th ranked university by QS
- Those who have scored 80 or more according to the score system evaluation
- A person who has intellectual property rights such as patent right, design right, etc. or is pending application
- Those with 50 or more points on the Startup Immigration Point System
If you can extend up to a year
- Those with less than 80 points according to the score system evaluation
- Those who wish to stay in Korea for the purpose of internship (maximum 6 months possible at one workplace)
If you are only granted a maximum of 6 months
- In the case of an existing E-7 visa holder and a type of job that is permitted to change workplace (however, consent of the plaintiff at the time of retirement is required)
D-10 Visa Extension (Required)
It is important to note that you will be required to submit bank statements when you extend your D-10 visa, and if you have undeclared income, you will not only be denied a visa, but you will also be subject to a judicial review and fines for working illegally, or in severe cases, deportation. In fact, I’ve seen a lot of people get into trouble after unknowingly receiving money in their bank account for undeclared part-time work or tutoring during their job search.
Students who do not secure employment will need to change to a D-10 visa, which is a points-based job search visa.
Depending on your degree, you can stay for up to two years, with an upper limit of six months per stay. International students with a total score of 60 points or more with 20 or more basic items out of a total score of 180 points are eligible.
It is important to note that if you have received fines, citations, or penalties of more than 400,000won for violating immigration control laws related to employment, such as illegal work or part-time work while you were in school, you will not be eligible to apply.
To qualify for a work visa, you must have a basic score of 20 or higher, and a total score of 60 or higher for the optional and value items combined.
1. Basic items
(1) age
division | 20 to 24 years old | 25 to 29three | 30 to 34 years old | 35 to 39three | 40 to 49 years old |
points | 10 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
(2) Final academic background
division | domestic | Domestic ․ International | ||
Bachelor’s degree | Bachelor | Master | doctor | |
points | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
2. Optional items
(1) Work experience within the last 10 years
division | Domestic work | Overseas work | ||||
1 to 2 years | 3 to 4 years | 5 years or more | 3 to 4 years | 5 to 6 years | 7 years or more | |
points | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
(2) Studying experience in Korea
division | Bachelor’s degree | Bachelor | Master | doctor | |
points | Within 3 years of graduation | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 |
Three years after graduation | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | |
(3) Other domestic training and educational experience (more than 1 year)
division | University research student (D-2-5) | Exchange student (D-2-6) | State agency training (D-4-2) | Language training (D-4-1) | Institution of Excellence Training (D-4-6) | |
points | 1 year to 1 year and 6 months | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Over 1 year and 7 months | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
(4) Korean language ability
TOPIK or Social Integration Program (KIIP) | |||
2degree/2階段 | 3degree/3階段 | 4等級/4階段 | 5degree/5Step or higher |
5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
3. Grant additional points (duplicate calculation possible)
- (1) Recommendation for issuance of a job search visa by the head of the central administrative agency and the head of the diplomatic mission abroad: 20 points
- (2) Experienced in global companies: 20 points
-Over 1 year working at Fortune 500 companies within the last 3 years - (3) Graduates from world-class universities: 20 points
-University graduates within the last 3 years within the QS World University Ranking 500 - (4) Those with a bachelor’s degree or higher in science and engineering: 5 points
- (5) High-income professional workers: 5 points
4. demerit points for law violators: add them all up
division | Violation of the Immigration Control Act Ⓐ | Violation of other domestic laws Ⓑ | ||||
One time | 2 More than once | 3 More than once | One time | 2 More than once | 3 More than once | |
points | 5 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 30 |