2023-01-03BY Immikorea

Arts and culture (D-1), journalist (D-5), dispatch (D-7), trade management (D-9), arts, athlete (E-6-1.3), professor (E-1), language teaching (E-2), research (E-3), technical guidance (E-4), specialty occupation (E-5), professional work (E-7), investment (D-8), visiting cohabitation (F-1), accompanying (F-3) visa holders
- ∗ D-8 eligible applicants are limited to those with an investment amount of 100 million or more
- ∗ F-1 and F-3 applicants must have an F-2-99 visa as their primary status. (accompanying application possible)
1. have been in the country for at least 5 consecutive years.
You must have an F-2-99 eligible resident visa and have been in South Korea for at least five consecutive years.
– The following periods are excluded from the length of stay
- If the period of not staying in Korea after leaving the country exceeds 30 days, the relevant period
- Illegal stay, illegal employment period
- Extension of period of stay for departure
- Period of receiving deferment of departure deadline, departure advisory, departure order, and forced eviction order
– Determining Continuity of Domestic Presence (Caution)
- A stay of 5 years or longer is recognized while continuing to change to a status of residence that can apply for F-2-99.
- Continuity is not recognized if the status of residence is changed to a status of residence that cannot be applied for F-2-99 and the status is changed again. count from the beginning again.
- You entered the country more than 30 days after the date of your complete departure (visa-free status), regardless of vacations, etc.
- Departure orders or forced evictions are considered disconnected.
2. ability to earn a living
The applicant must meet the higher income requirement when comparing the income requirement for the visa they currently hold to the income requirement for the F-2-99 visa.
You must meet all three of the following criteria: assets, annual income, and employment.
Assets
- Applicant owns assets of KRW 15 million or more at the time of application
- When inviting accompanying family members, the main resident must have assets of KRW 15 million or more and the accompanying family members must have assets of KRW 3,000 million or more.
- Types of assets: deposits, savings, securities, accumulation insurance, and real estate rental deposits that you’ve held continuously for more than six months.
Annual income
- Who earns the income: Applicant or applicants family (spouse, children, parents, parents-in-law, spouse’s parents) who have lived at the same address for at least one year and share a living arrangement.
- Income calculation period: Income from the year before the application date
- For applicants applying by themselves: minimum wage X 12 months or more
- If you are inviting a family member, their combined income must be at least GNI
- Among E7 visas, salespersons, chefs and cooks, designers, hotel receptionists, medical coordinators, sea cucumber farmers, shipbuilding welders, and E-7-4 skilled workers (manufacturing site managers) (construction site managers) (concentrated fishery site managers) are subject to 18 times the minimum wage / 1.5 times GNI for accompanying family members
- Exempt from income eligiblity
- Domestic-born Taiwanese overseas Chinese
- Religious (D6) visa holders who have been in Korea for more than 10 years and are recommended by the head of a central government or local government.
3. Korean language proficiency (select 1)
- Graduated from elementary, middle and high school in Korea
- Graduated from either university, graduate school, or technical college
- Completion of education at level 4 or higher in the social integration program
- Passed the middle and high school entrance qualification examination or high school graduation academic qualification examination
- 81 points or higher in the pre-evaluation
Learn about the Social Integration Program (KIIP)
4. legal compliance
- Violation of the Immigration Control Act 3 or more times within 3 years
- If the fine for violating the Immigration Control Act within 3 years is 5 million won or more
- If sentenced to imprisonment without prison labor or heavier punishment within 5 years
- If the sum of fines within 5 years is 5 million won or more
- In the case of being sentenced to a “serious crime” within 10 years or receiving a final decision
- In case of entry ban
- In case of arrears in tax (can proceed after payment in full)
- Applicants who have been found to be in violation of domestic laws are permitted after conducting compliance civics education
- Passport, photo, application form
- reason for application
- Asset Proof
- Documents proving annual income
- Documents proving economic activity
- Documents proving basic knowledge
- Proof of residence
- Other documents proving necessary for examination
