South Korea

Short-term employment/profit-making status for stays up to 90 days.

Intra-company transferee status for essential workers dispatched from foreign companies to Korean branches or similar entities.

Professional employment status for professors giving lectures at college level or higher.

Non-professional employment status for seafarers and similar maritime crew under a seafarer employment contract.

Professional employment status for foreign language conversation instructors.

Professional employment status for researchers in natural science or high technology industry.

Professional employment status for persons with technological knowledge in a special industrial field.

Professional employment status for fields such as law, accounting or medicine.

Employment status for profit-making artistic, entertainment, sports or similar performance activities.

Employment status for professional, semi-professional or skilled workers in a specific field.

Non-professional seasonal work status for cultivation, crop harvesting or aquatic product processing.

Non-professional employment status for citizens of designated sending countries under the Employment of Foreign Workers framework.

Work and visit status for overseas Koreans aged 18 or older with one of seven listed nationalities who wish to visit or work in Korea in designated occupations.

Investor status for essential professional workers of foreign-invested companies and founders of venture companies.

For a foreign national who invests at least KRW 1.5 billion in a public-interest fund designated by the Minister of Justice. Excludes people with criminal records, tax debts or more than four Immigration Act violations.

Business/trade status for trade managers and persons dispatched for company establishment, trade, machinery installation or business management.

Job seeker/start-up preparer status for job seeking, start-up preparation or high-tech internship.

Student status for formal education at college level or higher, including degree, exchange, work-learning and visiting student cases.

Industrial trainee status for production workers from overseas corporations receiving relevant industrial training in Korea.

General trainee status for language training and other training at university-affiliated or private institutions.

Family visitor status for visiting relatives, living together with family and similar purposes.

Dependent family status for spouse or underage children of eligible D-1 to E-7 status holders.

Marriage migrant status for persons married to a Korean national.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

Resident status for long-term residents, recognized refugees or qualifying investors whose livelihood is based in Korea.

Permanent resident status for persons staying in Korea for permanent residency who receive treatment similar to a Korean national.

Working holiday status for nationals from countries that have a working holiday program with Korea.

Status for non-profit cultural and artistic activities.

Religious worker status for persons dispatched from foreign religious organisations to engage in religious activities in Korea.

Nationals of countries that have signed a visa waiver agreement with Korea may enter under B-1 status.

Short-term status for temporary news coverage or reporting.

Short-term visit status for tourism, business, visitation and similar temporary purposes.

Miscellaneous status for persons needing humanitarian consideration, including industrial accident/disease treatment and refugee status applicants.

For a foreign national who is an overseas Korean within the meaning of subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Overseas Korean Act.

Visa-free tourist or transit entry for persons designated by the Minister of Justice.

Diplomatic status for members of foreign diplomatic missions or consular offices and family members.

Official status for foreign government or international organization officials and family members.

International-agreement status for USFK, civilian personnel, invited contractors and family members under the SOFA Agreement.

Long-term news coverage status for persons engaging in news coverage or reporting activities while residing in Korea.