Working Holiday — South Korea

You must be both a citizen of South Korea and a habitual resident in South Korea.

You must be at least 18 years old and no older than 35 years old at the time you submit your application for a Working Holiday residence and work permit.

The purpose of your stay must primarily be to be on holiday for an extended period of time and secondarily to work for the purpose of supplementing your travel funds.

With a Working Holiday residence permit, you are allowed to work to a limited extent. This means that you are allowed to work a number of months during a period of 1 year. You are also allowed to attend an educational course of limited duration.

If you have been on a working holiday stay in Denmark before, it is not possible for you to be granted a permit for a new working holiday stay.

Your limited work permit allows you to work for up to 9 months during a 12-months stay.

You can attend courses or an education for a maximum of 6 months of your stay.

You must document that you have sufficient funds equivalent to DKK 15,000. In addition, you must have a ticket to your home country or sufficient funds for this, equivalent to DKK 5,000.

You must document that you hold both comprehensive medical and hospitalization insurance which is valid for the entire duration of your stay in Denmark.

If you are granted a Working Holiday residence and work permit, you are allowed to stay in Denmark for one year calculated from your date of entry. If your residence permit expires before you have stayed in Denmark for a full year, you can apply for an extension.

The permit can only be granted for the period during which your insurance is valid.

Once you have been registered in the Danish Central Person Register (CPR) or taken out new insurance, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit.

A residence permit can only be valid until 3 months before the expiry date of your passport.

Once you have renewed your passport, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit – but no earlier than 3 months before your residence permit expires.

Please note that if you present a return ticket as documentation of additional funds for living expenses (equivalent to DKK 5,000) and the return date on the ticket is earlier than one year from the date of your permit, your permit will be shortened accordingly.

If you buy a new return ticket, you can apply for extension of your residence permit for up to 1 year from your date of entry into Denmark.