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D-4 General Trainee

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

The route is for persons receiving training at university-affiliated language institutes or private educational institutions, etc.

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  • The captured source is a high-level overview; route-specific documentary, filing, restriction, family and current-effective-date details remain to be verified.

What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

D-4 covers Korean language trainees, trainees at institutions other than university-affiliated language institutes (e.g. foreign-invested companies), high-school students and younger, Korean cooking trainees, private institution trainees and foreign language trainees.

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  • Approval criteria for the training institution are not stated.

What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

For Korean-language trainees (D-4-1), the consulate lists a tuition receipt issued by the university (not a wire-transfer receipt) and the class programme/training plan as required documents; a flight ticket, a 3-month bank statement or verification of enrolment may also be required for some applicants depending on the category of university. No minimum funds amount is stated, and the official source does not state insurance or attendance conditions.

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  • Source is the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles page; it states that required documents may vary by consulate/embassy.
  • Covers only the D-4-1 Korean language trainee sub-type.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Language-training D-4 holders may apply for part-time work permission after residing at least 6 months since entry or change of status; work is limited to simple jobs usually done by students and depends on attendance, GPA and status. Some D-4 trainees who stayed less than 2 years cannot invite spouse and children unless there are humanitarian reasons. Self-funded D-4 students of middle-school age or younger can invite accompanying parents as F-1.

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  • Weekly working-hour limits are not stated.
  • https://www.immigration.go.kr/bbs/immigration_eng/230/454085/download.do
    - (Eligibility) Those with Language Training (D-4) and Visiting Student (D-2) status who have resided at least  6 months since the date of the change or entry into Korea as well as some of those with Student (D-2) status - (Scope of Activities Allowed) Limited to activities such as simple part-time labor at jobs usually performed by students, excluding specialized fields*, and are allowed to the extent where it is possible to study and work together based on the attendance rate, grade point average and status of stay of the latest semester completed
  • https://www.immigration.go.kr/bbs/immigration_eng/230/454085/download.do
    ※ However, some of those with Student (D-2) and Trainee (D-4) status who have stayed for less than 2 years are restricted from inviting their spouse and children unless there are humanitarian reasons.
  • https://www.immigration.go.kr/bbs/immigration_eng/230/454085/download.do
    - (F-1, Parents of underaged International Students) Only foreign students middle school age and younger (D-4) who pay their own expenses can invite their accompanying parents under F-1 status.

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

Post-training directions for D-4: change to professional status (E-1 to E-7) and then F-2 and F-5; change to Job Seeker (D-10) after graduation; or start-up/trade (D-8, D-9) leading to F-2 and F-5. The official source does not state the duration or renewal of D-4 status.

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  • The duration and renewal of D-4 status are not in these citations (the overview row is cited in R1).

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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