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�� Detailed Procedure for Each Policy
1. Entry Procedure Flow Chart for Overseas Koreans
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You apply for a visa at a korean diplomatic
mission abroad.
�� Those who won an online draw for
technical training.
�� Overseas Korean under age 60
The Korean diplomatic mission abroad will
review your application.
The Korean diplomatic mission will issue a
Temporary Visit(C-3) visa.
You enter Korea.
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You apply for a visa. �� You are a foreign national who is 25 years of
age or older living in China and the former
Soviet Union region.
- If you are invited by a Koran national or a
permanent resident (F-5-7)
�� blood-related or non-blood related
direct family members (parents, children,
siblings, grandparents-grand children,
parents-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in
law): apply at a Korean diplomatic mission abroad
�� invited by blood-related third cousins or
closer or by first cousins-in-law or
closer: apply at a local immigration
(branch) office
- Winners of an online draw
Your application will be reviewed.
A Working Visit(H-2) will be issued.
You enter Korea.
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You apply for a visa at a Korean diplomatic
mission abroad.
��An ethnic Korean with foreign nationality who
satisfies certain requirements
�� A government scholar or a university
graduate
�� The CEO of a corporation
�� Executives of a multinational corporation, reporter,
lawyer, doctor and others
�� Age 60 or older
The Korean diplomatic mission abroad will
review your visa application.
The Korean diplomatic mission abroad will
issue an Overseas Koreans(F-4) visa.
You enter Korea.
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�� You were born as a Korean national and, are added to one 's family register or a linear
descendent of the person on the family register.
�� You are invited by a third cousin or closer on your father's side OR a first cousin or closer on
your mother's side, who is a Korean national having a residential address in Korea or who has
an F-5 Permanent Resident visa.
�� You are a person of distinguished services to the state or the family of the deceased of
distinguished services to the state in accordance with Article 4 of the Act on the Honorable
Treatment and Support of Persons etc. of Distinguished Services to the State , OR, you are a
person of distinguished services to the state or the family of the person of distinguished services
to the state including the family of the deceased ones in accordance with Article 4 of the Act
on the Honorable Treatment and Support of Persons etc. of Distinguished Services to
the State .
�� You have made a special service to the Republic of Korea, or have contributed greatly to
increasing national interests of the Republic of Korea.
�� You are a father��mother or a spouse of a person on D-2 Student visa holder who has studied
for at least one semester.
�� You have voluntarily left the Republic of Korea in accordance with criteria and procedures
designated by the Minister of Justice, to maintain public order among foreigners staying in Korea.
�� You do not meet any of the conditions listed above and have won the online draw which is
announced by the Minister of Justice.
2. Detailed Procedure for the Working Holiday Visit Policy
Detailed procedures for the issuance of working visit visa and the
immigration control for Korean-Chinese are as follows.
A. Eligible Applicants for H-2 Work and Visit visas
Overseas Koreans who have lived in China or the former Soviet regions and who
are 25 years of age or older are eligible to apply for the H-2 visas.
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Eligible Applicant Required Documentation
�� You were born as a Korean national and are
currently added to the family register․closing
register, or withdrawals register
• Any certificates or documents proving your
family relations
�� You are either a parent or a sibling of the inviter
who is a Korean national.
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• If your relation with relatives can be verified by
family register, then you just need to submit any
certificates or documents regarding your family
relations. (ex. Family Registration Certificate,
Basic Certificate, Marriage Certificate)
• If your relation with relatives cannot be verified
by domestic family relations, then you need to
submit a birth certificate or a family register and
a copy of resident register, personal statement
written by your inviter regarding the relation
with you and personal reference, and a
confirmation of family register with the invitee.
B. Procedure for the Issuance of H-2 Work and Visit visa
�� In regards with inviting relatives while you are on the H-2 Work and Visit visa,
you can invite your grandparents and siblings at a diplomatic mission abroad.
On the other hand, you can invite an uncle(s)/aunt(s)/third cousin(s) or closer
on your father's side as well as an uncle(s)/aunt(s)/first cousin(s) or closer on
your mother's side at a local immigration (branch) office.
�� You have to make a reservation first on the Hi-Korea website (a.k.a
Electronic Government for Foreigners) in order to apply for your H-2 Work
and Visit visa. Detailed procedures for application are as follows.
�� Eligible applicants and required documentation for visa applications at a diplomatic
mission abroad are as follows.
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�� You are either a parent or a sibling of the inviter
who is on a F-5-7 visa.
• You need a birth certificate or a family register
and resident register, a copy of alien registration
and personal statement regarding your relation
with the inviter and personal reference, and a
confirmation of the invitee as a relative.
�� You have made a special service to the republic
of Korea or contributed to the national interests
of the Republic of Korea
• You need any orders․medals or awards given
by a cabinet member (the head of each ministry),
you need official documents proving that you are
Overseas Koreans from a legitimate organization
of your country.
��You are a person of distinguished services to the
state or the bereaved family of a person of
distinguished services to the state in accordance
with Article 4 of the Act on the Honorable
Treatment and Support of Persons etc. of
Distinguished Services to the State . You are the
family of a person of distinguished services to the
independent movement of the state or the
bereaved family of a person of distinguished
services to the independent movement of the state
in accordance with Article 4 of the ��Act on the
Honorable Treatment and Support of Persons etc.
of Distinguished Services to the Independent
Movement of the State��.
• You need a card for a person of distinguished
services to the state or a person of distinguished
services to the independent movement of the
state. Or you need an official document that you
are the family of such a person.
�� You have voluntarily left the Republic of Korea
according to the criteria and procedures
designated by the Minister of Justice for the
maintenance of public order among foreigners
staying in Korea. Also, 6 months have passed
from the date of your complete departure, and
you are under age 60 .
- However, if you have been employed in regional
manufacturing areas outside of Seoul for at
least 1 year, you can apply after 2 months from
the date of departure.
• You need any official documents proving that
you are a Korean descent, which are issued by
a legitimate institution of your country.
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- If you have been employed in farming and
fishery for at least a year, you can apply after 2
months from the date of departure.
- If you have been employed as a baby sitter
(nanny) for at least one year, you can apply
after one month from the date of departure.
�� You have applied for the working visit visa (H-2)
as designated by the Minister of Justice and have
won the online draw.
•You need any official documents proving that you
are a Korean descent, which are issued by a
legitimate institution of your country.
• A receipt of your early application or a print-out
of your draw results.
�� You are applying for a visa by submitting a visa
issuance confirmation for the Working Visit visa
(H-2).
• You need the number of a confirmation of
Working Visit Visa Issuance.
Eligible Applicants Required Documentation
�� You are invited by a Korean national who has
a valid residential address in Korea, and who is
at least third cousin or closer from paternity
side, or first cousin or closer from maternity
side.
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• If your relation with relatives can be verified by
family register, then you just need to submit
any certificates or documents regarding your
family relations. (ex. Family Registration
Certificate, Basic Certificate, Marriage
Certificate)
• If your relation with relatives cannot be verified
by domestic family relations, then you need to
submit a birth certificate or a family register and
a copy of resident register, personal statement
written by your inviter regarding the relation
with you and personal reference, and a
confirmation of family register of the invitee.
�� Eligible applicants and required documentation for visa applications at a local immigration (branch) office
are as follows.
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�� You are invited by a permanent resident visa
holder who is either your third cousin or closer
from the paternity side or your first cousin or
closer from the maternity side.
• Birth Certificate or an original(duplicate) copy of
family register, resident register, a copy of alien
registration card, personal reference and a
personal statement indicating the family relation
with the inviter, a confirmation of family
relation of the invitee
�� You have made a special service to the Republic
of Korea or contributed greatly to the national
interests of the Republic of Korea.
• Orders․Medals or Awards conferred by the
head of each ministry or official documents
proving that you are Overseas Korean from your
country
�� You are a father․mother or a spouse of an
inviter who is studying in Korea on the Study
Abroad (D-2) visa (someone who has registered
for at least 2 semesters).
�� In order to prevent fake international stethe
CGPA of int. students must be average B o r
higher. ???
• Transcript and proof of current enrollment, any
certificates proving the family relations with the
person studying in Korea, or official documents
proving that the invitee is an overseas Korean
from his/her country.
�� A parent․spouse of an international student will be exclude from the H-2 reservation list.
�� You have to submit the criminal records issued from foreign countries.
�� If you are an overseas Korean who wants to enter Korea on the working visit visa in accordance with
the Enforcement decree of the Immigration Control Act (including an industrial trainee on a short-term
general visa(C-3-1))
- However, if you can be identified as one of the people below, you can skip submitting your criminal
record check.
∙ You are a person of distinguished services to the state or a person of distinguished services
to the independence movement of the state or a family member of such a person or an
overseas Korean who has contributed greatly to the national interests of the Republic of Korea
in accordance with the Enforcement decree of the Immigration Control Act.
∙ You are 60 years old or older, or you left Korea because your Working Visit visa expired.
�� If you are applying for a visa from diplomatic mission abroad, you need to submit the criminal
records.
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��Criminal Records Must Consist of Following Documents��
1) A criminal record must include all records of one's criminal history in his/her country.
- However, if the country has a poor police record system, then he/she can replace the
document by a certificate issued by an administration organization of local security and
public order.
2) The record/certificate should have been issued within 3 months of the visa application date.
�� Health Check-up Results
�� You are an overseas Korean with a foreign nationality who wants to enter Korea on a Work
and Visit (H-2) visa in accordance with the Enforcement Decree of the Immigration Act
(including an industrial trainee on a short-term general (C-3-1) visa).
- However, you can skip the health check-up if you meet any of the following below.
∙ You are a person of distinguished services to the state or a person of distinguished services
to the independence movement of the state or a family member of such a person or an
overseas Korean who has made a special service to Korea and who has contributed greatly
to the national interests of Korea.
�� Confirmation Documents
- If you are applying from a diplomatic mission abroad, you need to submit a health check-up confirmation
written by yourself. <Please see the enclosed document 6>
∙In this confirmation, you need to write about your medical facts such as whether you have
been infected by Tuberculosis․Hepatitis B․Syphilis and others and whether you have
experimented with drugs or whether you have treated mental illness or not.
C. Immigration Control Procedure for an H-2 Work and Visit visa
An immigration procedure for an overseas Korean who has come to Korea on a
working visit visa is as follows.
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�� You have to register yourself as an alien first.
�� Overseas Koreans who have entered Korea on an H-2 Work and Visit visa must register themselves
as aliens at a local immigration (branch) office with the following documents below within 90 days
of the entry date.
�� Passport, 2 Color Photographs, Alien Registration Application, Fee
�� Parents of an International Student : in addition to the document above, a proof of enrolment and
a copy of alien registration of the person on a D-2 Student visa are needed.
�� Health Check-up Confirmation Results
Health Check-up results filled in the <enclosed form no.7> issued by a designated hospital of the
Ministry of Justice must be submitted by the H-2 visa holder.
�� Health check-up, which a work visit applicant had to take as a mandatory requirement before during
his/her vocational training, can be skipped.
�� Required Information that Health Check-up Must Consist Of��
1) The diagnosis categories designated by the Ministry of Justice must be included.
<Enclosed document 7>
- Tuberculosis, Mental Illness, Hepatitis, Syphilis, Drug(Philopon, Cocaine, Opium, Marijuana)
Test are required.
2) The diagnosis must be issued within 3 months of each registration or application date.
�� The range of employment activities that a person on a working visit visa can
engage into is as follows.
�� If you want to see allowable jobs you can get, please see the enclosed form #1
* In terms of construction works, only those who have obtained a 'confirmation of
construction employment�� can get a job in this field.
�� Employment procedure for acceptable job categories is as follows.
- You enter Korea on an H-2 visa, and then get a job through job centers after applying
for vocational training and job hunting. Also, you can just find a job on your own.
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* Employment Seeking Application is submitted at the Human Resources Development Services of
Korea during the vocational training.
�� Overseas Korean Employment Procedure for Users is as follows.
- If a user fails to find an appropriate candidate for a particular job after 14 days of the job
advertisement, he/she can apply for a ��Confirmation of Potential for Special Hiring�� issued by the
Employment Support Center of the Ministry of Employment and Labor
- The user is allowed to hire an overseas Korean candidate among those on the Foreign Workers List
of the Employment Support Center as long as he/she does not exceed the number of employees
he/she can hire as indicated on a confirmation of potential for special hiring.
<Diagram 1. Employment Procedure for Overseas Koreans>
�� Overseas Koreans on H-2 Work
and Visit visas are allowed to take
38 types of jobs in Manufacturing,
Agriculture&Fishery, and Service in
accordance with simple procedures,
and they can switch their work
places by just reporting the change
to a local immigration office.
�� Overseas Koreans shall report on the start of his/her employment and a change
in work places.
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�� Eligible Applicants
- You are a H-2 visa holder and have gotten a job for the first time in areas allowed by your visa.
- You are a H-2 visa holder and have changed your work place after you have gotten the job for
the first time.
�� Period of Report
- This is your first time getting a job �� You have to report within 14 days of your employment
start date.
- You have changed the work place �� You have to report within 14 days of changes in the
work place.
�� How to Report
- You have to make a reservation in advance or report on the internet or via fax, or hire a
representative.
∙ Online Report :��Hi-korea��> Online Petition > Choose your petition headline ��H-2 visa
Employment Start Report or Report on change in your work place��and enter required
information.
�� Enter mandatory fields online
�� Considering convenience of access to the internet and preventing chaotic situation at the counter,
an acquaintance can apply on the internet on behalf of the applicant.
∙ Report via fax : You have to fill out the employee declaration form for overseas
Koreans, and fax it to the head of an immigration office. (��without
the local number, call 1577-1346)
�� Work Visit Overseas Korean Employment Start Report and a copy of alien registration
∙ Report via representatives : You can apply through a representative registered at a local
immigration (branch) office.
�� Required Documentation
- a copy of confirmation of potential for special hiring, a copy of standard labor contract, a copy
of business registration
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�� Those who have violated the responsibility to report will be punished as follows.
- You will be charged with 10,000,000 won or less in accordance with Article 2 of the Immigration
Control Act
�� You want to get a permission to change your status to working visit visa.
�� Following applicants can apply for a change in visa status to Working Visit
(H-2) at a local immigration office, by a reservation or through an agency.
�� The details are as follows.
- You are eligible to apply if you were staying in Korea on a working visit visa initially but had
to switch your status to miscellaneous(G-1) due to circumstances beyond your control such as
industrial accidents or illness while your original date of entry has not exceeded the period of
4 years and 10 months.
- You are eligible to apply if you have been on a Family Visitation(F-1) visa for at least 3 months
after applying for the acquisition of nationality.
However, those whose Working Visit visas are about to expire, those who switched to
a miscellaneous visa (G-1) after filing a lawsuit for acquisition of nationality or those
who have requested to stay in Kore after divorcing their Korean partners are not
applicable to this case.
- You are eligible to apply if you legally entered Korea before April 1st, 2004, but stayed illegally
and switched to G-1 status after applying for Korean nationality.��including those who enter
Korea before the Establishment of Korea․China Diplomatic Relation(��92.8.24)��
- You are an overseas Korean who has completed the technical training program ( �� a
recommendation letter from the Overseas Koreans Vocational Education Support Group)
- You have switched your status to Family Visitor (F-1) visa upon the completion of technical
training and have reached 25 years of age.
- You are legally staying in Korea as an overseas Korean who has contributed to the national
interests of the country and whose need to stay is recognized as humanitarian reasons by the
head of a local immigration (branch) office.
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�� You need to submit following documents.
- Application, passport, documents proving that you are an overseas Korean, explanatory
materials for your job type, a confirmation of extension of period of employment if you wish
to stay more than 3 years. (issued by the Ministry of Employment and Labor), fee: ₩50,000
�� In principle, the permitted period for your employment will be maximum 3 years from the date you
received the permission for change in your status. However, if the employer has received a
confirmation for extension of period of your employment from the Ministry of Employment and
Labor before your permitted period expires, then you will be given additional 1 year and 10 months
for your extension of period of sojourn. (if rehired)
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�� If you continue to stay in Korea, you have to get a permission for extension of
sojourn period.

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