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Sl.No.
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Type of Visa
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Description
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Documents Required
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1
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C-1
TEMPORARY NEWS COVERAGE
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Foreigners who want to engage in temporary news coverage or report activities. Foreigners who want to engage in temporary activities for the establishment of foreign news branch office. |
1.PASSPORT
2.OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS |
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2
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C-2
SHORT TERM BUSINESS
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A C-2 visa allows visitors to engage in business activities in Korea unto 90 days at a time. The C-2 visa should be applied for at an overseas consulate or embassy and generally an invitation letter, along with the application and passport, is required. |
1.PASSPORT
2.INVITATION LETTER |
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3
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C-3
SHORT TERM VISITOR
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Ideal for those who want to visit Korea for a short period; maximum stay permitted unto 90 days |
1.PASSPORT
2.SPONSORSHIP LETTER
3.HOTEL BOOKING CONFIRMATION
4.PROOF OF FINANCIAL STATUS |
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4
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C-4
SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT
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Applicable for models, lecturers, technical instructors etc. |
1.PASSPORT
2.EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
3.RECOMMENDATION LETTER FROM THE PERTINENT MINISTRY |
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5
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D-7
INTRA-COMPANY
TRASFEREE VISA
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If the applicant is a foreign employee of a branch or liaison office of a foreign parent company who will be dispatched to Korea by the foreign parent company, he should apply for D-7 visa |
1.PASSPORT
2.DISPATCH ORDER AND CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT
3.COPY OF FOUNDATION PERMIT FOR BRANCH OR LIAISON OFFICE
4.DOCUMENTS WHICH SUBSTANTIATE WORKING CAPITAL OR A COPY OF BUSINESS PROJECT
5.CERTIFICATE OF ANNUAL TAX |
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6
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D-8
TREATY INVESTOR VISA
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The D-8 visa is for foreign professional employees of foreign direct-invested companies that fall under the provisions of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act. The applicant needs to have some level of expertise in the field of management, administration, production or technical side of the company in Korea . The minimum investment, which must come from overseas, to set up a foreign-invested company is 50 million Korean won. |
1.PASSPORT
2.DISPATCH ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT
3.COPY OF REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT (A COPY OF REGISTER BOOK OR CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS REGISTRATION) OR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT |
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7
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E-4
SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY
INSTRUCTION VISA
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The E-4 visa is appropriate for technicians, engineers and scientists who by the nature of their work can be construed as aiding the technological development of Korea. |
1.PASSPORT
2.THE DISPATCH ORDER OR A CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT
3.A COPY OF THE APPROPRITATE TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION CONTRACT
4.SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTS FOR THE FOUNDATION OF PERTINENT COMPANY |
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8
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E-5 AND E-7
SPECIALTY OCCUPATION AND
OTHER PARTICULAR
OCCUPATION VISAS
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The E-5 visa generally applies to lawyers, certified public accountants, medical doctors, pilots, ship captains and professionals who are qualified for specialty occupation. E-7 visa covers teachers at foreign schools, coaches of sports teams, individuals hired as indispensable persons in a foreign-invested company. The E-5 and E-7 visas usually depend on subjective assessments and therefore the Immigration Bureau sometimes recommends one or the other for the same occupation. |
1.PASSPORT
2.ANY CERTIFICATES OR DEGREES RELATED TO THE OCCUPATION
3.A RECOMMENDATION LETTER BY THE HEAD OF PERTINENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OR SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTS FOR THE NECESSITY OF EMPLOYMENT(FOR E-5 VISA)
4.THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT |