D-6 Visa (Religious Works)

This visa is for individuals who wish to engage in religious activities or social services in Korea. Eligibility You are eligible to apply for a D-6 Religious Worker visa if : – you are dispatched to the related Korean religious organization or branch by the foreign religious body or social welfare organization. – you intend

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D-5 Visa (Long-Term News Coverage)

This visa is for individuals who wish to stay in Korea for more than 90 days for news reporting and coverage. Eligibility You are eligible to apply for a D-5 visa if: -You are a journalist dispatched to Korea for news reporting and coverage from a foreign media outlet (newspapers, broadcasting corporations, magazines or other

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D-3 Visa: Industrial Trainee (산업연수)

This visa is for individuals who want to enter South Korea for on-the-job training at an industrial training institute. Eligibility – A person who would like to receive on-the-job training at corporations (D-3-1) in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act – A person who would like to receive on-the-job training at corporations that export

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Short-term Business Visa Options

From December 15th, 2011 the C-2 Temporary Business visa was combined with the C-3 Temporary Visit visa. Now C-3 visa basically has subdivisions for business visa : C-3-4 Business Visitor (General) C-3-5 Business Visitor (Agreement) and C-3-6 Business Visitor (Sponsored). Eligibility This visa is issued to foreigners who wish to enter Korea for a business

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A-3 Visa: International Agreement

You are eligible to apply for an A-3 International Agreement visa if you are Recognized as ‘a person in need of alien registration exemption’ or ‘someone exempted from alien registration‘ in accordance with bilateral or multilateral international agreements. The A-3 Visa is issued to a dependent of military forces personnel assigned to Korea, to the

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Foreign Government Official (A-2)

A-2 visa is granted to foreigners who perform official work of foreign governments or international organizations that are accepted by the Korean government. Eligible Applicants You are eligible to apply for an A-2 Foreign Government Official visa if you are: a government employee employed for an official mission by a foreign government an employee for

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