Diplomats (A-1) |
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Official Duty (A-2) |
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Agreement (A-3) |
- Temporary duty order or statement of employment or official letter from Foreign Ministry to certify his or her status
- An official passport or identification card is required
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Temporary News Coverage (C-1) |
- Temporary duty order or statement of employment issued by the company where he or she belongs, or certificate of foreign news reporter
- Required documents
① Visa Application Form, passport, one standard-size photograph, fee ② International press card or a document demonstrating your current employment status․overseas assignment ※ The Chief of Mission may request additional documents to examine the purpose of your stay, genuineness of the invitation and the qualifications of the inviter and the invitee.
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Short-Term Business (C-2) |
- Documents proving that the purpose of his or her visit to Korea is business
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Short-Term Visitors (C-3) |
- You are eligible to apply for a C-3 Short-Term General visa if you are involved with daily business activities including market research, business communication,
consulting, contract and others
- Going to stay in the ROK for 90 days or less, for tourism, transit, recuperation, visiting relatives, participating in a friendly sporting match, attending events or meetings, cultural art,
general training, taking lessons, attending religious ceremony, academic research and others. ※ A C-3 visa cannot be issued to those coming to the ROK for profit-making. For instance, if you are compensated for your works and skills, you are not considered an eligible candidate for the C-3 visa.
- C-3-1 / Short-Term General
- A person engaging in any of activities covered by the C-3 visa, except those who are eligible to apply for the C-3-2 through C-3-9 visa below
- Required Documentation ① Visa Issuance Application Form, Passport, One Standard Size Photograph, Certificate of employment or student, round trip flight ticket, hotel booking confirmation ② A document verifying your participation in such events, general training, etc. (i.e. invitation letter)
- C-3-2 / Group Tourist
- A tourist or transit traveller among group tourists or individual tourists (including those who have paid the deposits to travel agents designated by the government of the Republic of Korea) - Visa Application Form, Passport, Standard Size Photograph, Service Fee, Reference Letter
- C-3-3 / Medical Tourist
- A short-term visitor among foreign patients who are also eligible for the medical-patient visa or the Confirmation of Visa Issuance
- C-3-4 / Business Visitor (General)
- A person with the APEC business travel card entering the ROK for market research, business communication,consulting, contract and other business activities
- Required Documents ① Visa Application Form (form #17), Passport, One Standard-Size Photograph, Certificate of employment or student, round trip flight ticket, hotel booking confirmation ② A document proving the purpose of your business(Invitation letter), a copy of the certificate of business registration
- An ordinary tourist not included in the C-3-2 category - Required Documents Visa Application Form, Passport, Standard Size photograph, Documents proving your financial ability to pay for your living expenses during your stay in Korea(ex: bank statement) Certificate of employment or student round trip flight ticket, hotel booking confirmation
- visa fee: 36.8 euro in cash (less than 90 days, single entry)
- If you are not Belgian, you have to submit your copy of Belgian ID card
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Short-Term Employment (C-4) |
- You are eligible to apply for a C-4 Short-Term Employee visa if you are :
Temporary Performance Activities Advertisement․Fashion Activities Lecture․Speeches - A person invited and paid by a government-owned company or a private corporation to give out lectures or public speeches for a short period of time on the basis of a contract ※ If the lecturer or speaker is not paid, he/she is eligible for a C-3 Short-Term General visa. Research․Technical Transfer - Please refer to eligibilities for E-3 Research and E-4 Technical Instructor/Technician status Any employment activity on the basis of a contract with a government-owned company․private corporation - Please refer to eligibilities for E-7 Foreign National of Special Ability status Provision of Services - A person dispatched to the Republic of Korea, working and receiving wages including relocation allowances from government-owned companies or private corporations on the basis of service contracts Advanced Technology such as Information Technology - Persons intending to work in the Information Technology sector of a Korean company (IT), E-Business such as e-commerce, Biotechnology(BT), Nanotechnology (NT), Advanced Materials Industry (metallurgy, ceramics, chemistry), Transportation Machinery, Digital Electronics and Environment․Energy, or technology management ➠ Simple labor does not qualify for a C-4 Short-Term Employee visa.
- Required Documents
- Visa Application Form, Passport, Standard Size photograph
- Invitation letter and a copy of the certificate of business registration
- Letter of employment contract
- Letter of employment recommendation issued by the head of the relevant central government agency(an entertainer needs a letter of performance recommendation issued by Korea Media Rating Board) or an official letter from the relevant government agency or documents proving the necessity of employment - Round trip flight ticket, hotel booking confirmation
- visa fee: 36.8 euro in cash (less than 90 days, single entry)
- If you are not Belgian, you have to submit your copy of Belgian ID card
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Culture/Art (D-1) |
- Letter of invitation
- Documents proving the facts that it is culture and art organization
- - certificate of expert's career will be required in case that the applicant needs his or her instruction
- Curriculum vitae or certificate of career Documents proving the applicant's capability to pay his or her whole travel expense during his or her stay
- A above-mentioned expert means a person who qualifies as an intangible cultural assets or who holds a certificate of qualification recognized by government agency
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Students (D-2) |
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<Documents for Each Program>
o Associate degree ․ Bachelor's degree ․ Master's degree ․ Ph.D
- Standard Acceptance letter (issued by the dean/president of the university)
- Photocopy of Business Registration Certificate of a respective education institute
- Documents proving the final level of education
- Documents proving your financial ability to support yourself(tuition fee and finance for stay for a year)
o Specific Research Program
- Standard Acceptance letter (issued by the dean/president of the university)
- Photocopy of Business Registration Certificate of a respective education institute
- Documents proving your final level of education(The minimum education requirement is master's degree)
- Documents proving funds for stay(Bank account balance statement, Research Allowance Confirmation, etc.)
o Exchange Students(D-2-6)
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If you will study at the certified university by the Ministry of Justice, you can only submit ① and ②
① Visa Application Form, Passport, Standard Size photograph
② Standard Acceptance letter (issued by the dean/president of the university) or Certificate of visa issuance
- If you will study the other universities , you need to submit ①, ② and the below documents
- Photocopy of Business Registration Certificate of a respective education institute
- Documents proving personal finance for stay(considering the tuition is paid in the country of origin)
- A personal reference letter (The letter shall be submitted only when the applicant cannot prove his/her financial ability to support him/herself during his/her stay)
ex. from parents' financial support letter and proving documents
- Documents proving that you are an exchange student(official documents, student exchange agreement between universities)
- Documents proving that you have completed at least one semester(proof of enrollment issued by your university in your country)
* visa fee (more than 90 days, single entry 55.2 euro in cash)
* consular may ask additional documents in order to examine the purpose of stay, genuineness of invitation, and qualifications of the inviter and invitee if deemed necessary * Please contact to the consular section to inquire about the list of the certified universities (Tel: +32-2-661-0035)
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Industrial Trainees (D-3) |
- Training program written by training organization
- Copy of wage or pay ledger
- Letter of recommendation issued by aliens training company or documents proving the fact that he or she will be trained at the industrial company concerned
- Letter of personal reference notarized
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Student / General Trainees (D-4) |
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A person who would like to receive Korean language training at a language institute affiliated with a Korean university and a person who would like to receive Korean language training invited by the Korea Foundation(D-4-1) or an exchange student who has come to Korea for industrial and academic training via an academic exchange agreement(D-4-2)
- copy of the certificate of business registration of the education institute
- A document proving the acceptance or the enrollment of the student(Standardized Acceptance Letter)
- Training Outline(Including the schedule)
- An original copy and a duplicate copy of graduation diploma for your final level of education
- A document proving your financial ability to support yourself during your stay(More than $3,000 worth of saving)
- A personal reference letter (The letter shall be submitted only when the applicant cannot prove his/her financial ability to support him/herself during his/her stay)
ex. from parents' financial support letter and proving documents
- A copy of the academic exchange agreement between universities(if you are an exchange student)
* consular may ask additional documents in order to examine the purpose of stay, genuineness of invitation, and qualifications of the inviter and invitee if deemed necessary
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Residence Reporters (D-5) |
- Temporary duty order or statement of employment
- Documents related to establishment of branch office in Korea
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Religious Workers (D-6) |
- Temporary mission order
- Copy of a certificate of religious organization or social welfare organization establishment
- Documents proving facts that relevant organizations pay the applicant's travel expenses
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Intercompany Transferees (D-7) |
- Temporary duty order or statement of employment.
- Copy of a certificate of setting up a branch office or liaison office
- Documents verifying achievement of business fund borrowing or copy of business project.
- Certificate of annual tax.
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Treaty Investors (D-8) |
- Temporary duty order or statement of employment.
- Certificate of the foreigner's investment report, including a copy of the register book or certificate of business registration
- Certificate of registered investment company.
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Treaty Traders (D-9) |
- Statement of employment.
- Copy of the register book or certificate of business registration.
- Documents regarding business fund borrowing or a copy of the business project.
- Receipt of annual tax-payment.
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Professors (E-1) |
- Certificate of career
- Employment contract or certificate of expected employment
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Teaching Foreign Languages (E-2) |
- Certificate of academic degree or diploma of graduation
- Employment contract
- Document regarding establishment of school or organization
- Letter of personal reference notarized
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Research (E-3) |
- Documents verifying the establishment of the inviting organization
- Certificate of academic degree and certificate of career
- Employment contract
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Special Technology Instruction (E-4) |
- Temporary duty order or statement of employment
- Copy of approved technology-import contract (or certificate of service transactions) or certificate of designated military defense industry
- Documents regarding establishment of a public or private organization
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Specialty Occupation (E-5) |
- Certificate of academic degree and certificate of qualification
- Letter of employment recommendation issued by the head of the central government agency or documents proving the necessity of employment.
- Employment contract
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Art and Entertainment (E-6) |
- People who desire to be engaged in performance or entertainment activities at tourist hotels and entertainment places require;
- - Letter of performance recommendation issued by the Image stuff classification committee
- - Performance project
- - Certificate of HIV test
- - Letter of personal reference notarized
- Other require;
- - Letter of employment recommendation issued by the head of the relevant central government agency or document proving the necessity of employment
- - Certificate of qualification or certificate or career
- - Letter of personal reference notarized
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Particular Occupation (E-7) |
- Certificate of academic degree or certificate of qualification
- Employment contract
- Letter of employment recommendation issued by the head of the relevant central government agency or documents verifying the necessity of employment
- Documents regarding the establishment of a public or private organization
- Letter of personal reference notarized
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Training Employment (E-8) |
- Contract training employment
- Letter of recommendation issued by the head of the training company
- Certificate of technology qualification
- Letter of personal reference notarized
- Documents that Justice Minister deems necessary
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Visiting & Joining Family (F-1) |
- People who visit family or relatives who live in the Republic of Korea require;
- Domestic helpers of diplomats in the Republic of Korea require;
- Official letter issued by foreign embassy or consulate
- Employment contract
- Copy of diplomat's ID
- Foreign students enrolled in elementary/ junior/ high school require;
- Certificate of school enrollment or school attendance
- Certificate of adapted person's annual tax-payment
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Residence/ spouse of Korean national (F-2) |
- People who are granted a status of stay or who change the status require;
- - Documents certifying that an applicant has continuously lived at his or her permanent address in Korea
- - Letter of personal reference notarized (but a child of a person having residence status is excluded)
- No documents for extension of stay are required
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Dependents (F-3) |
- Document proving family relationship (certificate of marriage & Register book or certificate of birth)
- Statement of employment and certificate of tax-payment
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Korean Residents Abroad (F-4) |
- A Korean-born foreigner who had Korean citizenship before his/her obtaining a foreign nationality
- Substantiating documents for an applicant's ex-Korean nationality such as Korean family tree register
- Substantiating documents on the reason and the time of obtaining a foreign nationality
- Other documents which are deemed to be necessary by the Ministry of Justice
- An immediate family member of a Korean-foreigner who obtained foreign nationality
- Substantiating documents that prove his or her parent's ex-Korean nationality
- Substantiating documents on the reason and the time of obtaining a foreign nationality of the applicant's parents
- Substantiating documents which establish the relationship of the family such as a certificate of birth
- Other documents which are deemed to be necessary by the Ministry of Justice
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