Family Visitor (F-1)
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ACTIVITIES ALLOWED AND ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
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Sojourn for the purpose of visiting relatives or family or dependent, organizing household, and other similar activities
- Overseas Koreans who have special privileges for working visit visas (Chinese-Koreans born before October 1st, Former-Soviet Koreans born before August 15th, 1945)
- Household employee of a staff member at a diplomatic mission abroad in Korea
- A cohabitee of an A-1 Diplomat visa holder or A-3 International Agreement visa holder, but you are not a part of the household.
- Family of overseas Koreans visa holders (F-4) (spouse and underage children)
- Parents of underage international students who are planning to attend or already attending an educational institute such as a high school or below
- Children who are at the age of 21 or older or other family members of a SOFA applicant
- A person who needs to stay in Korea for a long time due to unavoidable circumstance (eligible to apply for the alteration of the visa type)
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MAXIMUM LENGTH OF STAY
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You are allowed to stay for up to 2 years
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VISAS ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HEAD OF THE DIPLOMATIC MISSION
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1. A multiple-entry visa will be issued to overseas elderly Koreans who have visa privileges (F-1-10)
Eligible Applicants: Overseas Koreans who has a privilege to apply for Visiting Employment visa
Visa Issuance : a multiple-entry visiting and joining family visa (F-1-10, 90 days) valid for one year will be issued
2. Accompanied parents of international students at the high school level or below (F-1-13)
A. Eligible Applicants
You are a family member (2 chon or closer) of an international student who has been accepted to a recognized educational* organization and is planning to enroll or already enrolled in such institution while paying for his/her own tuition. Also, you satisfy certain financial requirements to be a sponsor. (Please note that a sponsor is allowed to fund only one student.)**
*「Elementary school, middle school, high school in accordance with Article 2(1) to (3) of the「Elementary and Secondary Education Act」(not including air school, higher civic school, broadcasting and correspondence middle school·high school, and high technical school), Foreigner school* among all types of schools (not including alternative school) in accordance with Article 2(5) of the aformentioned act, Foreign educational institution in accordance with Article 2(2) of the「Special Act on Establishment and Management of Foreign Educational Institutions in Free Economic Zones and Jeju International City」.
** Please note that in principle, a parent of a student on a full scholarship offered and invited by a government organization and a private firm is not eligible for accompanying family visa.
- Staying Expenses (annual living expenses)
· Annual living expenses: approximately 12 million KRW per person
- Financial Requirements (for nationals of 21 states where many illegal immigrants come from)
· If you are a national of 21 states indicated below, your annual income must be at least 26 million KRW or you must possess financial assets worth of 140 million KRW. **
* <21 countries>: China, Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Peru
** To prove your financial conditions, you can choose either the annual income amount or the net worth of your financial assets. You can also combine your income and assets with your partners'.
- Other conditions
· If you have been fined at least 2 million KRW or given a notice of disposition, for violating the Immigration Control Act of the Republic of Korea within the past 5 years, or if you have been deported or have received a departure order, a visa (including a confirmation of visa issuance) will NOT be issued.
B. Delegation of Authority
Visa (the Chief of Mission)
- Accompanying parent of an international student who is paying for his/her own tuition (2 chon or closer)
- In principle, you must apply at a Korean embassy/consulate general in a country where you are currently residing or where the last school of the international student is located.
- Period of Stay: within 1 year, Single Entry
3. A single-entry visa valid for one year or less will be issued to a nanny of a staff member at a diplomatic mission in Korea while holding the same nationality as the staff. (F-1-21)
A visa will be issued to citizens of countries that do not have an embassy in Korea only if he/she has received an approval from the Minister of Justice or a visa issaunce confirmation from the head of an immigration (branch) office (e.g. an Indian ambassador to Korea hires a nanny with philippine nationality)
4. Foreign household employee of investor and professional labor (F-1-22, F-1-23, F-1-24)
Eligible Applicants
- The household employee must have been employed for at least 1 year by the same employer in other countries
Institutes responsible for accepting the application
- Your country's diplomatic mission in Korea (if you are staying in a third country to acquire a permanent residency and employment for a long time, you can apply it at a Korean consulate general or embassy in the country you are currently staying)
Visa Issuances (High net worth investor: F-1-22, Technology Investor: F-1-23, Professional Labor: F-1-24)
- If you are a qualified candidate, the head of a diplomatic mission may issue either a visiting and joining visa(F1) or a single-entry visa at his/her discretion. But if you are considered one of those excellent work force, then a visa will be issued after your application is approved by the Minister of Justice.
5. A single-entry visiting and joining family visa valid for one year or less will be issued to a person temporarily visiting a Diplomat (A-1) or International Agreement (A-3) visa holder and who is not a part of the household.
6. A multiple-entry visa valid for one year will be issued to a family member (F-1-9, 90 days) of an overseas Korean visa (F-4) holder
Eligible Applicants: an underage child or a spouse of an overseas korean visa holder (F-4)
Visa Issuance: a multiple-entry visa valid for one year will be issued (F-1-9, 90 days)
7. A single entry visa valid for one year or less will be issued to children who are age of 21 or olders or family members SOFA applicants
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1. Parents of foreign talents, investors and students (F-1-15)
A. Requirements for Inviters
(Foreign Talents) Long-term News Coverage (D-5), Intra-Company Transferee (D-7), Corporate/Foreign Investor (D-8), International Trade (D-9), and from Professor (E-1) to Foreign National of Special Ability (E-7) visa holders whose annual income is twice per capita GNI of the previous year or more
- Including persons who have changed his/her status of stay to F-2, F-5, etc. while maintaining the same activities falling under the above statuses
(Investors) Registered foreigners who have invested 300 million KRW or more in Korea and stayed in the country for 6 months or more in accordance with the Foreign Investment Promotion Act, the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act and the Immigrant Investor Scheme.
(Students) Foreign students enrolled in a master's/doctoral program of Korea who have stayed in the country for 6 months or more
- However, if the accompanying family members including invitees are more than three, they should prove that they have at least 50% of per capita GNI of the previous year in Korea for annual living expenses in addition to tuition.
B. Requirements for Invitees
(Eligible Invitees) Parents of inviters or inviters' spouse
(Permitted Number of Invitees) A maximum of 2 invitees can stay in Korea at the same time.
C. Application for Confirmation of Visa Issuance
The inviter applies for a F-1-15 Family Visitor visa or confirmation of visa issuance (single-entry, 90 days or less) to the jurisdictional immigration (branch) office.
2. Household employee of investor (F-1-22) and of foreign talents (F-1-24)
Eligible applicants
- Investor or Foreign Talents Household employees that are not eligible to apply for visas issued at the discretion of the head of a diplomatic mission abroad
Visa issuance : visiting and joining family visa(F-1), a single entry visa valid for 90 days or less
3. Household employee for a staff member at a foreign diplomatic mission in Korea (F-1-21)
Eligible Applicants
- If you are inviting a household employee whose nationality is not the same as the inviter,
※ the head of the diplomatic mission may issue a visa to a household employee who has the same nationality as the inviter, at his/her discretion.
visa issuance : visiting and joining family visa (F-1-21), a single-entry valid for 90 days or less
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Korea Attorney introducing Korean Immigration and Visas for Foreigners
2018-06-05
Family Visitor (F-1) visa
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