Non-Professional (E-9) visa

Non-Professional (E-9)
What is the employment permission policy?	What is the Employment Permission Policy? The Employment Permission policy is a labor policy which allows not only an employer to hire a foreigner, on the basis of the Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers, but also the employee to work for the employer for up to 4 years and 10 months. The policy is applied to citizens of 15 states which have signed MOUs with the Republic of Korea since August, 2004. - A company that has less than 300 permanent employees (standard: employment insurance) or a small-and-medium company whose total capital is 8000 million KRW or below are eligible to hire foreign workers. Selected Countries (15 states)   Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mongol, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Kirgizstan, East Timor
Activities allowed and eligible applicants	Domestic employment of foreign workers in accordance with the Act on Foreign Workers Employment - A person meeting the employment qualification standards specified in the Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers (However, those who want to get professional jobs which require minimum qualifications and career experiences are NOT included)
Maximum length of stay	You are allowed to stay for up to 3 years
Industries allowed and Visa Code	Industries Allowed Visa Code Scope of Application Specific Employment Classification Manufacturing E-9-1 - Company that has less than 300 full-time employees or whose amount of capital is 8000 million KRW or less Manufacturing Grassroots Industry Construction E-9-2 -All construction companies ※ Not including power plant, steel mill, petrochemistry, construction company whose construction license is for industrial environment facilities. Construction Agriculture E-9-3 - Cropping, Farming Agriculture - Livestock industry Livestock - Services related to cropping, farming, livestock industry Agriculture and Livestock Services Fishery E-9-4 - Coastal FisheryㆍOffshore Fishery Costal․Offshore Fishery - Aquaculture Industry Aquaculture Industry - Salt Making Salt Making Service E-9-5 - Construction Waste Industry Construction Waste Industry -Cold Storage Industry (for company located onshore) Cold Storage Industry -Recycling Material Collection and Sales Industry Recycling Material Collection Industry - Books, Magazines, and other printed mateirals publishing industry Publishing - Music and other audio publishing industry ※ Among non-professional employees, coastal&offshore fishery (E-9-4) employees are limited to those working on a ship that weighs less than 20 tons or in the field of fixed shore net fishing, etc.
VISAS ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HEAD OF THE DIPLOMATIC MISSION                                               󰁾 CONTENTS	1. An E-9 Non-professional visa will be issued only through the confirmation of visa issuance given by the head of the immigration (branch) office 2. A visa will be issued to earnest workers or re-entered special employee A visa will be issued in accordance with a confirmation of visa issuance given by the head of an immigration (branch) office Visa application is only possible for a group sent by an organization, which means an individual visa application is prohibited. ※ If you are a foreign worker, you should take the health examination guided by the respective sender first and arrive in Korea with a group on the designated date of visa issuance. (individual arrival is prohibited) 3. Since August 1st, 2012, it is required that you submit the criminal records and the current health conditions confirmation notes. 1. CRIMINAL RECORDS CONFIRMATIONS A. Documents requiring confirmations You need to submit a criminal records issue by an organization with authority from the respective country   【 Conditions for Criminal Records】       1) The document shall indicate all criminal records across the country - However, if your country's criminal records check system is inadequate, you can submit a certification issued by your residential district office * Resident Address : In china, residential address is not within the jurisdiction of residence office but census office 2) The certification must be issued within 3 months from the visa issuance application date.   2. Concerning current health conditions A. Documents requiring confirmations You should submit a self-written health condition report confirming your current health status - The confirmation should indicate your pre-existing conditions and medical history in tuberculosis․hepatitis B․syphilis, drug usage, and mental illness.
ELIGIBILIY FOR VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION                                                     󰁾 CONTENTS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION                                                           󰁾 CONTENTS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION                                                           󰁾 CONTENTS	1. Visa issuance confirmations will be issued to those eligible for the Non-professional employment(E-9) visa A. Submitting Application If a company wants to invite a non-professional employee from another country, then the head of the company must visit a local immigration (branch) office or request for a visa issuance confirmation via online (Hunet) ※ For those involved in construction industry, the application should be submitted to an immigration office which has jurisdiction over the area where the construction site is located. If you entrust task of inviting an employee to an agency, you may apply for a confirmation of visa issuance at a representative agency and its branch. ※ An employee of a representative agency is included in the definition of an institution that can apply for a confirmation of visa issuance on behalf an employer of a non-professional foreign worker. Entrusted organizations for each industry Industry Organization Manufacturing Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business Construction Construction Association of Korea Fishery, Cold Storage National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives Agriculture National Agricultural Cooperative Federation All industries (except cold storage business) Human Resources Development Services of Korea REQUIRED DOCUMENTS   COMMON APPLICATIONS ① An application form for confirmation of visa issuance (form no.21), passport, one standard size photograph ② A copy of business registration ③ A copy of employment permission and standard labor contract ④ A report on workplace assessment   <Supplementary Documents for All Industries> Manufacturing - no supplementary documents required Construction ⑤ Business Registration of Construction, A certified copy of register, agreement between the owner and the contractor ⑥ A list of foreign workers at the current ongoing construction site: written by a construction company responsible for the respective construction site AgricultureㆍLivestock ⑤ A certificate of size of farm (issued by a head of the relevant agricultural technology center run by local governments) ※If you are a crop farmer, you can submit a certified copy of resident register instead Fishery ⑤ aquaculture : fishery permission (license to aquaculture, declaration of Inland Water Fisheries) Offshore fishery : Ship inspection certificate Salt Making : Salt Making Permit* * For salt farm leaseholder, a lease contract and confirmation of salt making issued by a mayor or the head of a local village are required. Service - No additional documents required ※ The head of the immigration (branch) office may add or subtract required documents if it is deemed necessary to examine the genuineness of the invitation and the qualifications of the inviter and the invitee   2. Actions taken for the re-entry of a faithful worker given an employment privilege   < Re-employment Privilege of Faithful Workers >       This is a privilege given to a faithful worker who meets certain conditions and criteria and whose period of employment has expired so he/she wants to request a re-employment visa before his/her departure. The privilege gives him/her a visa within 3 months after his/her departure. A. SUBMISSION The authority accepts the application and starts to review process after his/her departure is confirmed. An employer who wants to hire the foreigner may have an agency apply for the visa issuance confirmation on behalf of him/her. B. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ① You have entered the Republic of Korea on the non-professional employment visa and worked at the same company until the employment period has expired (4 years 10 months or 6 years) - If the employee has changed the workplace due to unforeseen circumstances such as a closure of the business, then his/her period of employment contract with the latest employer should last at least one year. ② You are a worker of agriculture, fishery or manufacturing company with 30 or less employees in total (if it is grassroots industry, up to 50 employees are allowed) ③ You have signed a labor contract which is effective for at least one year from the date you start the work on your second visit. ④ The employer shall meet the issuance conditions such as the number foreigners allowed to work (However, it does not require the employer to make efforts to find domestic job seekers) ⑤ The respective foreign worker's employment expiry date should be after the effective date of the amended law (July 2nd, 2012) C. Permitted industries and a number of employees Permitted Industry: Agriculture, Fishery, Manufacturing that has 30 employees and less * (except construction·service) - Under the Promotion and Advancement of Grassroots Industry* Act, the manufacturing enterprise which employees less than 50 people is allowed. * Grassroots Industry: industries that use process technology such as casting, metallic mold, plastic working, welding, surface treatment, heat treatment and etc (providing the information menu of the business of the EPS) ※ thirty or fifty people: an average number for domestic uninsured employees 3 months before the re-entry employment permission date (except foreigners and foreigners married to Korean nationals who have not acquired Korean nationality yet) The number of employees that are allowed: in accordance with the standard of each industry and business - There is no limit on the number of employees newly hired for each business site, however, you cannot exceed the total number of employees allowed. D. Privilege Details Employer - It does not require for an employer to make efforts to hire a Korean national, when an employment permission is issued. - You can re-hire a foreign worker after he/she leaves the country for a short time, if he/she has enhanced his/her skills while working at the same workplace for a long time. Foreign Workers - A foreign worker can take a Korean language aptitude test and will be exempt from the employment training after the re-entry. * You are exempt from the Korean language test and there is no limit on the age for the entry - Unlike other foreign workers (whose re-entry period is limited to 6 months) you have to work at the former workplace as you have re-entered the country within the 3 months of departure E. Visa issuance confirmations and visa issuance Issuance of visa issuance confirmation - Given that faithful workers have to return the alien registration card when he/she leaves the country, the authority will issue the visa issuance confirmation only after the foreigner departure is verified.