Professor (E-1)

Professor (E-1)
ACTIVITIES ALLOWED AND ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS	You are allowed to apply for an E-1 Professor visa if you are: A qualified foreigner who can teach or research at a community college or higher, as well as an institution at an equivalent level in accordance with the Higher Education Act. For example, - a professor at an educational institute such as the KAIST - a full-time lecturer at an education institute such as a community college or higher - a research professor in special fields at a university or a university research lab A technical expert in advanced science - a person planning to engage in fields such as education, science, and technology by teaching or researching at a community college or higher, and who is recommended by the Minister of Education, Science and Technology for employment
E-ViSA                                                                     󰁾 CONTENTS E-VISA                                                                                                     󰁾 CONTENTS E-VISA                                                                                                     󰁾 CONTENTS E-VISA	e-Visa policy is a policy which issues an online visa to those who do not need to visit a Korean embassy/consulate general for a consul interview to obtain a visa, such as professors and researchers. The policy is geared towards attracting foreign talents, providing them with a simple visa procedure. 1. Eligible Applicants Professional workers (E-1, E-3, E-4, E-5 and E-7 with Gold Cards) and their Dependent Family members (F-3), Medical Tourists (F-3) and their accompanying family members and caregivers (C-3-3, G-1-10), Frequent Business Visitor (C-3-4), Group Tourists (C-3-2)* and Prospective Investors through the Immigrant Investor Scheme for Public Business (C-3-1)** are eligible to apply for e-visas. - If you have any of the visas mentioned above, you are eligible to apply for both a ‘visa issued at the discretion of the Chief of Mission’ and a ‘confirmation of visa issuance'. All applicants for the above visas are requested to submit the same required documents. * Group Tourists refer to those whose visa applications are submitted by a domestic travel agency designated by the head of Korean diplomatic mission abroad (approved by the Minister of Justice) ** Prospective Investors for Public Business refer to those whose visa applications are submitted by a promotion agency designated by the Minister of Justice 2. Issuing Authority Minister of Justice 3. Who Can Apply? Eligible foreigner Inviter (applying on behalf of a visa applicant: foreigner) 4. Application Methods A. If you are a foreigner who is applying for your e-visa for yourself (Membership Subscription) You can subscribe to the membership at the HuNet Korea Portal (www.visa.go.kr) website ※ The head of the Seoul Immigration Office will approve the Membership subscription. Entering Application Details and others. - You go on the HuNet Korea website and fill out the online application form and submit required documents on the Online Individual Member E-Visa Application webpage. - (Input Criteria) Entry Purposes, Stay Status, Inviter Information, Personal Information, Passport Information, Employment Relationship Information, Visa Types and others. ※ The inviter information will be automatically called upon via the business registration number (It is mandatory that the inviter must register as a corporate member) - (Required Documents) Documents checklist of the respective type of visa will be automatically shown on the application page. Fee Payment Visa Application Confirmation from an Inviter Company - (Confirmation Purposes) By the inviter company directly confirming the e-visa application details of a foreigner, it will prevent a broker stealing an inviter company's name. - Once an applicant pays his/her service fee, application details will be automatically sent to the inviter company. Then the inviter company checks the invitation facts, confirms the details, and sends the confirmation to the Ministry of Justice. B. Inviter Company applying on behalf of a foreigner (To subscribe for membership) Membership Subscription at the HuNet Korea Portal (www.visa.go.kr) ※ The membership subscription is approved by the head of a jurisdictional immigration (branch) office Entering application details and etc. - You go on the HuNet Korea website, and fill out the application form and submit required documents at the corporate membership subscription page. - (Input Criteria) Entry Purposes, Stay Status, Inviter Information, Personal Information, Passport Information, Employment Relationship Information, Visa Types and etc. - (Additional Documents) Required documents checklist for the respective visa is automatically shown on the application page. The inviter company applies for the e-visa on behalf of the visa applicant(invitee). 5. Fee Payment Details A. Payment Candidates Foreigner or inviter company (immigration representative) B. Payment Amount The fee will be charged in accordance with Article 71 of enforcement decree (Examination fee for visas and issuance requests) of the「Immigration Control Act」(The service fee for a respective type of visa will be automatically calculated.) Administration Service Fee (online payment service fee) will be separately charged - Online Payment Service Fee (3.3%) will be charged in addition to a regular service fee in accordance with regulations set forth in Article 9(5) of the「Electronic Government Act」(Management of civil petitions, without direct visits) C. Payment and Refund Procedure (Payment) You are allowed to pay a respective fee (US$) for each visa type (single/multiple) + country fee (the fees are different for each country) in US dollars electronically through an internationally accepted credit card. (Refund) A service fee will be refundable if you cancel your application before your application is forwarded to the Korea Immigration Service headquarters. However, once the application is submitted to the KIS headquarters, the service fee will be NON-refundable. 6. Application Status Updates and Results Notification A. Notification Details The updates and results of e-visa issuance will be notified to an applicant (including an e-visa representative). B. Notification Methods You can check your application status at the HuNet Korea Portal (www.visa.go.kr) website. Submission and issuance completion will be notified through a text message (SMS) or an email 7. Print out e-Visa issuance confirmation Please note that an “e-Visa issuance confirmation” is merely a document that confirms the fact that the Minister of Justice has issued the e-visa. This means that the document is NOT the 'visa'. A. e-Visa issuance confirmation In principle, the foreigner who has an confirmation of e-Visa issuance must show his/her confirmation to an immigration officer at the port of entry. Especially, if a foreigner is a national of a country that restricts international travelling of its own citizens, he/she may use the document to prove that he/she has been issued with an e-visa of Korea, to his/her immigration officer of his/her country. B. Printing methods and etc. (When?) Once your e-visa issuance is approved, you are allowed to print the confirmation. You can print the confirmation directly from the HuNet Korea Portal (www.visa.go.kr) - If a foreigner has applied for the e-visa, then he/she must print it out directly from his/her computer, but if the inviter company has applied for the e-visa on behalf of the foreigner, than either the company or the foreigner can print the confirmation. ※ If the inviter company applies for a visa on behalf of the visa applicant and the applicant wants to print the confirmation by himself/herself, please see below. ① Go on the HuNet Korea website (www.visa.go.kr) (Membership subscription is not required.) ② Click the “e-Visa Issuance Confirmation Print Menu” on the HuNet Main Screen ③ Type your e-Visa number which you received from your inviter, inviter's business registration number, passport number, your date of birth, and click 'print'. There is a limit on a number of times you can print - You can print an e-visa issuance confirmation only once, and once you enter the Republic of Korea with your e-visa, you are prohibited from printing it again. - If re-printing is required due to the loss of the confirmation document, the inviter or the foreigner must request to remove the print limit at the HuNet Korea website. ※ The person-in-charge at the KIS headquarters shall remove the print limit only after he/she enters 'reasons for the request for the removal of the print limit' on the system 8. e-Visa issuance confirmation system “e-Visa issuance confirmation system” is a system established in the HuNet Korea Portal website (www.visa.go.kr) in order to enable a transportation business operator (carrier), who has a responsibility to prevent an entry of a foreigner without a visa, to confirm whether or not a foreigner has a visa. A. Eligible Applicants Airlines and other transportation business operators B. Confirmation Methods (Granting a user account) The KIS headquarters will grant a qualified transportation business operator a user account. ※ The transportation business operator must request a user account to a local immigration (branch) office through the Airlines Operators Committee or other organizations. (e-Visa issuance confirmation) The issuance can be checked at the HuNet Korea Portal (www.visa.go.kr) website. - Transportation Business Operator logs in to the HuNet Korea website using the user account that has been granted (www.visa.go.kr) > Click e-visa issuance confirmation menu > Enter the visa number, passport number, date of birth of a foreigner - Confirmation details: the confirmation will verify whether or not an e-visa has been issued, visa types, and visa expiry date of a respective foreigner.
MAXIMUM LENGTH OF STAY	You are allowed to stay for up to 5 years.
󰁾 CONTENTS VISAS ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HEAD OF DIPLOMATIC MISSION	1. A single-entry visa, which gives a year of duration of stay, will be issued to a person employed by the KAIST A. Eligible Applicants If you are hired as a professor․associate professor․assistant professor․visiting professor in accordance with the KAIST law REQUIRED DOCUMENTS   ① An application for the visa issuance confirmation (form no. 17), passport, one standard-size photograph, fee ② C.V. or Degree ③ Employment Contract or Confirmation on the appointment as a professor ※ The head of diplomatic mission may ask additional documents if it is deemed necessary to examine the purpose of entry, genuineness of the invitation, and the qualifications of the inviter or the invitee
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION                                         󰁾CONTENTS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION                                                             󰁾 CONTENTS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION                             󰁾 CONTENTS	Following people are eligible to apply for the visa issuance confirmation 1. You are the head of the university (i.e. president․dean), professor․associate professor․assistant professor, lecturer․honorary professor․visiting professor․exchange professor who has taught or researched at an educational institution such as a community college or higher for 91 days or more. A. Eligible applicants and Examination Criteria The president and the dean are hired in accordance with an employment procedure of the respective university, and they "shall oversee school affairs, supervise faculties and guide students." (Article 15(1) of the Higher Education Act) Professor․associate professor․assistant professor : in the【table】below or an instructor whose qualification is acknowledged by the Human Resources Committee of the respective university or Teacher's Personnel Committee (Article 15(2), 16(2), article 2 of Qualifications of Instructors and Assistants)   【Table】Qualifications of Instructors and Teaching Assistnats       LOE R․E Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Associate Degree or Equivalent C T* PT Research Records Years Teaching Experience Years Total Research Records Year Teaching Experience Years Total Professor 4 6 10 5 8 13 Associate Professor 3 4 7 4 6 10 Assistant Professor 2 2 4 3 4 7 Teaching Assistant A person who graduated from the school that offers a program equivalent to the school he/she graduated. LOE = Level of Education, R․E = Research․Education, CT = Career Training, PT = Position Title * Even though the person dose not satisfy either of research records or teaching experiences requirement, he/she is considered as qualified if the years of combined satisfy the requirement for total years. Instructor refers to someone who meets the requirements set forth as Article 16 of the Higher Education Act and who has expertise in the relevant field. (Article 7(1) of the presidential decree of the Higher Education Act) Honorary Professor refers to someone a who has built extraordinary achievements in education and academia and who is designated in accordance with the enforcement decree of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Article 7(2), Article 3 of the enforcement decree of the Higher Education Act: honorary professor regulation) Visiting Scholars (professor) refers to someone who meets the requirements set forth as Article 16 of the Higher Education Act (However, if the school is hiring someone who teaches a special subject, he/she does not have to meet the requirements as an exception. Article 7(4) of the enforcement decree of the Higher Education Act) An exchange professor from a foreign university, who is sent to a Korean university in accordance with the exchange professor agreement between universitieis   REQUIRED DOCUMENTS   ① An application for the visa issuance confirmation (form no.21), passport, one standard size photograph ② A certificate of your experiences and your degree ③ An employment contract or a confirmation of the professor appointment ④ Host university registration form - A copy of business registration or a certificate of incorporation ➠ If your representative applies on your behalf, additional documents such as a power of attorney, a proof of current employment status and ID card of the representative are required. ※ The head of an immigration (branch) office may request/omit additional documents if it is deemed necessary to examine the purpose of the invitation, the qualifications of the inviter and the invitee and others.   2. You are an advanced science and technology expert recommended by the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, who wants to teach or research at an educational institution such as a community college or higher. A. Eligible Applicants and Examination Criteria A professor who has a Ph.d degree in engineering or a master degree in engineering and engaged in R&D for more than 3 years in the aforementioned field, or who is invited as an expert in the new growth power industries, especially for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology WOU project (the promotion of world-class research oriented universities) Under the Industrial Technology Promotion Act and other relevant ones, if you are a scientific technician in areas of natural science or advanced industrial technology at a college or higher institution, or a researcher in a new growth engine industry who were on a WCU project, you are entitled to acquire an E-3 visa. - A visa will be issued to Chinese and Cuban nationals if they have the visa issuance confirmations issued by the head of immigration (branch) office or approved by the Minister of Justice.   REQUIRED DOCUMENTS   ① An application for the visa issuance confirmation (form no.21), passport, one standard size photograph ② An employment contract or a confirmation on the professor appointment from your school* * If you can present this document, you are exempt from submitting a degree and a certificate of your experiences (It is assumed that your qualifications have been verified already by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology during the employment process.) ③ An employment recommendation letter for 'advanced science and technology worker' (However, if you are going to work in the special economic zone, then you must submit an employment recommendation letter from the head of your special economic zone or a relevant document demonstrating the necessity of your employment.) ④ A document dmonstrating the establishment of the host institution (business registration or a certificate of incorporation) ⑤ A copy of an official document in regards to BK21 or a copy of an official document in regards to the ‘WCU Project’(Promotion of the growth of world class research-oriented universities) (for eligible applicants only) ➠ If your representative applies on your behalf, additional documents such as a power of attorney, a proof of current employment status and ID card of the representative are required. ※ The head of immigration (branch) office may request/omit additional documents if it is deemed necessary to examine the genuineness of the invitation and the qualifications of the inviter and the invitee