Ⅳ. Detailed Standard for Skilled-Workers

Ⅳ. Detailed Standard for Skilled-Workers

A. Agriculture/Livestock/Fishery Skilled Workers (3 occupations)

1) Halal Butchers (7103)

❍ (Job Description) You have qualifications and work experience that enable you to butcher livestocks/poultry according to Sharia (Islamic law) and engage in butchery, etc at a Halal slaughterhouse (livestocks/poultry) in Korea.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) butcher, slaughterman ※ Review standards to protect national employment apply.

❍ (Recommendation Letter) by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Livestock Policy Division) ※ Required

❍ (Qualifications) high school diploma or higher + five years or more of halal butchery experience

(If you have a relevant license, the minimum work experience is three years)

❍ (Employer Requirement) An establishment* certified for Halal practices (livestocks/foultry) by the Korea Muslim Federation (KMF) or a prestigious overseas accrediting agency

* A certification is issued to establishments that have built a Halal slaughterhouse (livestocks/foultry) or a delicated slaughter line and hired at least three Muslim butchers

❍ (Employee Quota per Company)

- Establishments with KRW 8 billion or less in annual sales: up to three employees

- Establishments with over KRW 8 billion in annual sales: up to seven employees

❍ (Visa Issuance) a single-entry visa with a period of stay of up to two years

❍ (Immigration Services for Residents) General standards apply.

2) Agriculture/Livestock/Fishery Skilled Workers (610)

❍ (Job Description) You pro-actively plan field activities and carry out tasks related to animal reproduction/breeding, dairy production, agricultural production, farming fishery products, horticulture, and landscaping, based on required knowledge and experiences.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) agricultural crops garden, vegetables and crop for a special purpose garden, fruit garden, horticultural garden, horticulturalist, employees of dairy industry, livestock husbandry employee, fishery products farmers

❍ (Qualifications) 4 years of work experiences in agriculture and stockbreeding on an E-9 Non-professional employment visa or H-2 Working Visit visa within the past 10 years + less than 35 years + community college or higher + a license (Level: Technician or Higher) or average wage(or higher) of respective occupation* or you must pass the capacity test by capacity review team comprised of people from government and private enterprise + Level 2 of the Korean Language Aptitude Test or Korea Immigration Integration Program Completion**

* ‘Monthly salary for each type of work’ indicated on the Employment Condition Investigation Report for Each Type of Employment Status published by The Ministry of Employment and Labor

** Korean Language Ability will be determined by the Korean Aptitude Test called (S-TOPIK) held by the National Institution for International Education, whether you have completed the Korea Immigration Integration Program or not is confirmed through a Korea Immigration Integration Program Certificate issued by the head of an immigration office.

❍ (Permission Procedure) You bring a completed application package for a change of visa status while applying for it at an immigration office. → The head of an immigration office permits the change of visa status after review, and the period of stay will be given maximum 2 years considering the contractual period.

* In order to grow Korean skilled workers and to protect the domestic job market, a number of people who are allowed to change their visa status is limited to maximum 300 people (When we give a permission of a change of visa status to an applicant, we always check a number of change of visa status that has been approved on our Arrival/Departure Information System and present conditions of registered aliens for each types of visas)

❍ (Employee quota per company) Maximum 3 people are allowed in accordance with farming size certificate (english) or a number of employees registered on the list of employment insurance subscribers *

* 30 people or less for farming: 1 person, 31 people -99 people : 2 people, 100 people or more : 3 people (However, if it is hard to verify the number of workers in agriculture industry due to types of employment such as an exchange of labor, we will check through a confirmation of agricultural group cooperation association and on-site inspections.)

❍ (Visa Issuance) In principle, you can only apply for a change of visa status, however, if you really hope to obtain a confirmation of visa issuance, the confirmation of single entry visa issuance which allows you to stay for maximum 1 year will be issued.

❍ (Residence Management Standard) You are allowed to change a visa period, and if you continue to work for the same company, you will be given a one year of visa extension every time you apply. On the other hand, you need to obtain a permission prior to the application to Change/addition of work place.

- In principle, there is a restriction on change of work place (However, if the employer is unable to continue hiring the employee due to its business close-down, financial difficulty, delay in payment of wages, or human rights violations, an exemption will be made.)

- In principle, one is NOT allowed to change a type of occupation to manufacturing other than agriculture/fishery

- If you have assets worth more than 10 million KRW, you are allowed to bring your family members, and then if you have been employed for at least one year on an E-7 visa, you will be allowed to change your status in accordance with the guideline of change the visa to F-2 Residential status of the Points Based System.

3) Zoo Keeper (61395)

❍ (Job Description) You feed animals based on plenty of experiences and expertise gained from racecourses or animal farms where racing animals are systemically bred, raised and trained. You also check the animals' health conditions and training them after being familiar with their habits and characters

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Zoo Keepers

❍ (Qualifications) A regular standard will be applied.

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa in which the period of stay lasts for up to two years.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied.

3) Sea Cucumber Farming Technician (63019)

❍ (Job Description) You work at a sea cucumber farm for sea cucumber seeding production and sea cucumber feed development and processing while you would like to pass on and provide your skills.

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❍ (Applicable Job Types) Sea Cucumber Farming Technician

❍ (RECOMMENDATION LETTER ISSUANCE) Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Aquaculture Industry Division) ※ Required

❍ (Qualifications) Master's Degree / Bachelor's Degree in Fishery Science + at least 2 years of work experiences in Sea Cucumber Farming Technique, At least 7 years of work experiences in Sea Cucumber Farming Technique

❍ (REQUIRED DOCUMENTS) Seeding and saplings production (or farming) photocopy of fishery license, personal reference letter will be additionally required.

❍ (Employer Standard) Companies satisfying requirements of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries*

* The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will issue an employment recommendation after examining production of seed and saplings (or faring) fishery license, business planner, technology support agreement contract, photocopy of a certified copy of chinese corporate register, employment contract, employment certificate (career certificate), resume, graduation certificate (Work experiences will be confirmed by the Korea Trade Promotion Investment Agency (KOTRA, T.3460-7395)

❍ (Standard for Number Allowed) 3 people or less per each company (However, if there is a different limit imposed after the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Justice have finished their internal discussion, an exception will be applied.)

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa which allows you to stay for maximum 2 years will be issued.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied.

D. Technician and relevant field technician (5 occupations)

1) Musical Instrument Manufacturer and Tuner (7303)

❍ (Job Description) You process natural resources such as tree, plastic, or steel at a musical instrument manufacturing firm to manufacture or tune piano, violin and others.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) musical instrument manufacturer, tuner

❍ (Employment Recommendation Issuance) Required

❍ (Qualifications) At least 10 years of work experiences

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa which allows you to stay for maximum 2 years.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied.

2) Skilled Labor of Ppuri industrial (fundamental industrial) company (740)

❍ (Job description) Using Cast, Mold, Plastic Working, Welding, Surface Treatment, Heat Treatment and other processing technology, you have a technique that transforms materials into parts, parts into finished products. Also you have skills and techniques required by a fundamental industry company, and you lead the production activities in a production site, supervising and managing simple labors.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Cast-iron Pipe․Cast-iron Manufacturing Company, Spheroidal Graphite․Ordinary Steel․Special Steel(Alloyed Steel)․Aluminium․Bronze․Other Non-Ferrous Metal Casting Company, Casting Machinery Manufacturing Company, Press type․Plastic Type․Other Mold Manufacturing Business, Mold Base․Parts related to Other Mold Manufacturing company, Industrial oar․electrical oar manufacturing companies, Oar parts and Components Manufacturing company, Metallic Surface Treatment Compound Manufacturing Company, Plating Company, Stamp and other Pamak companies, other metal processing manufacturing company, Phenol․Epoxy FCCL manufacturing company, electrical plating and electrolytic analysis machine manufacturing company, metallic surface treatment manufacturing company, powder metallurgy products manufacturing company, Ordinary Steel․Special Steel․Other Steel․Stainless․Alluminium․Bronze․other non-ferrous metal forgings manufacturing company, automobile press․other press processed goods manufacturing company, hydraulic press․electronic press manufacturing company, metallic forging machine․Metallic general machine manufacturing company, thread rolling machine․metallic finishing machine․other metallic plastic surgery equipment․metallic plastic surgery machine parts manufacturing company, Unartificial․Artificial Synthetic Resine Glue Manufacturing Company, Adhesive Tape․Other 1차 non-ferrous products manufacturing company, Welding Rod Manufacturing Company, Arc․Resistance․Other electrical welding machine manufacturing company, Gas Welding and Cutting Machine Manufacturing Company, Semiconductor assembling parts manufacturing company, Chip Mounter Manufacturing Company and etc. (Special Classification Table in Article 2 of the Presidential Decree of the Fundamental Industry Promotion Act)

❍ (Requirements for each type and permission procedure) Separate requirements and permission procedure will be applied to those who are directly recruited from different regions and to graduates of domestic community college, and E-9 Non-Professional Employment depending on their characteristics

- (If you are a local who got selected): a different permission procedure will be independently applied after relevant government departments decide on details through internal discussions.

- If you are a graduate of a community college or higher

‣ (Qualifications) Majoring in Ppuri Industry + Your C.G.P.A is 2.5 or higher, or you have a license in a relevant field + TOPIK Level 2 or above + You have passed the field examination by Skill Verification Team, a group that is comprised of government officials and relevant private enterprises executives.

‣ (Application Procedure) You have applied for a change of status at a jurisdictional immigration office with a document of status requirement proof attached → Your status change will be permitted after the head of an immigration office reviews your application and concludes that your request is reasonable. Also, you will be given a maximum of 2 years within the contractual period in order to stay in Korea (Permission for change of status will be given to maximum 100 people annually* : this is irrelevant for 300-people-limit for skilled workers who would like to change their status from E-9 to E-7.)

- (E-9, H-2 visa holder residing in Korea) change of visa status (principle), a confirmation of visa issuance

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‣ (Requirements) You have worked for a fundamental industry (ppuri) company for at least 4 years out of the latest 10 years + under age 40 + high school diploma or higher + fundamental industry technician licenses (or higher level) or higher average wage than the average wage of the respective occupation* or You have passed the field examination by Skill Verification Team, a group that is comprised of government officials and relevant private enterprises executives. + Level 2 (or higher) of Korean Language Aptitude Test Result or Korea Immigration Integration Program Completion**

❍ (Required Documents) Fundamental industry (ppuri) company certificate, documents required for the permission to change of visa status

❍ (Employer Standard) Fundamental Industry (Ppuri) Company hiring at least 5 Korean employees*

❍ (Employee quota per company) Maximum 5 people will be allowed depending on the number of insured of National Employment Insurance*

* A number of Korean nationals who have employment insurances: 5 people - 49 people -> 1 person, 50 people - 149 people -> 2 people, 150 people - 299 people -> 3 people, 300 people - 499 people -> 4 people, 500 people or more -> 5 people

❍ (Visa Issuance) In principle, visa is issued by changing your status. However, if you want a confirmation of visa issuance to be issued, a confirmation of single-entry visa issuance which allows the holder to stay for maximum 1 year will be issued.

❍ (Residence Management Standard) If you work at a same company, an extension of stay is allowed for maximum 2 years within the contractual period. A prior permission is required for change/addition of work place*. In principle, there is a restriction on a change of workplace

3) Skilled technicians at general manufacturing and construction companies (700)

❍ (Job Description) You possess techniques and skills that are required for general manufacturing and construction companies, excluding fundamental industry companies, while leading production activities in the field and leading, supervising simple tasks workers.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) General manufacturing, construction companies, excluding fundamental industry companies

❍ (Qualifications) You have worked for a manufacturing or construction company for at least 4 years out of the latest 10 years + Under Age 35 + Community College Graduates or higher + Technician (or higher) license in the respective field or at least average wage of the respective occupation or You have passed the field examination by Skill Verification Team, a group that is comprised of government officials and relevant private enterprises executives. + Level 3 of the Korean Language Aptitude Test or completion of the Korea Immigration Integration Program*

* Confirmed average wage and Korean language ability and related documents will be evaluated based on the fundamental industry company standard

❍ (Employee quota per company)

- (Manufacturing Company) Maximum 5 people will be allowed depending on the number of insured of national employment insurance*

* A number of people who have insurances: 10 people - 49 people : 1 person, 50 people - 149 people : 2 people, 150 people - 299 people : 3 people, 300 people - 499 people : 4 people, 500 people or more : 5 people

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- (Construction Company) Maximum 5 people will be allowed depending on the amount of annual average construction costs.*

* Annual consturction budget: less than 5 billion KRW : 1 person, 5 billion KRW - less than 30 billion KRW : 2 people, 30 billion KRW - less than 50 billion KRW : 3 people, 50 billion KRW - less than 70 billion KRW : 4 people, 70 billion KRW or more : 5 people

❍ (Visa Issuance) In principle, a change of visa status is the first step. If you need a confirmation of visa issuance, a confirmation of single entry visa issuance which allows you to stay for maximum 1 year will be issued.

❍ (Residence Management) Fundamental Industry Company management standard will be applied.

4) Ship Building Welding Technician (7430)

❍ (Job Description) You have skills in plastic surgery and manufacturing of nonferrous metals of shipbuilding

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Shipbuilding skilled welder (Tig welding, CO2 welding, argon welding)

❍ (Application Procedure)

- (Selecting Qualifying Candidates) KOTRA requests a government of the sending country to nominate/recommend an applicant (three times the number of people to be actually recruited) → you will be selected after you have proven your qualifications such as a welding license and a document demonstrating your work experiences (two times the number of people to be actually recruited)

- (Testing Skills) Shipbuilder Association(Company) + Korean Rating (KR) + KOTRA local staff will form an evaluator group to test skills of the applicants in a respective country → Those who have passed the tests will be given a capacity verification confirmation issuance and assigned to a client company

❍ (Employment Recommendation Issuance) Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (KOTRA)

※Required

❍ (Qualifications) middle level shipbuilding welding technician license and 2 years of work experiences + pass the current capacity examination

- (Shipbuilding Welding Technician License) In terms of a valid license that is used widely and regularly around domestic shipbuilding factories, it is limited to the FCAW, GMAW, GTAW welding technique license (level: intermediate or higher) issued by the ABS*

* ABS(American Bureau of Shipping) Q3 or higher(Q1-Q4), AWS (American Welding Society)․ASME(American Society of　Mechanical Engineer) 4G or higher (1G-6G), DNV (Det Norske Veritas) C3 or higher (C1-C5), KR(Korean Register) 3G or higher (1G-6G)

❍ (Required Documents) We will evaluate the present employment conditions of the employer and foreign applicants, based on documents submitted to us and our data processing record. However, if it is deemed necessary, we will directly investigate the current situations/conditions of the employer.

❍ (Employee quota per company) In order to protect domestic job market for Korean citizens,maximum 400 people from introduction and management

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa, period of stay: maximum 2 years

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied, after-service will be strengthened. *3

* Those who are not proficient in Korean will receive on-the-job technical training. Those who are unable to work as their employers close the businesses or delay in payment of wages, will be redirected to a management-excellent company which requires shipbuilding welding technicians.

5) Flight Technician (7521)

❍ (Job Description) Those who examine whether airplane's (including helicopter) power unit, landing gear, steering gear, gas, oil pressure and atmospheric pressure system are broken, while doing comprehensive works such as fixing, adjusting, repairing, and realizing the range, degree to make the airplane fly safely.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Flight Technician, Helicopter Technician

❍ (Recommendation Letter Issuance) Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Airworthiness Division) ※ required

❍ (Required Conditions) A regular standard will be applied.

❍ (Visa Issuance) Single entry visa, in which the period of stay is maximum 2 years, will be given.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied.

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Ⅲ. Detailed Standards for Skilled Labor

Ⅲ. Detailed Standards for Skilled Labor

1. Types of Eligible Applicants

❍ (Officer workers) 4 occupations, selected by the Minister of Justice, under big class item 3 (office workers) of the ‘Korea Standard Job Classifications’(Statistics Korea Announcement #2007-3, effective since October 1st, 2007)

❍ (Service workers) 4 occupations, selected by the Minister of Justice, under big class item 4 (service workers) of the ‘Korea Standard Job Classifications’

❍ (Agriculture/fishery skilled workers) 3 occupations selected by the Minister of Justice, under big class item 6 (agriculture/fishery workers) of the ‘Korea Standard Job Classifications’

❍ (Technician and relevant technical workers) 5 occupations, selected by the Minister of Justice, under big class item 7 (technician or other relevant technical workers) of the ‘Korea Standard Job Classifications’

2. Detailed Review Criteria for Each Occupation

A. Office Jobs (4 job categories)

1) Salesclerk within Duty Free Shops or Jeju Speical Self-governing Province (31215)

❍ (Job Description) ① You make a sales' strategy in duty free shops in order to increase the amount of trade with foreigners and sales record, and you may get involved with sales activities directly, ② or you work in sales field at commercial facilities, such as a restaurant or a store, in Jeju English Education City for English Commercialization, ③ or you engage in Korean interpretation services or sales activities at a restaurant in Jeju Speical Self-governing Province.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Duty Free Shops Salesclerk, Salesclerks of Duty Free Shops for Foreign Tourists Only, Salesclerk of commercial facilities such as a restaurant or a store, in Jeju English Education City, interpreters and salesclerks at a restaurant in Jeju Speical Self-governing Province

❍ (Qualifications by Types of Salesclerks) Qualification requirements are separately designated depending on types of jobs.

- (Duty Free Shops, Duty Free Shops for Foreign Tourists Only) You have at least 3 years of relevant work experiences including experiences as a tour guide or have graduated from a domestic community college or above.*

* including prospective graduates of Korean community colleges regardless of their work experience and major

- (Commercial Facilities in Jeju English Education City) Parents of a currently enrolled student of an international school or family members of staff of the international school, a graduate of the main campus who is 18 years old or older*

* A citizen of a country that speaks English as the mother language does not have separate qualifications requirements, but a citizen of non-English speaking country must have TOEC score 800 or above or TESOL license.

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- (Restaurants in Jeju Special Self-governing Province) Persons with intermediate-level Korean language proficiency (grade 3 of TOPIK, administered by the National Institute for International Education) or higher, or persons who have completed a regular education course of 2 years or more in Korean educational institutions (community colleges or higher)

❍ (Standards for Minimum Requirements of Duty Free Shops and Duty Free Shops for Foreign Tourists Only, and Standards for Permitted Number of Foreign Employees)

- (Minium Requirements) Designated as a Duty Free Shop for Foreign Tourists only + annual sales of 240 million KRW (20 million KRW per month) or more + business operation site of 200㎡ or larger (areas confirmed on a contract and a certified copy of real estate register) + employment of 2 full-time Korean nationals or more

❍ (Minimum Requirements for a Restaurant in Jeju Special Self-governing Province and Standards for Permitted Number of Foreign Employees)

- (Minimum Requirements) Business operation site of 100㎡ or larger + annual sales of 100 million KRW or more + employment of 2 full-time Korean nationals or more

- (Standards for Permitted Number of Foreign Employees) A maximum 3 foreign employees per restaurant according to annual sales

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa which allows you to stay for maximum 2 years will be issued.

❍ (Privileges of those working at commercial facilities within the Jeju English Education City) Parents of students studying at Jeju International School or family members of teaching staff will be allowed to change their visa status. In addition, those who have graduated from the main campus of a foreign school who are 18 years old or oder and who have entered Korea on visa-free will be allowed to get a job through the change of visa status.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

2) Air Transport Clerk (31264)

❍ (Job Description) You make a reservation and issue a flight admission ticket for a passenger while checking the validity date of passenger ticket, the name of passenger, gate, and flight code number and distributing flight seats.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Air Transport Clerk

❍ (QUALIFICATIONS) Master's Degree, Bachelor's Degree and at least one year of experience

❍ (Visa issuance and Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

3) Hotel Receptionist (3922)

❍ (Job Description) You greet and reserve rooms for travellers, and when travellers come to the hotel, you check their reservations and respond to any of their inquiries. You also provide various services including instructing and guiding the customers.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Front Desk Receptionist/Clerk

❍ (RECOMMENDATION LETTER ISSUANCE) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Tourism Industry Division) ※ REQUIRED

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❍ (Qualifications) Master's degree, Bachelor's degree and one year of work experience

❍ (Employer Standard) Among Tourist Hotels, Water Sightseeing hotel, Korea Traditional Hotel and Family Hotel, established in accordance with Article 2 of the Presidential Decree of the Tourism Promotion Act, the hotel hosted at least 40% of foreign guests in the previous year.

❍ (Employee quota per company) Maximum 2 people per hotel for domestic job market protection, 400 people in total (Pilot Program)

❍ (Visa Issuance) Single-entry visa in which the period of stay lasts up to 2 years

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

4) Medical Coordinator (S3922)

❍ (Job Description) You assist in giving information to foreign patients and them to Korean hospitals regarding treatments, Making a doctor's appointment and interpretation, You provide comprehensive services to foreign patients such as customer cares

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Medical Coordinator

❍ (RECOMMENDATION LETTER ISSUANCE) Ministry of Health and Welfare (Division of Global Health Care) ※ Required

❍ (Qualifications) Medical license holders such as Doctor․Nurse․Pharmacist or those who have associate degrees or higher in the relevant fields, Bachelor's degree holders or higher (or bachelor's degree candidates) from a domestic university (including prospective graduates), who have completed the coordinator program in accordance with the Act on the development of Korea Health and Welfare Human Resources, or those who obtained global medical tourism co-ordinator licenses as prescribed by special table 2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Natonal License Act

❍ (Required Documents) a photocopy of global medical tourism co-ordinator license (for eligible applicant only), Photocopy of Coordinator Program Certificate (for eligible applicants only), A copy of Medical Travel Facilitator Registration, Personal Reference and others

❍ (Employer Standard) Paragraph 1 of Article 27(2) of the

An organization/company registered as a medical travel facilitator in accordance with the Medical Act and paragraph 2 of Article 27(2) of the Medical Institution and Medical Act

❍ (Employee quota per company) maximum 2 people per a medical center, one person per a medical travel facilitator (However, if the organization has attracted at least 1000 foreign paitent for the past one year, one person can be hired additionally per each 1000 patient.)

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa in which the period of stay lasts up to 2 years

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

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B. Service Workers (4 types of occupations)

1) Transport Service Workers (431)

❍ (Job Description) You ensure safety and security of passengers in a cruise and promote passenger convenience

❍ (Applicable Job Types) International Cruise Crew (Kumgang Mountain Cruises and etc), International flight attendants ※ Not Applicable : Cruise Waiter

❍ (Qualifications) Master's degree, Bachelor's degree and at least one year of experience, at least 3 years of experiences

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa which allows you to stay for maximum 2 years will be issued. (A single entry visa which allows you to stay for a year or less will be issued at the discretion of the Chief of Mission)

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

※ You classify a foreign vessel crew member status working on a domestically-run Korean ship.

• (Professional Workers) Captain in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Seaman Law, Employees in accordance with Article 3(4) of the Seaman Law (Mate, Chief Engineer, Engineer, News Agent, Sailor, Chief of Fisher, Purser, Doctor)

‣ You possess a foreign country's national certified license which is recognized in accordance with Korean laws, and you are a captain who can carry out respective missions and plays the role in accordance with Korean laws : E-5 Professional Employment

‣ You provide services to passengers directly such as a regular cruise crew member, Kumgang Mountain International Cruise crew member, flight attendants, and you are considered a professional service worker through your degree or resumes : E-7 Special Occupation

• (Non-professional Workers) crew staff and fishing ship crew working for freight, loading and unloading, kitchen porter, cleaning and other simple labor tasks : E-10 Vessel Crew

2) Tourist Guide-Interpretor (43213)

❍ (Job description) You provide services such as explaining history behind landmarks in a foreign language to foreign travellers as a tour guide in the Republic of Korea.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Tour Guide-Interpretor

❍ (Employment Recommendation Letter Issuance) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (International Tourism Division) ※ Required

❍ (Qualifications) Master degree or higher, A bachelor's degree in Korean Study from a Foreign university and at least one year experience in the relevant field, Graduates of Tourism or History Major from domestic university (including prospective graduates), Graduates of a community college or higher who have a tour guide-interpretor license

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❍ (Required Documents) Photocopy of tour business registration certificate (general tour industry), a document demonstrating how many foreign tourists it has attracted

❍ (Employer Standard) A general travel agency which is registered as a tour business operator to a local government and has attracted at least 2,000 foreign tourists on an annual average for the past two years (A certificate issued by the Korean Association of Travel Agent must be submitted to confirm your record), or made other equivalent achievements*

* A travel agency that attracted charter flights or received an appreciation plate from a local government for its contribution to attracting foreign tourists, a superior travel agency (designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), and a travel agency providing superior travel packages (designated by the Korea Association of Travel Agent, etc.)

❍ (Employee quota per agency) If the travel agency satisfies employer standards above, the agency can hire a maximum of 2 foreign employees*

* However, if the agency has attracted 5000 or more foreign tourists, a foreign tourist can hire one more person from the maximum per each 2000 tourists.

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single-entry visa which allows you to stay for maximum 2 years will be issued.

* However, those countries that prohibit our citizens from working as a guide will receive the same treatments on a reciprocal basis.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

3) CASINO DEALER (43291)

❍ (Job Description) You are a Casino Dealer.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Casino Game Dealers

❍ (Employment Recommendation Letter Issuance) Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Tourism Industry Division)

❍ (Qualifications) at least 5 years of experiences

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single entry visa in which the period of stay lasts up to 2 years

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied

4) Cook and Chef (441)

❍ (Job Description) You make a meal planning at a hotel, restaurant, and cruise while supervising a cook and his/her assistants in a kitchen in these facilities as the head chef. You also prepare ingredients and food for cooking.

❍ (Applicable Job Types) Western Food Chef and Cook, Chinese Food Chef and Cook, Japanese Food Chef and Cook, Chef and Cook for other countries' food

※ Not Applicable : Korean Food Chef and Cook, Flour Based Food․Coffee․Traditional Tea Maker

❍ (Qualifications and Verification Method) It differs depending on your award history, certificate level and others

- (Winner of an domestic/international award or competition that has international recognition) certificate and work experience requirements exempted*

* Documents demonstrating your award history must be confirmed by a consul, but if they are confirmed by news, you can be exempted from this requirement.

- [License holder of the Intermediate Level or higher (Examples: Level 1~2 for China)] work experience requirements exempted.

- (Elementary Level License Holder) at least 3 years of experiences

- (Those who have completed 6 months of training or more) at least 5 years of work experiences*

* Chef Certificate, Career Certificate, Apostille confirmation required on education completion certificate or Korean consul confirmation in your country

- (Others) at least 10 years of work experiences (only local dishes that are not included in the regular program are allowed.)

❍ (Employer Conditions) Tourist Hotels, Tourist Restaurant, Tourist Restaurant Specialized in Foreign Tourists, Airline Catering Service Division, Business Area Size․Sales Revenue․Restaurant specialized in foreign foods satisfying all employment requirements of Korean national*

* Foreign-food-specialized-restaurants satisfying the minimum requirements, such as the size of business area, even though it has not received a tour facility designation certificate from the Foreign Food Restaurant Tour Association

Criteria	Area of Business	Annual Sales Amount (Surtax)	Number of Korean Employees
Middle Restaurant	100㎡ or more	100 million KRW (5 million KRW) or more	3 people
Regular Restaurant	60㎡ or more	60 million KRW(3 million KRW) or more	2 people
Ansan Multicultural Village Special District Restaurant	30㎡ or more	40 million KRW (2 million KRW) or more	1-2 people (only applied to the size of area is 151㎡ or bigger while annual sales record reaches 150 million KRW or more)

❍ (Area of Business and other minimum requirements for each company)

- (Privileges) A company that is acknowledged as a 'designated convenience tour facility' will be admitted if the company satisfies sales and a number of Korean employee requirements although it does not satisfy the area requirement of place of business. A more lenient standard will be applied to any restaurant specialized in foreign food, regardless that it is chinese restaurant or regular restaurant, located within the Ansan Multicultural Village Special District.

- (Calculating a number of Korean nationals for hiring) Korean Citizens and Overseas Chinese, including Permanent Residents·Spouse Immigrants on a list of unemployment insures of months or more* (within 3 months of newly established business)

󰁾 CONTENTS

* If the opening date is within 30 months from the date of application or if the company that has satisfied the minimum requirement of hiring Korean citizens has added or requested for substitute labors, then the period of subscription of employment insurance will not be applied.

- (Minimum Requirements Review Standards) Even if you satisfy a minimum requirement, you will not be allowed to invite (1) if there is no record of your company attracting foreign tourists and has zero possibility of attracting foreign tourists in the future, and (2) if you are considered taking advantage of a low wage foreign chef.

- (Ansan Multicultural Village Special District Privileges) If a restaurant specialized in foreign food and located within the Ansan Multicultural Village Special District has obtained an employment recommendation from the head of the special district, a following standard will be applied. (If you don't submit an Employment Recommendation letter, a regular standard will be applied) Employment recommendation and calculation standard for a number of workers that are allowed to work will be designated after much discussions with the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy and other relevant institutions.

❍ (Visa Issuance) A single-entry visa which allows you to stay for maximum 2 years will be issued.

❍ (Residence Management) A regular standard will be applied.