Visa Overview
| Status of stay | Eligibility | Period of stay |
Type A : Persons staying for diplomacy, official duty, or under international agreement
| A-1 (Diplomat) | Members of foreign diplomatic missions or consular offices and their family members | During Incumbency |
| A-2 (Foreign Government Official) | Officials of foreign goverments or international organizations and their family members | During Official Duty |
| A-3 (International Agreement) | USFK, civilian personnel, invited contractors and their family members under SOFA Agreement | For Duration of Stutas |
Type B : Persons granted entary into the ROK under VWP, principle of reciprocity, etc.
| B-1 (Visa Exempted) | Nationals from countries that have signed a visa waiver agreement with the Republic of Korea | Maximum 3 months (NOT Extendable) |
| B-2 (Tourist / Transit) | Persons entering Korea without a visa for the purpose of tourism, transit, etc. (Designated by the Minister of Justice) |
※ VWP(Visa Waiver Program) : 사증 면제 프로그램
Type C : Persons entering Korea for temporary stay within 90 days
| C-1 (Short-Term News Coverage) | Persons visiting Korea for temporary news coverage or reporting | Maximum 90 days (NOT Extendable) |
| C-3 (Short-Term Visit) | Persons staying for a short-term period for tourism, business, visitation, etc. | |
| C-4 (Short-Term Employee) | Persons visiting Korea for a short-term period to engage in employment/profit-making activities |
Type D : Persons staying for educational, cultural, and investment-related activities
| D-1 (Arts and Culture) | Persons engaging in cultural, artistic activities not for the purpose of profit | 2 years (Extendable) |
| D-2 (Student) | Persons who have received a formal education at an educational institution such as college(or higher) | 2 Years (Extendable) |
| D-3 (Industrial Trainee) | Production workers from overseas coporation who want to receive training in a relevant industry in Korea | 2 Years (Extendable) |
| D-4 (General Trainee) | Persons receiving training at university-affiliated language institutes or private educational institutions, etc. | 2 Yrears (Extendable) |
| D-5 (Long-Term News Coverage) | Persons engaging in news coverage or reporting activities while residing in Korea | 2 Years (Extendable) |
| D-6 (Religion) | Persons who are dispatched from a foreign religious organization, etc. to engage in religious activities in Korea | 2 Years (Extendable) |
| D-7 (Intra-Company Transferee) | Essential workers who are dispatched from foreign companies to domestic branches in Korea, etc. | 3 Years (Extendable) |
| D-8 (Corporate Investor) | Essential professional workers of foreign-invested companies under the Foreign Investment Promotion Act and founders of venture companies | 5 Years (Extendable) |
| D-9 (International Trade) | Persons who are dispatched to work for the establishment and management of a company, trade, installation of imported machinery, production of industrial facilities, etc. | 2 Years (Extendable) |
| D-10 (Job Seeker) | Persons engaging in job-seeking activities for employment, preparing a start-up, or doing internship in high-tech filed at a company meeting the relevant requirements | 6 months (High-Tech Internship : 1 Year) (Extendable) |
Type E : Persons staying for proffessional, non-professional activities
| E-1 (Professor) | Persons giving lectures at an educational insititution such as college (or higher) | 5 years (Extendable) |
| E-2 (Foreign Language Instructor) | Persons who teach foreign language conversation at a foreign language institute, etc. | 2 years (Extendable) |
| E-3 (Research) | Researchers in the field of natural science or high technology industry | 5 years (Extendable) |
| E-4 (Technical Instructor) | Persons who possess technological in a special field of industry, etc. | 5 years (Extendable) |
| E-5 (Professional) | Persons working in a professional field such as law, accounting, or medicine | 5 years (Extendable) |
| E-6 (Arts and Performances) | Persons engaging in artistic activities, entertainment, sports, etc. for the purpose of making profit | 2 years (Extenable) |
| E-7 (Special Occupation) | Persons working as s professional, semi-perfessional, or skilled worker in a specific field | 3 years (Extendable) |
| E-8 (Seasonal Work) | Persons working in the field of cultivation, the harvesting of crops, or the processing of aquatic products | 5 months (NOT Extendable) |
| E-9 (Non-Professional) | Persons engaging in simple labor such as manufacturing as a citizen from the 16 sending countries in accordance with the Act On The Employment Of Foreign Workers | 3 Years (Extendable) |
| E-10 (Maritime Crew) | Persons who work as a seafarer, etc. under a seafarer employment contract | 3 Years (Extendable) |
| H-2 (Work and Visit) | Persons aged 18 or older as overseas Koreans with one of the 7 nationalities who wish to visit or work in Korea (46 occupations) (China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) | 3 Years (Extendable) |
Type F : Persoons staying on Dependent family, Resident, Overseas Korean, Permanent resident, Marriage migrant status
| F-1 (Family Visitor) | Persons staying for the purpose of visiting relatives, living together with family, etc. | 2 Yaears (Work Not Permitted) |
| F-2 (Resident) | Long-term residents, persons reconized as refugees, or investors meeting certaim requirements, and whose livelihood is based in Korea | 5 Years (Partial Restrictions on Employment) |
| F-3 (Dependent Family) | Spouse or underage children of a person eligible for Arts and Culture(D1) ro Special Occupation (E7) status | During accompanying (Work Not Permitted) |
| F-4 (Overseas Korean) | Overseas Koreans with foreign nationality who fall under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Overseas Korean Act | 3 years (Unskilled labor not permitted) |
| F-5 (Permanent Resident) | Persons staying in Korea for the purpose of permanent residency who receive treatment similar to that of a Korean national | Permanent (Not Restrictions on Employment) |
| F-6 (Marriage Migrant) | Persons married to a Korean national | 3 Years (Not Restrictions on Employment) |
Others : Persons employed under agreement or staying on humanitarian grounds
| H-1 (Workiong Holiday) | Nationals from countries that have a working holiday program with Korea | As specified in Areement (Not Extendable) |
| G-1 (Miscellaneous) | Persons in need of humanitarian consideration, such as treatment for industrial accidents and diseases, applicants for refugee status | 1 year (Extendable) |
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