The following guide is for individuals that are trying to apply for their Residence certificate (거소신고증) in Korea. If you are an F4 visa holder, this process should be done within 30 days since you have arrived in Korea. What is a Residence certificate (거소신고증) ? A Residence Certificate (거소신고증) is a Korean national identification card. [...]
This guide is for teachers that are currently in the process of finishing a teaching contract in Korea and have already gotten permission to renew their contract with their current school. In order to renew their contract, renewing teachers in Korea will need to report their renewal to the Korean immigration office that has [...]
Sometimes a contract can finish early leaving you little time to prepare for finding a new job. The D10 visa was created for this purpose. A D10 visa is nicknamed the “job-search visa” and it allows candidates exactly that: the ability to remain in the country while searching for new employment. D10 visas are valid [...]
Teachers that have finished a teaching contract in Korea and have already secured employment at a new school must transfer their E2 status in order to work at the new school. Luckily, those teachers won’t need to obtain new sets of the documents they already obtained before coming to South Korea. We have created the [...]
The Passport Info Page or Passport Info Pages are the first two pages of your passport. The first page contains your signature and the second page contains all of your personal identification information. Passport Info Page Example Required Information The passport info page should contain the following information: Passport [...]
The E2 visa is the specific visa for individuals coming to Korea as an English Teacher. The E2 visa is sponsored by educational institutions such as public schools, private academies (hagwons), and at universities. The visa must have prior agreed upon sponsorship by one of those institutions in order to obtain. An E2 visa is [...]
The Fukuoka Korean Consulate recently announced that from April 2014, they have changed the time it takes to process re-entry visas otherwise known as “visa runs” for applicants changing from tourist status to E2-Visa (English Teacher) status. Teachers planning to go on a Fukuoka E2 Visa Run need to note the following. [...]
