Korea Visa Subtypes — Every Track, Grouped by Parent Visa

Diplomatic

A-1 is Korea's diplomatic status for qualifying diplomatic mission personnel and eligible family members. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical channel requirements and documentation expectations.

Government/Official Affairs

A-2 is Korea's official government status for qualifying personnel under designated official channels. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical channel requirements and evidentiary standards.

Status of Forces / Treaty Agreement

A-3 is Korea's agreement/treaty-based status for qualifying personnel under applicable bilateral/multilateral arrangements. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical channel and documentation requirements.

Agreement — Fulbright Program

A-3-99 is a special-case sub-path under A-3 used for designated treaty/agreement handling contexts. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical channel and record consistency guidance.

Short-Term General Visit

C-3-1 (단기일반) is the residual code of Korea's short-term visit (C-3) framework. The manual defines it by exclusion: everyone whose purpose falls within the C-3 activity scope, other than those covered by the specific codes C-3-2 through C-3-9.

Group Tourism

C-3-2 (단체관광 등) is the short-term visit code for agency-organised tourism. What sets it apart from ordinary tourism is not the itinerary but the liability: the travel agency handling the trip carries responsibility if a traveller overstays.

Medical Tourism

C-3-3 (의료관광) is the medical tourism code within the short-term visit (C-3) status. It covers short-term visitors falling under Korea's dedicated guideline for medical-tourism visas and certificates of visa eligibility.

General Business Visit

C-3-4 (일반상용) IS Korea's short-term business visit code — market research, business liaison, consultation, contract signing and small-scale trading activity. APEC Business Travel Card holders entering without a visa are also handled under it.

Agreement-Based Short-Term Business

C-3-5 covers designated short-term visit contexts under the C-3 framework. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on purpose-fit and evidence consistency.

Preferred-Company Invited Business

C-3-6 (우대기업초청단기상용) is the short-term BUSINESS code for people invited by a company or organisation that Korea has designated as a preferred enterprise. It is not a medical visa — medical tourism is C-3-3.

Arrival Tourism / Visa on Arrival

C-3-7 (도착관광) is the arrival-tourism code. The manual defines it by WHERE the visa is issued: it applies to people who arrive at a Korean airport and receive an arrival visa there, rather than obtaining one from a Korean mission before travelling.

Overseas Korean Visit

C-3-8 (동포방문) is the short-term visit code for foreign nationals of Korean descent coming to visit their ancestral homeland. It is part of Korea's overseas-Korean policy rather than a general business or tourism route.

Tourist

C-3-9 is Korea's short-term tourism visa subtype for travelers who are not entering under visa-exempt/K-ETA pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical application and border/stay compliance.

Pure Transit

C-3-10 (순수환승) is the pure transit code, for travellers passing through Korea on the way to a third country. It is the most restrictive code in the short-term visit family — it does not admit you to Korea at all.

Crew Rotation Short Visit (C-3-11

C-3-11 (교대선원) is crew rotation short visit (c-3-11) within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

China Hukou-Based 10-Year C-3 Criterion

C-3-91 (호구자) is china hukou-based 10-year c-3 criterion within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Seasonal Work — agriculture

C-4-1 is one of Korea's four seasonal work (계절근로) short-term employment visas. All four — C-4-1 through C-4-4 — are the same program, differing only in who recommends the worker and whether the work is 농업. C-4-1 specifically covers agriculture work recommended by a foreign local government that holds an MOU with the Korean municipality.

Seasonal Work — agriculture

C-4-2 is one of Korea's four seasonal work (계절근로) short-term employment visas. All four — C-4-1 through C-4-4 — are the same program, differing only in who recommends the worker and whether the work is 농업. C-4-2 specifically covers agriculture work recommended by a marriage migrant resident in Korea, sponsoring a relative.

Seasonal Work — fishery

C-4-3 is one of Korea's four seasonal work (계절근로) short-term employment visas. All four — C-4-1 through C-4-4 — are the same program, differing only in who recommends the worker and whether the work is 어업. C-4-3 specifically covers fishery work recommended by a foreign local government that holds an MOU with the Korean municipality.

Seasonal Work — fishery

C-4-4 is one of Korea's four seasonal work (계절근로) short-term employment visas. All four — C-4-1 through C-4-4 — are the same program, differing only in who recommends the worker and whether the work is 어업. C-4-4 specifically covers fishery work recommended by a marriage migrant resident in Korea, sponsoring a relative.

Non-Seasonal Short-Term Employment

C-4-5 is the non-seasonal branch of Korea's short-term employment (단기취업) status — the manual splits C-4 into seasonal work (계절근로, C-4-1~4) and everything else (계절근로 외 단기취업), which is C-4-5. It covers paid short-term activity of up to 90 days.

Arts and Culture

D-1 covers qualifying cultural and artistic stay purposes in Korea. This page follows 2026 manual logic with practical filing and extension focus.

Associate Degree Program

D-2-1 is Korea's student subtype for associate degree tracks at eligible institutions. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical issuance, extension handling, and compliance points.

Bachelor's Degree Student

D-2-2 (학사과정) is the study visa for an UNDERGRADUATE bachelor's degree course. The manual's D-2 code table is explicit: D-2-1 is the associate degree course, D-2-2 the bachelor's, D-2-3 the master's and D-2-4 the doctoral — so graduate study is D-2-3 or D-2-4, not this code.

Master's Degree Student

D-2-3 (석사과정) is the study visa for a MASTER'S degree course. It is easily confused with D-2-5, which is the research course (연구과정) — a different code for a different purpose.

Doctoral Program

D-2-4 is Korea's student subtype for doctoral degree programs at eligible institutions. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical issuance, extension management, and compliance points.

Research Program Student

D-2-5 is the study-status track for approved research-course enrollment in Korea. This page is structured from the 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical issuance and in-country stay management.

Exchange Student

D-2-6 is Korea's student status for approved university exchange programs. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical issuance, extension, and compliance points for exchange students.

Work-Study Linked Study

D-2-7 (일-학습연계 유학) is the work-study linked study code within the D-2 status. Unlike the plain degree codes it describes study coupled with linked work or training, rather than enrolment alone.

Visiting Student

D-2-8 (방문학생) is the visiting-student code within Korea's study (D-2) status. It is NOT a degree track — the degree codes are D-2-1 associate, D-2-2 bachelor's, D-2-3 master's and D-2-4 doctoral. A visiting student comes to study at a Korean institution while remaining enrolled abroad.

Legacy Technical Trainee

D-3-1 is the LEGACY technical-trainee code. The manual records it as covering those registered under D-3-1 up to 2006-12-31, across the overseas-investment, technology-export and industrial-plant categories, before the subtypes were split out with effect from February 2012 and registration moved to D-3-11, D-3-12 and D-3-13 from January 2013.

Trainee — Overseas Direct Investment

D-3-11 (해외직접투자) covers technical trainees from businesses that have made direct investments abroad. The manual applies it to registrations from January 2013 onward, and also absorbs D-3-1 registrants from January 2007.

Trainee — Technology Export

D-3-12 (기술투자) covers technical trainees from technology-EXPORTING businesses — companies exporting technology abroad where the Minister of Justice recognises that technical training is required. It applies to registrations from January 2013 onward.

Trainee — Plant Export

D-3-13 (플랜트수출) covers technical trainees from businesses exporting industrial PLANTS abroad under the Foreign Trade Act. It applies to registrations from January 2013 onward.

University Language Program

D-4-1 is Korea's general training status for university-affiliated Korean language programs. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical issuance, extension, and compliance points.

Company and Institution Training

D-4-2 is a general training subtype under Korea's D-4 framework for designated non-degree training purposes. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, extension handling, and compliance boundaries.

School Study Below University Level

D-4-3 is a general training subtype under Korea's D-4 framework for designated training pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, extension handling, and compliance boundaries.

Korean Culinary Training / 한식조리연수

D-4-5 is Korea's dedicated Korean-culinary training visa (한식조리연수). The program was fully rebuilt in a July 2026 manual revision — this page reflects the current structure, not the older prior-experience-based system.

Foreign Trainee at an Excellent Private Training Institution

D-4-6 is Korea's general training subtype used for approved vocational or specialized training pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical issuance, extension, and compliance boundaries.

Foreign Language Training (Non-Korean

D-4-7 is the foreign language trainee subtype under Korea's D-4 framework. It is narrower than a generic language-school visa: the program, institution, funding proof, and training purpose all have to fit the current immigration interpretation.

Intra-Company Transferee (Resident

D-7 is for qualifying intra-company transfer assignments under recognized corporate-group structures. This page is structured from 2026 manuals for practical filing.

Corporate Investment: Investment in a Corporation

D-8-1 is Korea's corporate investment status for foreign investors establishing or participating in qualifying corporate entities. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical filing evidence and extension compliance.

Venture Business Founder

D-8-2 is a business/investment subtype under Korea's D-8 framework for designated investment pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, extension handling, and compliance risks.

Investor in a Korean-Run Business

D-8-3 is a business/investment subtype under Korea's D-8 framework for designated investment pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, extension handling, and compliance risks.

Tech Startup Founder

D-8-4 is Korea's startup founder status for qualifying technology/business-innovation ventures. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, scoring logic, and filing risks.

Trade Management

D-9 covers qualifying trade-management and related business operation pathways in Korea. This page follows 2026 manuals with focus on evidence quality for issuance and extension.

Trade Business (Points-Based

D-9-1 is the trade-business sub-path under D-9 with dedicated evidentiary treatment in manuals. This page follows 2026 guidance for practical filing and extension preparation.

Trade Management: Individual Business Owner

D-9-4 (개인사업자) is trade management: individual business owner within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Job Seeker

D-10-1 is Korea's main job-seeker pathway for qualified applicants preparing to move into eligible work status. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical filing and extension guidance.

Job Seeking: Tech Startup Preparation

D-10-2 is the startup-oriented job-seeker sub-path within D-10. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on practical filing consistency and transition readiness.

Advanced Technology Intern

D-10-3 (첨단기술인턴) is an INTERNSHIP code, not a job-seeking one. Introduced in August 2022, it lets students and recent graduates in advanced-technology fields do an internship at a qualifying Korean company or institution.

Professor

E-1 applies to qualifying professor-level appointments in Korea. This page is based on 2026 manuals and focuses on practical institution-linked filing.

Foreign Language Conversation Instructor

E-2 (회화지도) is the conversation-instruction status. It is not English-only — it covers foreign-language conversation instruction generally — and it is defined by a specific teaching activity, not by the subject you happen to know.

Researcher

E-3 covers qualifying research activity in Korea under eligible host institutions. This page follows 2026 manuals and practical filing patterns.

Technology Instructor

E-4 covers qualifying technical guidance and technology-transfer roles in Korea. This page is structured from 2026 manuals with filing-focused guidance.

Specific Professional Occupation

E-5 covers designated professional occupations in Korea. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical guidance for qualification and filing consistency.

Arts and Entertainment

E-6-1 is the arts/performance subcategory within E-6. This page is structured from 2026 manuals with practical sponsor- and scope-focused filing guidance.

Hotel / Entertainment Establishment Performer

E-6-2 is an entertainment-activity subtype under Korea's E-6 framework. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, venue/scope restrictions, and compliance risk management.

Professional Athlete

E-6-3 covers qualifying athlete/coach and related sports-role activity within E-6. This page follows 2026 manuals and practical filing patterns.

Professional Skilled Worker

E-7-1 is Korea's core professional skilled-worker subtype under E-7. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical filing, occupation-code alignment, and salary-threshold compliance.

Semi-Professional Skilled Worker

E-7-2 is Korea's semi-professional skilled-worker subtype for designated shortage occupations. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical filing, occupation eligibility, and workplace compliance.

General Skilled Occupations

E-7-3 is Korea's general skilled-worker subtype for designated non-professional skilled occupations. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical filing, occupation matching, and compliance management.

Skilled Worker

E-7-4 is the skilled-worker upgrade path for long-term E-9, E-10, and H-2 workers already in Korea. This page is structured from the 2026 Ministry manuals and focuses on practical in-country change-of-status requirements.

Promising Top-Tier

E-7-T (유망톱티어) is the middle rung of Korea's Top-Tier programme for top talent in advanced industry. It exists for people who meet the Top-Tier education and career bar but whose income lands at twice per-capita GNI rather than the three times that goes straight to residence status.

Seasonal Worker

E-8 is Korea's seasonal employment status for designated temporary sectors and programs. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, scope limits, and compliance management.

Non-Professional Employment

E-9 is Korea's non-professional employment status under EPS-linked pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility, compliance limits, and transition risk points.

Visit & Cohabitation — status held by minor foreign children of Korean citizens (pre-2026 practice

F-1-1 (방문동거) is visit & cohabitation — status held by minor foreign children of korean citizens (pre-2026 practice) within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Visit & Cohabitation – Dependent of A-1~A-3 Holder Outside Their Household

F-1-3 (방문동거) is visit & cohabitation – dependent of a-1~a-3 holder outside their household within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Marriage Migrant's Family — Childcare Support

F-1-5 is a family-visitor subtype under Korea's F-1 framework for designated accompaniment/visitor circumstances. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical sponsor-link evidence, extension handling, and compliance risks.

Settling Personal and Family Affairs

F-1-6 is a designated visiting/cohabitation sub-path under F-1. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical evidence and renewal guidance.

Family of an F-2-7 Points-Based Talent

F-1-12 is a designated visiting/cohabitation sub-path under F-1. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical relationship and continuity evidence guidance.

Accompanying Parent of a School-Age Student

F-1-13 is a designated visiting/cohabitation sub-path within F-1. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical filing consistency focus.

Parent of a Talent, Investor or Student

F-1-15 is a designated F-1 visiting/cohabitation sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on pathway integrity and continuity.

Visit & Cohabitation – Spouse/Minor Child of a Recognized Refugee

F-1-16 (난민인정자의 배우자 및 미성년 자녀에 대한 방문동거) is visit & cohabitation – spouse/minor child of a recognized refugee within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Foreign Parent of a Naturalised Korean

F-1-28 is a designated visiting/cohabitation sub-path under F-1. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical filing control points.

Child Being Adopted Into Korea

F-1-51 is a designated F-1 visiting/cohabitation sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on pathway evidence integrity and renewal readiness.

Marriage Migrant's Child From a Previous Marriage

F-1-52 is a designated visiting/cohabitation sub-path under F-1. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical filing and continuity-evidence guidance.

Digital Nomad / Workation

F-1-D (디지털 노마드, also called the workation visa) lets people who work remotely for a business outside Korea live in Korea while keeping that job. Its defining feature is an income test that varies both with your age and with where in Korea you intend to stay.

Foreign Minor Child of a Korean National

F-2-2 is a designated resident sub-path under F-2. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on practical evidence consistency for issuance and renewal.

Residence – Spouse of a Permanent-Residence (F-5

F-2-3 (거주) is residence – spouse of a permanent-residence (f-5) holder within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Skilled Function Residence Workforce

F-2-6 (숙련기능 거주인력) is skilled function residence workforce within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Points-Based Resident

F-2-7 is Korea's points-based long-term resident status for qualified foreign residents. This page is structured from the 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical in-country filing and renewal conditions.

Residence – Tourism/Resort Real-Estate Investor

F-2-8 (관광·휴양시설 투자 외국인에 대한 거주) is residence – tourism/resort real-estate investor within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Public-Business Investment Resident

F-2-12 is a designated resident sub-path under F-2 with pathway-specific standards. This page follows 2026 manuals and emphasizes documentation coherence.

Residence – Special Contributor to Korea / Public Interest

F-2-16 (대한민국에 특별한 기여를 했거나 공익 증진에 이바지한 자) is residence – special contributor to korea / public interest within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Accompanying Family of K-STAR Resident

F-2-71 is a regional resident subtype under F-2 used for qualified foreign residents connected to designated regional policy tracks. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, extension handling, and compliance risks.

Residence - Tourism/Resort Facility Investor (paired with F-2-8

F-2-81 (관광·휴양시설 투자 외국인에 대한 거주) is residence - tourism/resort facility investor (paired with f-2-8) within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Long-Term Resident

F-2-99 is Korea's long-term resident subtype for qualifying applicants under specific stay-history and compliance conditions. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical filing and renewal risk points.

Top-Tier Residence

F-2-T (톱티어 거주) is the core residence status of Korea's Top-Tier programme for world-class talent in advanced industry and in science and technology. It is reached on a ministry recommendation, and it leads directly to permanent residence without passing through the ordinary points-based route.

Dependent Family

F-3-2 is a dependent-family status used for qualifying family accompaniment under Korea's stay system. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical sponsorship proof, extension risks, and compliance handling.

Family of a Points-Based or Long-Term Resident

F-3-18 is a dependent-family subtype under Korea's F-3 framework for designated accompaniment cases. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical sponsor-link proof, extension risks, and compliance handling.

Family of an F-4 Overseas Korean

F-3-19 is a designated dependent-companion sub-path under F-3. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on principal-link continuity.

Family of an H-2 Working Visit Holder

F-3-20 is a designated dependent-companion sub-path under F-3. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical linkage-focused guidance.

Overseas Korean

F-4 is Korea's overseas Korean status with dedicated eligibility and work-scope rules. This page is built from 2026 manuals and linked notices.

General Permanent Resident

F-5-1 is the core general permanent-residence pathway in Korea. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on eligibility continuity and high-stakes evidence quality.

Spouse of a Korean National

F-5-2 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals and emphasizes pathway-specific evidence consistency.

Minor Child of a Korean National

F-5-3 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals with evidence-continuity and compliance focus.

High-Value Investor

F-5-5 is a designated F-5 permanent-residence sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical focus on pathway evidence and continuity controls.

Overseas Korean After Qualifying Residence

F-5-6 is a designated F-5 permanent-residence sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on pathway evidence durability and compliance integrity.

Overseas Korean Meeting Nationality Requirements

F-5-7 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical continuity-focused filing guidance.

Korea-Born Resident Chinese

F-5-8 is a designated F-5 permanent-residence sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals with a practical focus on multi-year consistency.

Advanced-Industry Doctorate

F-5-9 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals and emphasizes long-term consistency and pathway proof quality.

Degree or Technical Certificate Holder

F-5-10 is a designated F-5 permanent-residence sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals and emphasizes pathway-specific record integrity.

Person of Exceptional Ability in a Specific Field

F-5-11 is a permanent residency pathway designed for qualifying skilled-worker profiles under Korea's F-5 system. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical filing and review expectations.

Special Contribution to Korea

F-5-12 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical preparation guidance.

Foreign Pension Retiree PR

F-5-13 is Korea's permanent residency pathway for qualifying foreign pension retirees. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical evidence preparation and adjudication risk points.

PR via Long Service on Working Visit

F-5-14 is a permanent residency subtype under Korea's F-5 framework for designated qualifying pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, evidentiary standards, and compliance risk points.

Doctorate from a Korean Graduate School

F-5-15 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on pathway integrity, support proof, and compliance continuity.

PR via Points-Based Residence

F-5-16 (점수제 영주자) is the permanent-residence route for people who have held the POINTS-BASED residence status — F-2-7 — for the required number of years. If you are on F-2-7 and wondering how it converts to permanent residence, this is the code.

PR via Tourism/Leisure Facility Investment

F-5-17 is a permanent residency subtype under Korea's F-5 framework for designated qualifying pathways. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, evidentiary standards, and compliance risk points.

Family of a Points-Based Permanent Resident

F-5-18 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on compliance-safe evidence assembly.

Family of a Tourism/Leisure Facility Investor

F-5-19 is a designated F-5 permanent-residence sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals with evidence-consistency focus.

Korea-Born Child of a Permanent Resident

F-5-20 is a designated permanent-residence sub-path under F-5. This page follows 2026 manuals with focus on pathway evidence integrity and long-term compliance continuity.

Public-Business General Investor

F-5-21 is a designated F-5 permanent-residence sub-path. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical filing controls.

PR — Public-Business Investor's Family

F-5-22 is the permanent-residence route for the SPOUSE OR UNMARRIED CHILDREN of a public-business investor — covering the families of both the general public-business investor (F-5-21) and the public-business retirement-immigration investor (F-5-23).

PR — Public-Business Retirement Investor

F-5-23 (공익사업 은퇴이민 투자자) is the permanent-residence route for RETIREMENT-IMMIGRATION investors who have invested continuously in a public-interest business and additionally hold assets in Korea above a set threshold.

PR — Technology Startup Investor

F-5-24 (기술창업 투자자) is the permanent-residence route for founders on the technology start-up track who have ATTRACTED INVESTMENT above a set amount and EMPLOYED Korean nationals above a set headcount.

Conditional High-Value Investor

F-5-25 (조건부 고액투자자) is conditional high-value investor within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

R&D Personnel of a Foreign-Invested Company

F-5-26 (외국인투자기업의 연구개발 인력) is r&d personnel of a foreign-invested company within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Refugee-Status Permanent Resident (long-term stay

F-5-27 (난민 거주자격자) is refugee-status permanent resident (long-term stay) within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Top-Tier Permanent Residence

F-5-T (톱티어 영주) is permanent residence for holders of Korea's Top-Tier residence status. Its significance is the shape of the route rather than the requirements themselves: F-2-T leads to F-5-T directly, with no intermediate points-based residence stage.

Spouse of Korean National

F-6-1 is Korea's marriage-migrant status for spouses of Korean nationals. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical evidence preparation, review risk points, and extension/change compliance.

Parent Raising a Korean National's Child

F-6-2 is a family-related subtype under Korea's F-6 framework used in designated marriage/family circumstances. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, extension handling, and compliance risks.

Marriage Ended Without Fault

F-6-3 is a designated family pathway under F-6. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on relationship continuity and support evidence quality.

Industrial Accident Claimant/Treatment & Family

G-1-1 (산업재해 청구 및 치료 중인 사람과 그 가족) is industrial accident claimant/treatment & family within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Illness/Accident Long-Term Treatment & Family

G-1-2 (질병, 사고로 치료 중인 사람과 그 가족) is illness/accident long-term treatment & family within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Person in Ongoing Litigation

G-1-3 is a designated special temporary-stay sub-path under G-1. This page follows 2026 manuals with practical fact-evidence guidance.

Wage Arrears Under Mediation

G-1-4 is a designated special temporary-stay sub-path under G-1. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on evidence-first filing quality.

Refugee Status Applicant

G-1-5 is one of Korea's humanitarian/special-stay subtypes used for limited case categories under G-1 administration. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical evidentiary expectations and compliance management.

Humanitarian Stay Permit (Rejected Refugee Claim

G-1-6 covers qualifying humanitarian stay permission contexts. This page is structured from 2026 manuals with practical evidence-focused guidance.

Long-Term Resident Child

G-1-8 (장기체류 아동) is long-term resident child within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Pregnancy/Childbirth Humanitarian Consideration

G-1-9 (임신·출산 등 인도적 배려가 불가피한 사람) is pregnancy/childbirth humanitarian consideration within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Foreign Patient (Long-Stay Medical

G-1-10 is a designated special temporary-stay sub-path under G-1. This page follows 2026 manuals and emphasizes factual-evidence precision.

Sexual/Serious-Crime Victim Humanitarian Status

G-1-11 (성폭력피해자 등 인도적 고려가 필요한 사람) is sexual/serious-crime victim humanitarian status within Korea's immigration framework. This page is built from the packaged 2026 Ministry manuals.

Family of Humanitarian Stay Permit Holder

G-1-12 covers qualifying family-linked humanitarian stay contexts. This page follows 2026 manuals with relationship-evidence focused filing guidance.

Korea-Born Child of a Refugee Applicant

G-1-99 is a broad special temporary-stay catch-all pathway under G-1. This page follows 2026 manuals and focuses on strict factual evidence packaging.

Working Holiday

H-1 is Korea's working holiday status for eligible partner-country applicants. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof, lawful activity boundaries, and compliance management.

Working Visit

H-2 is Korea's visit-employment status for designated eligible populations under current policy. This page is structured from 2026 Ministry/KIS manuals and focuses on practical eligibility proof and compliance boundaries.