C-3-11 (Crew Rotation Short Visit (C-3-11)) Korea Visa Guide | 2026

1. What C-3-11 Is

C-3-11 (교대선원, rotating/relief ship crew) was a temporary sub-category under 단기방문(C-3) issued as a 단수사증 (single-entry visa) to people wanting to enter and exit Korea multiple times within a set number of months (the exact month-count and entry-count figures are blank in the extracted text — a known digit-drop artifact — so they cannot be quoted). The manual explicitly labels it abolished: it was a temporary COVID-19-era guideline that was discontinued once normal visa issuance procedures resumed in June 2022 ('22.6.). It does not appear in the main 세부 약호·구분·대상 table for C-3 (that table lists only C-3-1 through C-3-10); C-3-11 appears only in a separate, later numbered procedures list as item '7. 교대선원 (C-3-11)', directly following item '6. 순수환승 (C-3-10)'. That same numbered list's other items are 1. 단기일반(C-3-1), 2. 단체관광 등(C-3-2), 3. 일반상용(C-3-4), 4. 협정상 일반상용(C-3-5), 5. 일반관광(C-3-9), 6. 순수환승(C-3-10) — confirming the claimant's description of which codes sit alongside it in that list.

2. Eligibility Checklist

• Absent from the main C-3 세부 약호·구분·대상 table, which runs only C-3-1 through C-3-10 — confirmed by reading that table directly (visa-2.txt, around the '단기방문(C-3)' section).
• Appears only as item 7 in a separate numbered issuance-procedures list (items 1–7: 단기일반 C-3-1, 단체관광등 C-3-2, 일반상용 C-3-4, 협정상 일반상용 C-3-5, 일반관광 C-3-9, 순수환승 C-3-10, 교대선원 C-3-11).
• Manual states abolition explicitly and ties it to a COVID-19 temporary guideline superseded by visa-issuance normalization in '22.6 (June 2022) — digits for '22' and '6' are present/legible in the source text, not dropped.
• The exact entry-count and month-count figures for the C-3-11 issuance rule are blank in the extracted text (table/number extraction drop) — do not quote a specific number of months or entries for this subtype.

3. Criteria Summary

• C-3-11 is not a points-based category.
• The definition above is taken from the manual's own wording for this code.
• Numeric thresholds, stay periods and fees are set in the manual's tables and annexes and are deliberately not reproduced here — confirm the current figures before filing.
• Where a rule depends on another status, check that status's own criteria too; several of these codes take their conditions from a principal holder.

4. Salary and Contract Rules

• The manual does not attach a salary or contract framework to this code specifically.
• Where income or financial capacity is assessed, it is evidenced with the documents named under that requirement rather than against a published floor.
• If your circumstances involve employment, verify separately whether this status authorises it — several of these categories do not.
• Do not assume the salary rules of a neighbouring code apply; they are set per status.

5. Employer and Workplace Change Rules

• Employer sponsorship is not the organising basis of this code.
• Any economic activity must fall within what the status authorises; where it does not, activity-outside-status permission is the mechanism.
• Report changes of circumstance that bear on the ground for the status.
• Keep the evidence that established eligibility available for extension reviews.

6. Required Documents

• Application form, passport, standard photograph and the fee.
• Evidence establishing the ground on which this status is claimed, as described above.
• Residence and identity documents as required at the counter.
• Any further documents the reviewing office considers necessary.

7. Fees and Processing

• Fees follow the published schedule for the application type rather than the subtype.
• Processing time varies by office workload and by how clearly the qualifying ground is evidenced.
• Where a principal holder's status governs the period granted, the principal's expiry date is the practical constraint.
• Apply with margin before any existing permission expires.

8. Common Rejection Reasons

• The qualifying ground for this specific code is not established by the evidence.
• The circumstances fit a neighbouring code better, making this a category mismatch.
• Supporting documents are incomplete, inconsistent, or out of date.
• An underlying condition the status depends on has ceased to apply.
• Unresolved immigration compliance history.

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