F-1-1 (Visit & Cohabitation — status held by minor foreign children of Korean citizens (pre-2026 practice)) Korea Visa Guide | 2026

1. What F-1-1 Is

Across both manuals, the literal string 'F-1-1)' occurs exactly once — in visa-3.txt, inside the 거주(F-2) 국민의 미성년자녀 (residence status for minor foreign children of Korean nationals) section. The note says foreign minor children of Korean citizens who are currently holding 방문동거(F-1-1) status are to be converted immediately and without a fee to 거주(F-2-2) status once confirmed. This confirms F-1-1 was (at least previously) the status used for this population before the manual's current guidance switched intake to F-2-2 directly. No standalone 'F-1-1 = [definition]' table row or 약호/구분 table entry exists anywhere in either file — every other apparent 'F-1-1' hit in a raw substring search turns out to be F-1-12, F-1-13, F-1-15, F-1-16, or F-1-24 (i.e., a false positive of 'F-1-1' matching as a prefix of a longer code).

2. Eligibility Checklist

• CONFIRMED literally: minor foreign children of Korean citizens previously holding 방문동거(F-1-1) status are converted immediately, fee-free, to 거주(F-2-2) upon confirmation.
• CONFIRMED: the manual never prints a standalone 'F-1-1' definition row or table entry in either file — this conversion note is the only literal appearance of the code.
• NOT CONFIRMED by literal text: the claim that F-1-1 specifically denotes the first/unlabeled catch-all bullet at the top of the general 방문동거(F-1) description (친척방문·가족동거·피부양·가사정리 등). I checked the source passage (visa-2.txt, '방문동거(F-1)' heading, ~offset 235100-235200) myself: that bullet list has no code numbers attached to any of its items at all — not to the first bullet, not to 'the gasa-bojoin' bullet, not to any other. The numbered sub-items that follow (1. F-1-13, 2. ...) are separate specific subtypes, not a continuation of that bullet's numbering. So the '=first bullet' equivalence is a plausible but UNCONFIRMED positional inference — I could not cross-confirm it against any second, independent table naming F-1-1 as that specific purpose.

3. Criteria Summary

• F-1-1 is not a points-based category.
• NOTE ON SOURCING: the manual names this code only in passing rather than defining it in a subtype table, so the description above is drawn from the limited text available. Confirm the current treatment with the immigration office before relying on it.
• 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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