G-1-1 (Industrial Accident Claimant/Treatment & Family) Korea Visa Guide | 2026

1. What G-1-1 Is

G-1-1 covers foreigners who are pursuing an industrial-accident (산재) compensation review or re-examination claim, or who are hospitalized/undergoing medical care for a work injury after receiving 요양승인 (care approval) from the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service (근로복지공단), including those being treated for after-effects. It also covers the family (spouse and direct lineal relatives) of such a person. The manual lists this as item 1 in both the initial-issuance table and the extension table, and the code is consistently attached to the same heading in both places.

2. Eligibility Checklist

• Covers three sub-groups: (a) those with a pending 산재보상심사 청구 or 재심청구 (industrial-accident compensation review/re-review claim), (b) those hospitalized for a work injury or in post-approval 요양 (medical care) including after-effect treatment, and (c) the spouse/direct family of either group.
• Initial stay period is described as 'within a range of [years] — until hospital treatment and industrial-accident compensation are completed' (exact digit not recoverable from the extracted text: '체류기간 [ ]년 범위 내 입원치료 및 산재보상 완료시까지').
• On renewal/extension, the manual distinguishes severity: ordinary cases get an extension period measured in months, while '중증 환자' (severe/critical patients) get a longer extension measured in years ('원칙적으로 체류허가기간 [ ]월 범위 내, 단 중증 환자는 [ ]년의 범위 내') — the exact digits are missing from the extracted text but the severe/non-severe distinction itself is explicit.
• Required documents include the 산재보상심사청구서 or 재심청구서, a hospital diagnosis related to the industrial accident, family-relationship proof (for family applicants only), and a livelihood-support (생계유지능력) screening confirmation.

3. Criteria Summary

• G-1-1 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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