G-1-11 (Sexual/Serious-Crime Victim Humanitarian Status) Korea Visa Guide | 2026

1. What G-1-11 Is

G-1-11 is for a foreign resident who, as a victim of a sexual-violence crime, coerced prostitution, habitual assault, abuse, or another serious crime, is currently going through a court trial, an investigative-agency investigation, or another civil/criminal legal-remedy procedure under the law ('법원의 재판, 수사기관의 수사 또는 그 밖의 법률에 따른 민·형사상 권리구제 절차가 진행 중인 사람').

2. Eligibility Checklist

• Distinguish from G-1-3 (general litigant category, e.g. civil suits over unpaid deposits, or criminal defendants out on bail/probation pending appeal): G-1-11 is specifically for VICTIMS of enumerated serious/violent crimes (sexual violence, forced prostitution, habitual assault, abuse, other serious crime) who are pursuing legal remedy, not for parties to ordinary civil or debt litigation.
• Required proof is documentation substantiating the rights-remedy proceeding ('소송관련 서류 등 권리구제 입증서류') plus a 신원보증서 (sponsorship/guarantee letter) — no family-member provision is listed for this code.
• Both the initial-issuance and extension grants are stated in years ('체류기간 [ ]년 부여' / '[ ]년 범위 내에서 체류기간 연장허가'), unlike G-1-9 where the extension shrinks to months — exact digits not recoverable from the extracted text.

3. Criteria Summary

• G-1-11 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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