null Immigration/Stay Guide

General Affairs

Application for Permission of Stay/ Receipt by proxy

Basic principles
  • All application must, by default, be made personally.
  • However, persons under 17 years of age or those unable to apply personally due to illness or family/business related issues, may have an agent with a proxy request form submit the applications on their behalf.
Applications and receptions that may be made in proxy
  • Permission for engagement in the activities beyond the current visa status, change of place of employment & additional permission, granting visa status, permission for change of status, permission for extension of stay, reentry permit, issuance of a certificate for Recognition of Visa Issuance, foreigner registration, reporting change of foreigner registration details, receipt of foreigner registration card, reporting employment of foreigners.
Eligibility as an agent
  • Those meeting requirements specified in the "Policies on applications and proxy submissions of permission for engagement in activities beyond current visa status and others" (Ministry of Justice's Bulletin)
  • View agents for each status category - See list below
Required documents
  • To submit upon application
    - Written power of attorney.
    - National identification card, Drivers' license, passport, Foreigner Registration card, or other such forms of identification for the agent.
    - Documents that verifies the principle's relations with the agent, such as family registers, resident registration, or certificate of incumbency.
    - Submission of written power of attorney may be omitted in special circumstances such as: the principle is under 17 years of age, proxy application was made by a family member or by the head of an association or company, or the absence of the principle from Korea, etc.
  • To submit upon receipt
    - ID cards and the application reference certificate
Restrictions on proxy applications
  • Should it be deemed necessary to make personal inquiries to the principle, such as reasons for applying for any given application or status of the principle's conditions of stay, proxy applications may be restricted. In such cases the principle must personally make the application.
  • Should the proxy make applications through false or other such unlawful means, the permissions may be cancelled or altered.
Agents permitted to apply/receive in proxy.
Agents permitted to apply/receive in proxy.
Status of the principle Those eligible to act as an agent
Diplomacy(A-1)
  • Members of diplomatic missions or employees of the consul
  • Direct family members of the foreigner in question (hereby referred to as "principle")
Official Business(A-2)
  • Employees of foreign government or international organizations' Korean based association
  • Direct family members pf the principle.
Conventions/Agreements(A-3)
  • Employees of the involved association/organizations
  • Direct family members of the principle
Temporary Journalism
(C-1)
Journalism(D-5)
  • Employees of local press bodies or the local branch of foreign press bodies (D-5)
  • Employees of the local company, association or organization (hereto referred to as "an organization") selected to carry out the duties of foreign press bodies that the principle belongs to.
Temporary Business(C-2)
  • Employees of a local branch offices, subsidiary, or supervising offices (hereto referred to as "branches or the like") of a foreign company.
  • Employees of a local organization in transactional relationship with the organization the principle belong to
Temporary Visiting(C-3)
  • Employees of local organizations, branches or the like. related to the principle's local activities
  • Relatives that reside locally (only when the principle's purpose of entry is tourism, transit , recreational or visitation - i.e., those that apply to the Civil Law Article 777)
Short-term Employment (C-4)
Professorship (E-1)
Foreign Language Instructor (E-2)
Research (E-3)
Technology Transfer
(E-4)
Professional Employment (E-5)
Arts & Performances (E-6)
Special Occupations (E-7)
Employed trainee(E-8)
Non-professional Employment(E-9)
Vessel Crew (E-10)
  • Employees of local organization in contract with the organization the principle belong to
  • Employees of local organizations the principle have been hired to work for
  • Employees of local organizations or the employer who have hired the principle.
  • Employees of training recommendation organizations
Cultural Arts(D-1)
  • Employees of organizations the principle have or will perform for
  • Professional who have or will instruct the principle
  • Locally residing relatives of the principle
  • Personal reference, if one is available.
Study Abroad(D-2)
  • Employees of organization the principle have or will be educated from
  • Party or employees of organization that paid for the principle's expenses.
  • Locally residing relatives of the principle
Industrial training(D-3)
  • Employees of organization that the principle have or will be trained from
  • Employees of organization that recommended the training
General training
(D-4)
  • Employees of organization that the principle has or will be trained from
  • Those paying for the principle training costs and living expenses
  • Locally residing relatives of the principle
Religious Affairs
(D-6)
  • Employees of local branches of foreign religious organizations or social welfare group that the principle belong to
  • Employees of local religious organization or social welfare group that have invited the principle
Supervisory Intra-Company Transfer(D-7)
  • Employees of local branches of foreign organizations the principle belong to
  • Those carrying out the organizations establishment procedures in proxy
Treaty Investment(D-8)
  • Employees of foreign investment corporations the principle are or will be employed for
  • A person who carries out the corporations establishment procedures in proxy
Treaty Trade(D-9)
  • Employees of organization that the principle manages, or is considered to be an essential employee.
  • Employees of an organization that the principle wished to work for to supervise / manage the industrial setup and productions
  • Those carrying out the organizations establishment procedures in proxy
Family visitation (F-1)
Residency (F-2)
Dependant family (F-3)
  • Locally residing relatives of the principle
  • Those willing to take care of the principle locally
  • Those willing to invite the principle
  • Personal reference, if one is available.
Others(G-1)
  • Party who has invited or will invite the principle
  • Party who is medically treating the principle
  • Legal representative where persons are involved in legal suits
  • Guarantor where such a guarantor exists
Working Holiday
(H-1)
  • Employee of the organization that has hired the principle
  • A person who has hired the principle

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