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Eligibility, required documents and other prerequisites [D-10]


ACTIVITIES ALLOWED

1. Range of Activities Allowed

(Job Seeking Activities) You are engaged in job seeking activities or on-the-job paid training (including short-term paid internship) at a Korean company or group
(Technology / Business Startup Activities) You participate in the OASIS programs, preparing for intellectual property right application and business establishment (job seeking activities)
2. Eligible Applicants

You want to engage in researching and job seeking activities in a relevant field of E-1 Professor, E-2 Foreign Language Instructor, E-3 Researcher, E-4 Technological Instructor/Technician, E-5 Professional, E-6 Artist & Athlete, and E-7 Foreign National of Special Ability status.
* However, among E-6 status holders, E-6-2 holders working at an adult entertainment establishment are not included. Only pure artists and athletes will be permitted.
You are qualified for the item C of D-8 Corporate Investor status, preparing for a business startup.
* You have a bachelor��s degree or above, or intellectual property right or equivalent skills. You are also recognized as a founder of a corporation by the Minister of Justice. (Technology and Business Startup Immigration)


MAXIMUM LENGTH OF STAY

You are allowed to stay for up to 6 months


VISAS ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HEAD OF DIPLOMATIC MISSION ABROAD

1. All types of employment visas

A single entry visa, which is valid for 6 months, will be issued at the discretion of the head of the diplomatic mission abroad.
– A multiple-entry visa, which is valid for 2 years and which allows you to stay for 6 months, will be issued to a national whose country has signed an agreement on the Multiple Entry Visa Issuance for employment seekers with the Republic of Korea.

COMMON        (1) An application for the visa (form no. 17, passport, one standard size photograph, fee







Supplementary
Documents

A previous employee of a listed company on the Fortune��s Global 500 companies        (2) C.V. (Proof of Employment), Employment Seeking Outline

A graduate of a
university listed
on the Times��
Higher World
University
Rankings

(2) Proof of Education*, Employment Activities outline
* Degree (or a document confirming that you will receive a degree in the future), Certificate of Education, Certificate of your degree (Please choose one)

A graduate of a
Korean
community
college or higher

(2) Proof of education and Transcript, Outline of seeking employment
* If your identity can be verified via our immigration information system (study abroad information system), you are exempt from submitting these documents.

A person who
completed a
research program
at a Korean
university

(2) Education Certificate, Completion Certificate*, Employment Activity Plan
* A certificate indicating research topic, research period, completion results, which is issued by the head of research institution

Others who are
admitted by the
head of a
diplomatic
mission abroad

(2) Documents proving that you are a talent*, Employment Activity Plan
* Proof of Education, career certificate, recommendation from the respective group or any other proving documents (if you have been awarded or covered by the media for winning a respected international or domestic competition)

Those preparing
for Technology
and Business
Startup

(2) Education Certificate, Technology/Business Startup Plan
(3) Application Certificate such as a Letter of Patent • Utility Model Registration Card • Design Registration Card Copy or Intellectual Property Right Permission (for respective candidate only)

(4) OASIS program completion certificate or participation confirmation letter (for a respective candidate only)

��The head of diplomatic mission may request/omit additional documents if it is deemed necessary to examine the purpose of the entry, genuineness of the invitation and the qualifications of the inviter and the invitee


ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION

You are not eligible to apply for the visa issuance confirmation.


REFERENCE

To check out the complete lists of Fortune��s global 500 companies for the past 3 years, click the link below
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/)

To check out the complete lists of Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the past 3 years, click the link below
http://www.paked.net/higher education/rankings/rankings.htm

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