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Maritime Crew (E-10)
ACTIVITIES
ALLOWED AND
ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS
Coastal Crew(E-10-1)
- You are considered a member of coastwise crew if you are in businesses defined in Article 3(1),
(2) and Article 23(1) of the Maritime Transport Act or if you have signed a labor contract, working
in those businesses for more than 6 months in accordance with Article 3(5) of the Vessel Crew Act
- However, this is limited the crew going on a coastwise ship applicable to the Vessel Crew Act,
which also weighs more than 5 tones ***
Fishing Ship Crew(E-10-2)
- You are considered a member of fishing ship crew if you are in business defined in Sub-section
(1) of Article 8(1) o and sub-section (1) of Article 43(1) of the Fishery Act or if you have signed a
labor contract working on the ship (which weighs more than 20 tones) for more than 6 months. Also
you are a sailor defined as Article 3(5) of the Vessel Crew Act
Cruise Ship Crew (E-10-3)
- You are considered a member of cruise crew if you are in business defined in Article 3(5) of the
Maritime Transport Act and you have signed a contract which indicates that you are going to work
there for at least 6 months. Also your ship must weight more than 2000 tones as set forth as Article
3 of the presidential decree of the Maritime Transport Act, and you are subject to Article 3(5) of the
Vessel Crew Act.
* Maritime crew refers to all sailors including captain, mate, chief engineer, engineer, chief wireless
operator, wireless operator, chief sailor, and sailor, but it excludes an employee, master-fisher man,
purser, doctor (Article 3 of the Seaman Law)
** Korean ships (including a boat defined as in the Fishing Vessel Act) and foreign charter freight,
foreign coastwise ship (however, a ship that weighs less than 5 tones, a ship cruising on river or
lake only, a fishing boat that weighs less than 20 tones, a small boat without an independent
navigation capacity are excluded) in accordance with the Maritime Transport Act (Article 2(1) of
the Vessel Crew Act)
*** The total number of foreign crew members and those who can travel on board, and industries
they can be hired shall be agreed between the management and the labor such as Su hyup and
the Federation of Korean Seafares' Union. The agreement then will be forwarded to the Ministry
of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Article 104 of the Vessel Crew Act and Article 39 of the
presidential decree of the act, Rules on administrating foreign crew members posted by the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
MAXIMUM
LENGTH OF STAY
 CONTENTS
You are allowed to stay for up to 1 year
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VISAS ISSUED AT
THE DISCRETION
OF THE HEAD OF
THE DIPLOMATIC
MISSION
�� A Maritime Crew visa can be issued only by the visa issuance confirmation by the head of an
immigration (branch) office
�� You shall submit the 'criminal records' and 'health-check confirmation' since August 1st, 2012
ELIGIBILITY FOR
THE VISA
ISSUANCE
CONFIRMATIONS
 CONTENTS
The management and the
labor will agree on having
foreign crew on the ship
with Korean crews.
The Ministry of Land,
Transport and Maritime
Affairs (Seafarers and Labor
Policy Division) will assess
and approve an agreement
between the management and
the labor
The Ministry of Justice
determines the total number
of foreign members of the
maritime crew
The federation of Korean
seafares' union and the
Su-hyup(or the Korea
shipping association) reach
for an agreement on the
total number of foreign
crew that can be hired
the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure and Transport
will assess propriety of the size of the
total number of foreigncrew➠ It will
also make a proposal to the
Ministry of Justice in regards to the
issue
The Ministry of Justice will
make the final decision after
considering opinions of relevant
interest parties, crew supplies,
and current numbers of
AOWL
1. Decision making process for the size of introduction (total number of employees) of vessel crew
�� Eligible applicants for the Maritime Crew (E-10) visa are excluded from the Employment Permit
System, and if you are working in the coastal fishing industry on a ship that weighs less than 20 tone,
you are eligible to apply for the non-professional (E-9-4) visa
�� The responsible administration institute for the coastal crew(E-10-1) and cruise ship crew (E-10-3)
is the Korea Shipping Association, and for the fishing boat crew (E-10-2) is the Su-hyup`
2. Procedure for Submitting the Visa Issuance Confirmation
A. Procedure
Submit your application
Enter your data
electronically
Receipt will be delivered
▸The head of the host
institution (employer)
▸The responsible immigration
office for the company's address
▸check the enclosed
documentation
▸enter the name of the
inviter and the invitee
electronically
▸print out the
application receipt
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ELIGIBILITY FOR
THE VISA
ISSUANCE
CONFIRMATIONS
 CONTENTS
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
COMMON
APPLICATION
�� Application form for confirmation of visa issuance (form no.21),
passport, one standard size photograph
�� A copy standard labor contract
�� Personal Reference
�� a foreign crew employment report form (issued by the head of regional
port)
��Supplementary documents for each job category��
Coastal Crew
(E-10-1)
�� Transport operation license for coastwise passengers․coastwise freight in
accordance with the Maritime Transport Act (you shall submit this
document only when you register for the first time or change you
registration information)
�� Employment recommendation letter for foreign vessel crew ��issued by the
Korea Shipping Association��
�� Any documents acknowledged by the head of the immigration (branch)
office as 'necessary' such as a 'certification of the total number of
employees allowed during embarkation' or a ��certification of the ship
assessment weighed below 500 tones'.
�� Management approval agreed by the management and the labor for each
ship T/O (if your company is applicable to the total number of employees
policy)
Fishing Ship Crew
(E-10-2)
�� Fishery license and a certificate of fishing boat a copy of coastal fishing
license in accordance with the Fishery Act (you need to submit this
document only if this is your first time to register or modify your
registration information)
�� Certification of the ship assessment
�� Employment recommendation letter for foreign vessel crew (issued by
Su-hyup��
(Jurisdiction for your request) You must apply for a confirmation of visa issuance at an
immigration (branch) office where your company or the major office of the company is located
as registered on a license or business registration certificate.
(If you hire a representative) Hiring a representative is allowed if he/she is apply for the visa
issuance confirmation on behalf of the applicant (the procedure is same for the non-professional
employment)
�� Representative Agency for each industry: coastwise ship․cruise ➠ the Korea Shipping
Association, fishing boats ➠ Su-hyup
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Cruise Ship Crew
(E-10-3)
�� Employment recommendation letter for foreign vessel crew (issued by the
Korea Shipping Association)
�� A copy of business registration of cruise ship transport operation(you
submit this document only when you register for the first time or change
the registration information of it)
�� The head of an immigration (branch) office may request/omit additional documents if it is
deemed necessary to examine the genuineness of the invitation, and the qualifications of the
inviter and the invitee
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Family Visitor(F-1)

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