List of South Korean visas
This is a list of visas issued by South Korea. The government of South Korea, through the Bureau of Immigration, issues one of these visas to all non-citizens entering the country. In 2005, 5,179,848 visas were issued, not including military and landing-permit visas, a slight increase over the previous year. More than half of these were B-2 visas.
A visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
Number issued (2006)[2] |
| A-1 |
Diplomat (외교) |
7,070 |
7,060 |
| A-2 |
Government official (공무) |
11,854 |
10,883 |
| A-3 |
Agreement (협정) |
27,946 |
25,583 |
B visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
Number issued (2006)[2] |
| B-1 |
Visa exemption (사증면제) |
496,356 |
517,526 |
| B-2 |
Tourist/transit (관광통과) |
3,404,923 |
3,344,602 |
The B-2 status allows travellers who are passport holders of various jurisdictions, including the People's Republic of China mainland, to stay in South Korea for a maximum period of 30 days, provided that they are using Incheon International Airport as a transit stopover. It applies to ordinary PRC passport bearers when they are travelling between the Chinese mainland and Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or 30 European countries.[3] The B-2 status is encoded in Article 7 of the South Korean immigration law.[4]
C visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
Number issued (2006)[2] |
| C-1 |
Temporary news coverage (일시취재) |
2,217 |
1,266 |
| C-2 |
Short-term business (단기상용) |
214,621 |
258,844 |
| C-3 |
Short-term general (단기종합) |
444,822 |
501,559 |
| C-4 |
Short-term employee (단기취업) |
11,944 |
12,523 |
D visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
Number issued (2006)[2] |
| D-1. |
Artist (문화예술) |
241 |
349 |
| D-2 |
Student (유학) |
25,635 |
35,979 |
| D-3 |
Industrial trainee (산업연수) |
41,365 |
48,203 |
| D-4 |
General trainee (일반연수) |
10,257 |
16,496 |
| D-5 |
Journalism (취재) |
379 |
357 |
| D-6 |
Religion (종교) |
2,086 |
2,225 |
| D-7 |
Business supervisor (상사주재) |
8,369 |
8,126 |
| D-8 |
Corporate investor (기업투자) |
35,712 |
36,302 |
| D-9 |
International trade (무역경영) |
5,917 |
8,099 |
E visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
Number issued (2006)[2] |
| E-1 |
Professor (교수) |
3,204 |
3,500 |
| E-2 |
Foreign language instructor (회화지도) |
12,439 |
15,001 |
| E-3 |
Research (연구) |
5,406 |
5,838 |
| E-4 |
Technology transfer (기술지도) |
819 |
606 |
| E-5 |
Professional employment (전문직업) |
581 |
886 |
| E-6 |
Artistic performer (예술흥행) |
4,759 |
4,518 |
| E-7 |
Designated activities (특정활동) |
13,514 |
14,927 |
| E-8 |
Training employment (연수취업) |
|
|
| E-9 |
Non-professional employment (비전문취업) |
38,244 |
38,713 |
| E-10 |
Vessel Crew (내항선원) |
|
|
F visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
Number issued (2006)[2] |
| F-1 |
Visiting or joining family (방문동거)[5] |
74,479 |
120,190 |
| F-2 |
Resident (거주)[6] |
88,391 |
93,759 |
| F-3 |
Accompanying spouse (동반)[7] |
20,741 |
21,243 |
| F-4 |
Overseas Korean (재외동포) |
|
|
| F-5 |
Permanent resident (영주) |
11,239[8] |
|
G visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[1] |
| G-1 |
Miscellaneous |
1,247 |
H visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[9] |
| H-1 |
Working holiday (관광취업) |
1,113 |
| H-2 |
Working visit (방문취업제) [10] |
|
M visas
| Visa Category |
Name (Korean name) |
Number issued (2005)[9] |
| M-1 |
Military (군인) |
73,014[11] |
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Bureau of Immigration (2006). "체류자격별 외국인 입국자". 2005년도 출입국관리 통계연보 (Electronic version). Seoul: Author. p. 17. Retrieved from http://immigration.go.kr (자료실:통계) on 2006-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Bureau of Immigration (2007). "체류자격별 외국인 입국자". 2005년도 출입국관리 통계연보 (Electronic version). Seoul: Author. p. 14. Retrieved from http://immigration.go.kr (자료실:통계) on 2008-03-08.
- ^ (Chinese) Epoch Times, Xinhuanet.com
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea
- ^ Also includes returning Korean adoptees.
- ^ Limited to those married to a Korean citizen.
- ^ Limited to those married to a visa holder.
- ^ Bureau of Immigration (2006). "국적 및 체류자격별". 2005년도 출입국관리 통계연보 (Electronic version). Seoul: Author. pp. 420–473. Retrieved from http://immigration.go.kr (자료실:통계) on 2006-11-26.
- ^ a b Bureau of Immigration (2006). "국적 및 체류자격별 외국인 입국자(승무원·상륙허가자 제외)". 2005년도 출입국관리 통계연보 (Electronic version). Seoul: Author. pp. 166–231. Retrieved from http://immigration.go.kr (자료실:통계) on 2006-11-26.
- ^ 5 years multiple-entry visa for oversea Koreans in China and former Soviet Union (available since March, 2007)[1]
- ^ 72,806 of these were from the United States of America. See USFK
See also
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