Alien Registration Card

Subjects

  • Foreigners who intend to stay for more than 90 days from the date of entry into Republic of Korea

Common Required Documents

  • Application Form Application Fee 30,000₩ Original passport and copy (Photo side and visa side) 1 copy of each Certificate of enrollment Financial maintenance confirmation Proof of address 2 photos ※ Photo: Taken within the last 6 months, white background, 3.5cm*4.5cm, color, photo showing both eyebrows and ears.

Notice

  • Application must be made within 90 days from the date of entry.
  • If your name, gender, date of birth, nationality, passport number, issuance date, and expiration date are changed, you must report the change of registration details within 14 days from the date of change.
    (Documents to be submitted: application form, passport and alien registration card, documents proving changes)

Status change of residence

[On Initial admission] General training (D-4) → Study abroad (D-2)

  • Common required documents
    • application form Revenue stamp 100,000 won / Registration certificate issuance fee 30,000 won Original and photocopy of passport Standard Admission Permit Tuition payment receipt Final Academic Documents Certificate of attendance (certificate of attendance at language school) Certificate of bank balance of USD 13,000 or more Financial maintenance confirmation Documents for residence
    • ※ D-2 (study abroad) status change of residence requires application and permission prior to the start of the semester.

    • [Graduated students for Job preparations] Changing Study Abroad (D-2) visa→ Job Search (D-10) visa

      • Required Documents
        • Application form, original passport, foreigner residence card, one visa photo, degree graduation certificate, transcript, job search plan (form), residence confirmation, application fee 130,000 won (including reissuance fee of alien registration card)
          ※ A person who has obtained a bachelor's degree (or scheduled to obtain) or higher from a domestic university: If the average grade is lesser than 3.0, a letter of recommendation from an advisor or the head of a general (academic) is required.
      • Stay period
        • Permission to change the status of stay within six months.

Extension of Stay

D-2 holders (study abroad) undergraduate students

  • Common Required Documents
    • application form Revenue stamp 60,000 won Original passport and passport copy Certificate of enrollment Receipt for payment of tuition (submit because it is not possible to issue a certificate of enrollment if it is extended before the start of the semester (March, September)) Transcript (if GPA is 2.0 or less, submit a statement of reason & bank balance certificate) Financial maintenance confirmation Documents of proof of stay/ address

    End of Study

    • Language Training(Exchange) Program
      • Subjects : Those who wish to train beyond the upper limit of the training period (2 years) due to unavoidable reasons
      • Documents to be submitted: Statement of reason, academic information on FIMS, certificate of bank balance with 7 million won or more, invoice of confirm payment on training(exchange) program
        ※ Extension is not permitted if one absent frequently or simply using the reason of study as a means of long-term stay.
      • Period: Allowed within 6 months
    • Bachelor's Degree Course
      • Subject: Student who intends to study after exceeding the scheduled academic period due to insufficient credits, graduation examination, or not passing the thesis report (professional bachelor's degree: 2-3 years, bachelor's degree: 4 years)
      • Required documents: Statement of reason, confirmation of advisory professor, academic information on FIMS, certificate of bank balance with 7 million won or more
        ※ Extension is not permitted if one absent frequently or simply using the reason of study as a means of long-term stay.
      • Period: Allowed within 2 years after completion

Part-time employment activity permit (part-time job)

Subjects

  • International students who owns the status of residence for study abroad (D-2) or language training(exchange) program (D-4-1, D-4-7) and have been confirmed by the person in charge of their university.
    ※ Language training students (D-4-1) available to apply after more than 6 months upon arrival.
  • Students who are preparing to write thesis after completing regular courses
  • Students with a GPA of 2.5 or higher in previous semester

Allowed Amount of Time

  • Within 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday) during the whole semester
    ※ For master's and doctorate courses and thesis preparations, within 30 hours per week
  • Limited to two places (workplaces), including one part-time job place;
  • Unlimited during holidays, Saturdays, Sundays and during vacations

Required Documents

  • Application form, original passport, alien registration card, recommendation for part-time employment for international students (form, confirmation of employer and university student representative required), certificate of enrollment, transcript

Fields allowed for employment

  • A profession that is recognized to be closely related to a major subject.
  • A profession within the scope of a student's usual practice according to social conventional
  • Individual tutoring is excluded from part-time employment.
  • Interpretation and translation, food service assistance, general office assistance, etc.
  • Activities such as store salesmen, restaurant clerks, and event assistants in English villages or English camps.
  • Simple labor, not areas of restriction on employment;
  • Tourist information assistance and duty-free shop sales assistance, etc.
    ※ However, if student intend to engage in the field that allows part-time employment above, they must meet the qualifications if employed in a job that requires certain requirements under domestic law.

Ways to apply

  • Application through a direct walk-in to the immigration office or an electronic civil petition before the start of the employment

Contents of permission

  • Qualification terms: Enter D-2-S and part-time employment type
  • Permitted period: 1 year within the period of stay, limited to 2 places
    ※ A seal of permission for activities other than the qualification of stay in the passport, etc. (specify the place of employment and the period of permission)

Rules violators on the part-time employment permit

  • In case of first offend→ Part-time employment is not permitted for the next one year in accordance with the Act Article 89
  • In case of second offend→ Part-time employment is not permitted during the study abroad period in accordance with the Act Article 89
  • In case of third offend→ Not eligibility for studying abroad in accordance with the Act Article 89

Status Change of Residence (Address)

Contents

  • When a registered foreigner changes the place of residence, he/she must report the change of address to the City/Gun/Gu office or the immigration office within 14 days from the date of moving in a new place.

Required documents

  • Application form, original passport, alien registration card, confirmation residence certificate

Rules Violators

  • Imposition fine of not more than one million won if a report is not made within 14 days from the date of change on the place of residence;

International Students Management and Reporting

Academic management to prevent illegal stay of international students (Article 19-4 (2) of the Immigration Control Act);

  • In accordance with Article 19-4 (2) of the Immigration Control Act, the university ought to report to the immigration office within 14 days from the date of knowledging the following relevant situations of international students:
    • When the student fails to register or takes a leave of absence within the registration period of each semester while attending school;
    • When the students study abroad or under exchange programs studying terminated due to reasons such as dropout, expulsion, graduation or missing persons;
    • When it is confirmed that the student have been criminally punished for violating the Immigration Control Act, such as illegal employment, or for violating domestic laws.
    • Notification of "credits and transcripts" of international students of degree course or higher and "attendance details" of language course trainees
    • Counseling activities to prevent departure of foreign students and notification of counseling status