| Business Residency Permit Requirements | Nationals from other APEC economies who want to stay exceeding 90 days must obtain a visa to take up temporary residence for business in the Republic of Korea.
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| Categories of Permits | Foreigners who want to conduct business in Korea longer than 90 days may apply for a long-term business visa.
Visitors entering the korean labor market who is offered a job from an employer in korea shall apply for a relevant work visa.
Within 90 days after arrival in Korea, long-term business visa holders have to report their stay to the local immigration office closest to their place of residence and apply for an Alien Registration Certificate
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| Arrangements for Intra Company Transfers and Specicalists | A 30-day processing standard applies to visa application from executives, senior managers, specialists who have been in the employment for more than 1 year from the application on intra-company transferee, where all the necessary documentation completed.
Specialist means a natural person within an organization who possesses knowledge at an advanced level of expertise and who possesses proprietary knowledge of the organization's services, research equipment, techniques, or management.
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| Documentation Required | Passport or equivalent travel document
Completed visa application form
2 photographs
For intra-company transferee, dispatch order, official documents of business entity establishment issued by authorities concerned, business plan
For employment, employment contract, degree of academy or certificate of a field concerned, official documents on business entity establishment, etc.
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| Method of Lodgement | There are two ways of applying for long-term business visas.
One is to the Korean overseas mission closest to their place of residence. The other one is, through an inviter, to the local competent immigration office for a visa issuance confirmation letter that binding consular officers to give a visa as it says in the letter to the applicant.
Applicants may file their visa application personally unless authorized otherwise.
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| Processing Time | Target processing time limit for long-term business visas is 30 days from the date of application.
For work visas, it various from status to status but is normally several weeks. |
| Length of Validity and Stay | Validity of business visas is up to 3 years.
Validity of work visas is from 1 to 3 years depends on its character.
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| Application Fee | Single entry visas per issue US $ 50(exceeding 90 days)
Multiple entry visas per issue US $ 80
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| Extension | Extension is available as long as applicants are stick to the same status initially given.
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| Rules Relating to Accompanying Dependants | Stay of accompanying dependants is subordinated to the principle's.
Visa fee policy will be applied respectively on a passport basis.
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| Review/Appeal Procedures | There are no review rights to the decision to refuse a visa application.
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