Activities are not restricted by immigration status.

Maximum number of stays that can be granted at a time: no upper limit

F-5-1: A person who has been in Korea for more than five years

F-5-4: Spouse or minor children of permanent resident status holders

F-5-5: Investors of $500,000 or more who employ five or more Korean nationals

F-5-8: Korean-born overseas Koreans

F-5-9: A person with a doctoral degree in a high-tech industry and employed by a domestic company

F-5-10: Bachelor's degree in a high-tech industry, master's degree or higher in a general field, or a technical certificate and employed by a domestic company

F-5-11 : Persons with outstanding abilities in specific fields such as science, management, education, culture and arts, and physical education.

F-5-12: Those who have made special contributions to the Republic of Korea

F-5-13: Persons who are 60 years of age or older and receiving a pension from a foreign country

F-5-15: A person who has earned a doctoral degree by completing regular courses at a domestic graduate school and is employed by a domestic company.

F-5-16 : Persons who have stayed in Korea for more than three years on a points-based residence status

F-5-17: Persons who have invested in tourism and recreation facilities for more than five years under the resident status of investment.

F-5-18 : Spouse or minor child of a permanent resident (F-5-16) on the points system

F-5-19 : Spouse or unmarried child of a tourism and recreation investor (F-5-17)

F-5-20: Domestic-born children of permanent residents

F-5-20: Domestic-born child of a permanent resident (F-5-21)

F-5-22: Spouse or unmarried child of an ordinary investor in a public utility (F-5-21) or a retired immigrant investor in a public utility (F-5-23)

F-5-23 : Retired immigrant investor who has been investing in public utilities for more than 5 years and has more than 300 million in domestic assets

F-5-24: A person who has attracted investment of 300 million won or more as a technology startup (D-8-4) and employs two or more nationals.

F-5-25: A person who has pledged to invest KRW 1.5 billion or more for more than five years

F-5-26: A person who has worked for more than three years as an essential specialized worker in an R&D facility invested by a foreigner.

Common Filing Documents

Consolidated Application

Passport

Alien Registration Card

Proof of residence

Foreign Criminal History Certificate

Identity guarantee

Proof of income

Comprehensive income tax

Korean Immigration Permanent Resident Qualification Test

Korean Immigration and Naturalization Qualification Test

Certificate of Completion of Social Integration Program

Documents submitted by permanent resident status

F-5-1 : For D-8 or D-9, proof of sales or exports / For D-10, proof of qualifications for E-1 through E-7, diploma, employment contract / For E-7, diploma

F-5-4, F-5-8, F-5-18, F-5-19, F-5-20, F-5-22 : Proof of family relationship, birth certificate, proof of unmarried children

F-5-5, F-5-24: Certificate of registration of foreign-invested enterprises (F-5-5 only), documents related to attracting investment funds (F-5-24 only), certificate of all corporate registration items, copy of business license, proof of income amount of employed nationals, employment contract with employed nationals, enrollment list of four major insurance companies related to employed nationals, etc.

F-5-9, F-5-10, F-5-15: Copy of degree or technical certificate / copy of business license / copy of employment contract, certificate of employment

F-5-13: Copy of pension certificate and pension deposit passbook

F-5-16 : Copy of business license, copy of employment contract, certificate of service

F-5-17, F-5-21, F-5-23: Proof of investment, proof of domestic assets (F-5-23 only)

F-5-25 : Confirmation of investment deposit (issued by the Korea Development Bank), proof of foreign currency (foreign exchange purchase certificate), pledge of investment support

F-5-26 : R&D facility designation, dispatch order, or employment certificate