D : Non-Professional

• D-10 : Job-seeking
  • D-10-1 : Job-seeking activities
  • Job-seekers
    
    The Ministry of Justice has been implementing the ‘point system job-seeking visa (D-10) system’ since October 1, 2018 to support domestic small and medium-sized businesses and venture companies that are having difficulties finding outstanding talent overseas. The job-seeking (D-10) visa system refers to a system that permits job-seeking activities for a certain period of time to excellent foreign talents who want to work in domestic professional occupations in order to attract global talents in various fields in order to strengthen national competitiveness. When international students who have graduated from universities in Korea apply for a point-based work-seeking visa (D-10), they are allowed to change their status of residence instead of issuing a visa.
    For reference, foreign experts are eligible for Professor (E-1), Conversation Guidance (E-2), Research (E-3), Technical Guidance (E-4), Professional (E-5), Entertainment (E-6), and Special Activity (E-7) qualifications. The newly introduced point-based job-seeking visa system refers to a system that issues visas by subjecting items such as age, education, work experience at home and abroad, study abroad experience, and Korean language proficiency to points.
    Qualifications for a point-based job-seeking visa include those who wish to engage in training or job-seeking activities in order to get a job in a field that falls under the specialist sojourn qualifications (E-1 to E-7 qualifications, but, among the E-6 qualifications, entertainment activities are excluded). Score 60 points or more out of a total of 190 points (must include 20 points or more in basic items). However, if you have been ordered to leave the country for violating the Immigration Control Act within the past year, or if the total amount of notification or fines exceeds 2 million won, your application will be restricted. In addition, application are restricted even if there is a history of fines, or fines of more than 400,000 won for violations of the Immigration Control Act, such as illegal employment or part-time employment violations while staying in Korea. The job search period is up to 1 year (up to 2 years for those who graduated from a junior college or higher in Korea), and they must obtain permission to extend their stay every 6 months.
    
    For your reference, age is calculated based on age, and only diplomas are recognized as the final level of education, so diplomas, certificates of completion, and certificates are not recognized. The final academic background and domestic study experience can overlap, and domestic study experience is limited to those who have maintained their academic record at a regular university for more than 2 years. The final academic background, domestic training, education, and academic background can be applied repeatedly if the period requirements are met. TOPIC refers to an official scorecard (only within the validity period), and KIIP refers to an official certificate of completion or step-by-step confirmation. For violations of the Immigration Control Act, only the number of violations within 10 years from the date of application is counted, and all confirmed violations are included regardless of punishment (including exemption from punishment, warnings, and fines), and applicants who violate more than four times are restricted from applying for a point-based work visa. For other domestic law violations, only the number of violations within 10 years is counted.
    
    Chinese student K is 27 years old, recently obtained a degree in business administration in Korea, and holds a TOPIK level 3 qualification. In this case, looking at the points system for job-seeking visa application requirements, 15 points for age 27, 15 points for final education in Korea, 30 points for experience studying in Korea for a bachelor within 3 years after graduation, and 10 points for TOPIK level 3 Since it is a total of 70 points, you can apply for a point-based job-seeking visa.
    
    The documents to be submitted when applying for a point-based job seeker visa are as follows: Graduates of domestic junior colleges or higher submit a certificate of academic background and a job search plan, and those who have completed research activities at domestic research institutes submit a certificate of academic background, a certificate of completion, and a job search plan. Those who have worked for the world's 500 largest companies must submit a career certificate (certificate of employment) and a job search plan, and graduates of the world's top 200 universities must submit a certificate of education and a job search plan. The job search plan must be submitted with a detailed job search plan on a monthly basis.