The alien registration card
the 90-day rule and what missing it costs
Staying over 90 days means registering within 90 days of arrival. Moving means reporting within 15 days.
Visa & residence
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Changing workplace on an E-9
the reasons that do not use up a count
You get three changes, plus two more after re-employment. But changes for reasons that are not your fault do not count at all, and the notice lists them.
Giving birth in Korea as a foreigner
nationality, insurance, and the 90-day rule
Being born in Korea does not make a child Korean — Article 2 follows blood, not soil. The child needs a status of stay within 90 days. Childbirth is insured.
Korean visa fees
the official table and the 20% online discount
An extension of stay costs 60,000 won, or 30,000 for F-6 holders, and filing online through HiKorea takes 20% off. Full table from Article 72.
Which Korean visa lets you work
the one article that decides it
Article 23 of the Immigration Decree settles it: E-1 to E-10 and H-2 may work within their status; F-5 and F-6 freely; D-2, D-4, F-1, G-1 need prior permission.