E7 Visa : Job / Working Visa in Korea

E7 Visa : Job / Working Visa in Korea 

If you plan to work in Korea, E7 visa is something you might heard of or like to find out  more.

E7 visa is also called Specially Designated Activities visa which is one of the most complicated visa to obtain since applicants must have certain education level and work experience with well prepared documents for immigration and entry office.
Foreign laborers can acquire E7 visa after employment contraction is completed.

<What is E7 visa?>

All foreigners who plans to work in Korea required to obtain E7 visa.

And foreigners must work in specific appointed 82 types of occupations.

Requirements and procedures are slightly different by condition of candidates, condition of employer, and types of business or occupation so that applicants need to search the visa information very carefully.

<Appointed 82 types of occupations>

Specialist

Manager (15 positions)
Executive officer of an economic association	Executive of an enterprise	Management support manager
Education director	Finance and insurance director	Culture, art, design, film related director
Information and communication director	Other professional service director	Construction and mining related director
Production manager	Agriculture and forestry, fishery manager	Sales manager
Transport director	Accommodation, travel, entertainment, and sports related director	Food service manager

Professionals (50work types)
Life science professional	Nartural science professional	Social science researcher
Computer hardware developer	Telecommunication engineer	Computer system designer and analyst
System software developer	Applied software developer	Web developer
Database developer	Network system developer	Computer security professional
Architecture	architectural engineering technician	Civil engineering professional
Metallurgist and materials engineer	Electrical engineer	Electronics engineer
Landscape architect	Town and traffic planner	Chemical engineer
Mechanical engineer	Plant engineer	Automobile·marine·airplane ·railroad engineering professional
Environmental engineer	Gas and energy technician	Textile engineer
Draftman	Nurse	Technology instructor of overseas Institutional Technology
College or university lecturer	Education related professional	Teachers on foreigners' school, foreign educational institution, international school, school for the Gifted
Legal professional	Government administrator	Administrative official of a special agency
Management and diagnosis espert	Finance and insurance expert	Merchandiser
Travel package developer	Advertisement and public relations expert	Survey espert
Event planner	Overseas salesperson	Technology salesperson
Technology management expert	Translator / Interpreter	Announcer
Designer	Video related designer

Semi-professional

Office worker (4 work types)
Salesperson in duty-free shop or Jeju Special Self-Governing Province	Air trasport officer
Hotel Receptionist	Medical coordinator

Service staff (4 work types)
Transportation service staff	Interpreter guide
Casino dealer	Chef and Cook

Skilled Worker

Agriculture and forestry, fishery skilled worker (3 work types)
Agriculture and forestry, fishery skilled worker	Zookeeper	Sea cucumber farming technician

Technicians (6 work types)
Halal butcher	Musical instrument maker and tuner	Skilled worker at root industry
Skilled worker at a manufacturing company or a construction company	Ship weld technician	Aircraft engine mechanic

  

<E7 Visa Eligibility and requirements>

 

● General requirements 

- Mater's degree or higher in a relevant subject area.

- Bachelor’s degree and one year of work experience in a relevant field (this experience should have started after the acquisition of degree)

- 5 years of work experience in the relevant field

● Special condition

-Having a year of work experience at Global top 500 companies

-Graduated(or -to-be) from world top 200 university.

- Achieved Bachelor’s degree or higher level of degree from Korean University.

- Expecting to graduate from University in Korea.

- Having a reference or recommendation letter.

  

Candidates must look over information above very carefully and highly recommended to consult with an experts because examination standard and procedure may vary by condition of each candidates and company’s current situation.

Issuing of the E7 visa is highly complicated and time consuming task.

There are many things, such as required documents , examination standard, visa issuance procedure, and type of occupation candidates, to be considered.

And even it is harder to reapply for same type of visa once first visa applying attempt gets rejected.

We, Job&Visa have a lot of successful cases and know-how to help any people having a problem with visa issuance in Korea.

For foreigners who would like to work in Korea and for Korean enterprises where plan to hire foreign experts, Job&Visa is here to help all.

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