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Where Do You Apply for a D-8-1 Visa? Home-Country Consulate Visa vs Visa Issuance Certificate in Korea
Apply for a D-8-1 visa at the Korean mission at home or request a Visa Issuance Certificate in Korea. Where to file, documents, proxies, alien registration.
Can D-8 Essential Personnel at a Foreign-Invested Company's R&D Center Get Permanent Residency? F-5-26: 3 Years of Continuous Work, a Bachelor's Degree, and Income or Assets
R&D essential personnel on D-8 item (a) for 3+ years can apply for F-5-26 permanent residency. The 90-day continuity rule, income and asset tests, documents.
How Does a D-8-4 Tech Startup Founder Get Permanent Residency (F-5-24)? 3 Years of Continuous Stay, Investment Attracted and 2 Korean Employees for 6 Months
D-8-4 startup founders with 3+ years of stay, three hundred million won in investment and 2+ Korean full-time staff can apply for F-5-24 permanent residency.
Can a Foreigner Get D-8 as a Sole Proprietor? Without a Korean Corporation or a Korean Co-Owner, Look at the D-9 Individual Business Route
A business registered by a foreigner alone is hard to treat as a foreign-invested company for Corporate Investment (D-8), because D-8 assumes a Korean corporation or a business run by a Korean national. We compare incorporation, co-ownership with a Korean national and the Trade and Business (D-9) individual business route.
D-8-1 for Staff Sent to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Foreign Financial Holding Company: Holding Company Approval, Shareholder Register and Third-Country Dispatch Orders
Essential personnel at a subsidiary wholly owned by a financial holding company registered as a foreign-invested company use a separate document list for D-8-1 status changes and extensions. How it differs from the general D-8-1 list and who may issue the dispatch order.
Can a Sister-Company Transfer Qualify for the D-7 Intra-Company Visa? Transfers Between Affiliates Without Going Through Headquarters
An employee moving directly from an overseas subsidiary to a Korean subsidiary of the same parent can qualify for a D-7 visa. The two kinds of affiliate relationship that count, the 1-year work rule and its exceptions, the visa issuance certificate documents, and moves between affiliates after arrival.
When a D-8 Investor Changes or Adds a Workplace: Alien Registration Change Report Instead of a Permit, and Documents for Moves Within an Affiliate Group
The manual’s guidance that Corporate Investment (D-8) status is not subject to workplace change or addition permit (report) and is handled through an alien registration change report, plus the documents collected for moves within the same affiliate group.
Foreign-Invested Company CEO Lecturing at a University: Who Qualifies for Short-Term Employment (C-4-5) Activity Within 90 Days, and Documents
Who may lecture at a university within 90 days under short-term employment (C-4-5) activity outside status (D-7, D-8, D-9 investors at full-time director level and E-1, E-3 to E-5, E-7 professionals), the documents including the president’s recommendation, and headquarters approval beyond 90 days.
Is the D-8 Stay Limit 5 Years or 2 Years? When Professor, Researcher and Professional Visa Holders Engage in Venture or Tech Startup Activity
The maximum stay per grant (5 years for D-8-1 and D-8-3, 2 years for D-8-2 and D-8-4) and the activity-outside-status rules for E-1, E-3, E-4 and E-5 holders who pursue D-8-2 or D-8-4(S) activity in their own field.
How Is the Inflow of D-8 Investment Funds Proven? Remittance Documents for Cash Contributions and Customs Documents for In-Kind Contributions
The documents proving investment fund inflow for D-8 status change and extension, split into cash contribution (foreign currency export permit, remittance confirmation, foreign exchange purchase certificate, customs declaration) and in-kind contribution (completion confirmation from the Customs Service, import declaration certificate).
How D-8 Extension Documents Differ for Venture Investment (D-8-2), Individual Business (D-8-3) and Tech Startup (D-8-4(S))
The documents for D-8 extensions that vary by category: D-8-2 (venture certification, technology evaluation), D-8-3 (co-business agreement, funds of the Korean co-business owner), D-8-4(S) (corporate registry, intellectual property, business operation proof).
What Is D-8 Essential Personnel? The Scope of Executive, Senior Manager and Specialist, and the Limit on Directly Performing Services
The three types of essential personnel used for Corporate Investment (D-8) and Intra-company Transferee (D-7): Executive, Senior Manager and Specialist, with the rule that executives cannot directly perform services and front-line supervisors are excluded.
Startup Korea Special Visa (D-8-4S): Private Evaluation Committee Review, Ministerial Recommendation and Documents Before the Corporation Exists
The D-8-4S Startup Korea special visa: committee review approval, recommendation from the Minister of SMEs and Startups, establishing a corporation in the technology field reviewed, and omitting registry documents before establishment with submission and extension within 6 months.
D-8-4 Tech Startup Points Documents: How to Prepare IP Proof, OECD Apostilles, Filing Certificates and OASIS Certificates
Documents for D-8-4 points-system applicants (degree certificate, patent, utility model and design registration copies, apostilles for OECD-country records, filing-fact certificates, OASIS completion and award certificates) and the completed-incorporation requirement.
When D-8-4 Tech Startup Points Are Waived: K-Startup Grand Challenge Participants and Government Startup Support of 30 Million Won
Who is exempt from the D-8-4 points system (60 of 300 points): K-Startup Grand Challenge participants and recipients of government startup support (direct project funds of 30 million won or more), and how OASIS-9 earns 30 points if requirements are not met.
D-8-1 Corporate Investment Visa: Meet the Test by a 10% Stake or by a Director Dispatch/Appointment Contract?
The D-8-1 test: a Korean corporation, investment of 100 million won or more, and either 10% or more of voting shares or a director dispatch/appointment contract, plus the completed-company and locally hired exclusions.
When You Cannot Change to D-8 in Korea: Nationality Exceptions (UK, France, Ireland, Germany, Chile)
When a change of status to corporate investment (D-8) inside Korea is not allowed (small investors, certain entry statuses of UK, French and Irish nationals) and the exceptions for Germans (B-1 entry) and Chileans (C-3-4).
Does Registering a Non-Investor as a Director Give D-8? Why the Manual Points to E-7
Why the manual treats a foreigner registered as a director of a foreign-invested company without being an investor as an E-7 (specific activities) case rather than D-8, plus the D-8-1 essential personnel scope and investment requirement.
D-8 Re-entry Permit: Is One Needed if You Return Within 1 or 2 Years of Leaving?
Re-entry permit exemption for registered foreigners such as D-8 holders (within 1 year of leaving), cases with less than 1 year of stay left, the multiple re-entry permit (over 1 up to 2 years) and restricted countries.
D-8 Individual Investors Under 300 Million Won: Extra Documents Required
The additional capital-use proof and business experience documents for D-8 individual investors under 300 million won, guidance on status change for small investors, and documents at extension.
D-8 Investment Funds: Name Rules and Whether a Spouse or Parent Can Remit
The principle that D-8 investment funds are in the investor's own name, the exceptions for spouse and minor child, parents when 300 million won or more is invested, and proof of bringing in cash or in-kind contributions.
Tax Proof at D-8 Extension: What if You Are Paid by an Overseas Head Office
Personal tax payment proof or VAT tax base certification at D-8 extension, business performance and site documents, and tax proof for salary paid by an overseas head office (Class B earned income, income certificate).
D-8 Essential Personnel Transferred to an Affiliate's Korean Branch: Changing to D-7
Who can change from D-8 to D-7 when an essential employee is transferred to a Korean branch, subsidiary or representative office of an affiliated foreign company, the documents, the out-of-status activity route and field investigations.
D-8 Visa Application Documents Checklist — A Practical Guide to Preparing Without Gaps
A checklist that splits D-8 visa application documents into applicant, corporate, investment fund, business plan and overseas certification documents, focusing on where applications most often get stuck in actual review.
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