E-7-4 visa points

the year of 2022 announced

Applicants will be selected by

1. The higher point
2. If have the same score, then law violations will be left out of
3. The higher score of Korean abilities
4. Close the due of visa
5. Younger

【 Skilled Worker Points System (E-7-4) : Evaluation Items 】

□ Eligible Applicants: Foreign employees who have worked legally in Korea for 5 years or more during the recent 10 year period on E-9, E-10, or H-2 Visa.

– Ineligibility: Criminals, tax delinquents, and those who have violated the Immigration Act more than 4 times.

☞ However, those who have cleared overdue taxes are eligible to apply.

□ Eligibility requirements: Persons who meet one of the points requirements below out of the total 209 points
1. Persons who obtained 52 points or more in total with at least 10 points earned in ‘Annual income’of the Industry contribution value factor.
2. Persons who obtained 72 points or more in total with at least 35 points earned in Future Contribution Value.

A. Basic Items: maximum 80 points

1) Industry contribution value

◆ Skillfulness: maximum 20 points

: Combination of the items listed above is NOT allowed (only ONE item with the highest points to be counted in).

: Item Ⓐ means average annual income for the past 2 years from the date of application (based on the Certificate of Income Amount issued by the head of a district tax office).

Item Ⓑ means a domestic license directly related to the field an applicant is currently working in, and is limited to“technical/skill”qualifications in the attached Table 2 of the Enforcement Rule of the National Technical Qualifications Act.

Item Ⓒ means skills verification administered by the skills verification agencies designated by the Minister of Justice.

2) Future contribution value

◆ Academic Credentials : 20 points maximum

: Combination of the items listed above is NOT allowed (only ONE item with the highest points to be counted in).

: Regular curriculum ONLY regardless of the countries the credential was obtained.

◆ Age : maximum 20 points

◆ Korean language ability: Maximum 20 points

☞ For TOPIK : Official TOPIK (Test of Proficiency In Korean) Score Report (within the validity period ONLY).

☞ For KIIP : Official Certificate of Completion of KIIP (Korea Immigration and Integration Program) or Certificate of completion of KIIP level.

B. Elective Items: maximum 100 points

◆ Possession of Assets : maximum 35 points

:Combination of the items Ⓐ and Ⓑ is allowed (Net asset value of deducting item Ⓐ from item Ⓑ applies in this case).

: Item Ⓐ means monthly installment savings with minimum monthly installment savings of 800 thousand KRW put into the installment savings account ONLY.

Item Ⓑ means real estate (land/housing/building) an applicant has owned for a year or more from the date of application ONLY.

Items Ⓐ and Ⓑ are to apply when proven to be the applicant’s net worth ONLY.

◆ Work Experience in Korea during the recent 10 years : maximum 15 points

: Combination of the items listed above is NOT allowed (only ONE item with the highest points to be counted in).

: ONLY those who have been working continuously in the Ppuri or Agriculture/Livestock/Fishery industry for at least one year from the date of application are eligible for earning points in Item Ⓐ.

◆ Studying or Training experience in the relevant field in Korea: maximum 10 points

: Combination of the Items listed above is NOT allowed (only ONE item with the highest points to be counted in).

: Points in item Ⓐ are to be awarded for those who have studied at a Korean university (Regular curriculum) and earned an Associate degree or higher in the relevant field in Korea ONLY. Points in item Ⓑ are to be awarded for those who have received a field related training at the accredited training institutions to provide a private institutional training (D-4-6) ONLY.

◆ Additional Points : maximum 49 points

KIIP LEVEL 5 PASS : 5 POINTS 

Participation in seasonal work related to COVID-19

2 points for one month , 3 points for two months , 4 points for three months

: Combination of the items listed above is allowed.

: Points in item Ⓐ are to be awarded for those who have studied at a Korean university for 2 years or more and earned an Associate degree or higher in Korea. Combination with the items of ‘Academic credentials’/‘Academic background’listed above is allowed (Regardless of majors in relation to the relevant field).

As to item Ⓑ, only recommendation letters from the relevant Ministry related to the field an applicant is working in on the date of application are to be accepted and the head of a relevant Ministry may make recommendations applying points differences within the range of maximum 10 points.

As to item Ⓒ, work experience in Eup/Myeon area should be at least 2 years (Metropolitan cities or above and Gyeonggi-do are excluded).

As to item Ⓓ, those (Decoration/Medal/Official commendation) awarded by the Government or local governments only are to be accepted (2 points each, maximum 5 points).

(Volunteer work) domestic social volunteer work for more than a year with at least 200 hours (Contribution to a local community of providing volunteering work for the public needs to be proven – at the discretion of the chief of immigration(branch) office) : Combination of the items  of official commendation and social volunteer work is NOT allowed. (Only one item to be counted in). Item Ⓔ means annual income tax payment record in the past one year from the date of application.

C. Points Deduction : maximum 50 points

: Total points by combining both of the items (Ⓐ and Ⓑ) to be applied.

: Ⓐ The number of violations of Korean Immigration Law in the past 3 years from the application date is counted in, inclusive of all confirmed violations regardless of legal punishments (including exempted punishments, warning and administrative fines). Those who have violated the Immigration Act or Korean Laws and Regulations more than 4 times are ineligible to apply.

Ⓑ The number of violations committed in the past 10 years is counted in Only in the cases where the permission of sojourn has been granted by the jurisdictional immigration office after reviews.

D. Quota Limits by Industry

However, companies currently employing foreign workers on E-9 or E-10 are allowed to employ minimum 1 worker.

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