F-5-11 Permanent Residency visa

F-5-11 Residency visa

Points System for Permanent Resident (F-5-11) Status

☐ Overview

Provide a Permanent Resident (F-5-11) status to the persons with exceptional capabilities in such fields as science, business management, education, culture and arts, sports, etc.

☐ Eligible Applicants

Persons who meet the qualifications required by at least one of the “Compulsory Items” of the table below and at the same time, satisfy one of the following requirements:

Thirty (30) points or higher from one compulsory item and 50 points or higher from compulsory and elective items combined (prompt issuance of a permanent resident visa irrespective of a period of stay in Korea)
Twenty (20) points or higher from compulsory items and 100 points or higher from compulsory and elective items combined (prompt issuance of a permanent resident visa irrespective of a period of stay in Korea)
Eighty (80) points or higher from compulsory and elective items combined, and at least one-year stay in Korea after foreigner registration

F-5-11 Visa points English version

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The name of city you currently live in
Compulsory Items
Prominent World Figure (50)*
- Former heads of state or international organizations ( 50 points )
- Winners of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Seoul Peace Prize, Goethe Prize, etc. ( 40 points )
- None
Prominent figures with great influence and reputation in the world’s politics, economy, society, culture and science, etc.
Celebrated Research Outcome (30)*
- Five-year or longer work experience as a full professor or higher in the relevant area at four-year Korean or foreign universities ( 30 points )
- Three-year or longer work experience as a full professor or higher in the relevant area at four-year Korean or foreign universities ( 20 points )
- Five-year or longer research experience in the relevant area at Korean national research institutions or other equivalent Korean or foreign research institutions ( 20 points )
- Three-year or longer research experience in the relevant area at Korea’s national research institutions or other equivalent Korean or foreign research institutions ( 15 points )
- None
Publication of a paper in five years on the SCI (Science Citation Index), SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index), or A＆HCI (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
World- famous Sports Star (30)*
- Bronze medal or higher from the Olympic games ( 30 points )
- Bronze medal or higher from the World Championships, Asian Games or other equivalent sports games ( 20 points )
- None
Medalists of a large-scale global sports game and their instructors
Lecture Experience at Global University (30)*
- Five-year or longer work experience as a full professor at one of the universities ( 30 points )
- Three-year or longer work experience as a full professor at one of the universities ( 20 points )
- Three-year or longer work experience as a lecturer or higher at one of the universities ( 15 points )
- None
Lecture experience at the top 200 universities designated in three years by renowned university-ranking organizations such as QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), THE (Times Higher Education), ARWU (Academic Ranking of World University), CWUR (Center for World University Rankings), etc.
Work Experience at Global Company (30)*
- One-year or longer work experience as an executive director or higher at one of the companies ( 30 points )
- Three-year or longer work experience as a manager, executive or higher at one of the companies ( 25 points )
- Seven-year or longer work experience as a regular worker at one of the companies ( 20 points )
- Five-year or longer work experience as a regular worker at one of the companies ( 15 points )
- None
Work experience at the top 500 companies designated in three years by UNCTAD or leading business magazines such as Fortune, Forbes, Businessweek (U.S.), Economist (U.K.), etc.
Work Experience at Large Company (25)*
- Two-year or longer work experience as an executive director or higher at one of the companies ( 25 points )
- Ten-year or longer work experience as a regular worker at one of the companies ( 20 points )
- Seven-year or longer work experience as a regular worker at one of the companies ( 15 points )
- None
300 regular workers in Korea & Domestic capital of 8 billion Excessive domestic and foreign work experience
Intellectual Property Rights Holder (25)*
- Two or more patent rights ( 25 points )
- One patent right ( 20 points )
- One or more utility model or design rights and at least one-year experience of managing a relevant business entity ( 15 points )
- None
Ownership of intellectual property rights in Korea or other countries (Patent rights, utility model rights and design rights only)
Highly- talented Person (25)*
- Winners of globally recognized competitions or award ceremonies or persons with the equivalent global recognition ( 25 points )
- Persons with a world record in the relevant area certified by globally acknowledged institutions ( 15 points )
- Persons who have shown their work or performance in a prominent global exhibition, fair or performing events or who have participated as a judge ( 10 points )
- None
Persons with exceptional talent in science, business management, education, culture and arts, sports, etc.
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Compulsory Items points
Elective Items
Annual Income (30)*
- Four times GNI or more ( 30 points )
- Three times GNI or more ( 20 points )
- Two times GNI or more ( 10 points )
- GNI or more ( 5 points )
- None
Annual income: based on a certificate of earned income issued by the head of a tax office (GNI: Per capita Gross National Income of the previous year announced by the Bank of Korea, only for income earned in Korea)
Net Worth in Korea (30, Unit: won)*
- 1 bil or higher ( 30 points )
- 700 mil or higher ( 20 points )
- 500 mil or higher ( 10 points )
- 300 mil or higher ( 5 points )
- None
Net worth in Korea: real and personal properties, and other personal assets excluding debts (A credit information certificate will be reviewed to find records of default and debts.)
Education Level (20)*
- Doctoral degree ( 20 points )
- Master’s degree ( 15 points )
- Bachelor’s degree ( 10 points )
- Associate degree ( 5 points )
- None
Education Level: degrees earned from either a Korean or foreign university, only for graduates (not applicable to prospective graduates)
KIIP (15)
- KIIP LEVEL 5 ( 15 )
- KIIP TEST PASS ( 10 )
- KIIP LEVEL 4 ( 8 )
- KIIP LEVEL 3 ( 5 )
- None ( 0 )
Additional Points (110)*
- Letter of recommendation ( 20 points )
- Study in Korea ( 10 points )
- Tax payment record ( 10 points )
- Stay in Korea ( 10 points )
- Volunteer activity ( 10 points )
- Employment of Korean nationals ( 10 points )
- Home ownership ( 10 points )
- Stay in Korea with dependent family ( 5 points )
- Business management experience ( 5 points )
- D-2-7 Visa ( 20 points )
- None
※ If there are multiple selection items applied, all of them will be added together, but the score will be     If duplicated, only one high score is counted (but all points are added together)
Details of Selection
-Annual Income: Based on GNI per capita of previous year announced by the Bank of Korea, and domestic income of applicant (except accompanying family, etc.)
-Domestic assets: Includes all real estate and real estate under the applicant’s name, but only net assets excluding debts.
-Education: Both domestic and foreign degrees are included, and only if already acquired (except acquisition)
※ Only domestic diplomas acquired after completion of the course of school recognized under Article 2 of the Higher Education Act are recognized.
-Basic knowledge: Participation in social integration program education or comprehensive evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Justice
-Letter of recommendation: Head of the Constitutional Authority, ministerial level in the central government, members of the National Assembly, head of the regional government
-Study abroad in Korea: Study at least 2 years in a Korean university and get a bachelor’s degree
※ If you study at a school * subject to your visa status (D-2)
* Schools of the Higher Education Act, Article 2, No. 1 to No. 4, more than junior colleges (including night graduate schools) established under the provisions of special laws, and polytechnical degree programs of the Korea Polytechnics
-Performance of tax payment: Income tax paid more than 4 million won per year for the previous 2 years before the year the application date falls
Example) If the application date for permanent residence is 2018.1.1. Divided the total amount of tax paid until December 31, 2017 by 2
-Domestic stay: Legally stay in Korea for more than 3 years (total total stay period in the past)
-Community Service: Over 1 year in Korea   (Including activities for public benefit, appointed and commissioned as members of government or regional governments)
-Employment: In case of continuous employment of two or more nationals for six months or more as of the date of application
-Home ownership: owning more than 200 million Korean homes
-Management experience: Demonstrated more than 3 years of practical management experience as a representative of domestic and overseas businesses
-Accompanied families: The scope of companion family is limited to spouses and children.
-Study Abroad: Studying Graduation
(If you apply for study abroad in Japan or Japan, you can’t apply for additional study abroad.)
Hidden
Elective Items points
Agree to receive immigration new information and VISASKOREA service information email*
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F-5-11 Permanent Residency Visa

Points System for Permanent Resident (F-5-11) Status

F-5-11 Visa points English version

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