F-5 permanent residency visa is the best visa for foreigners
Once you get this visa, you have to come back to Korea once every two years in order to keep the visa
Also, you have to renew the visa every ten years
There are many ways to acheive the permanent residency visa
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F-5 visa basic requirement
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F-5-4 : Spouse or minor child of holder of permanent residence (excluding occupancy of permanent residency)
(Hereinafter referred to as “spouse or minor child of a normal permanent resident”)
F-5-6 : Person who stayed more than 2 years as overseas Korean
F-5-7 : Foreign nationals who meet the requirements for acquiring nationality
F-5-10 : Bachelor in high-tech industry, master’s degree in general field or above
(Hereinafter “Bachelor, Master and Certificate Holder”)
F-5-11 : A person with outstanding ability in specific fields such as science, management, education, culture and arts, and sports
(Hereinafter referred to as “specific field ability owners”)
F-5-14 : 4 years or more of visiting employment ( H-2 visa )
F-5-15 : A person who is employed by a Korean company after completing a regular course at a graduate school in Korea and earning a Ph.D.
(Hereinafter referred to as the “General Doctor”)
F-5-22 : Spouse of a utility public investor (F-5-21) or a utility retirement immigrant investor (F-5-23), or
Unmarried children (hereinafter referred to as “spouse or unmarried children of public interest investors”)
F-5-24 : Person who attracted more than 300 million won of investment and hired 2 or more people as a technology start-up (D-8-4)
(Hereinafter referred to as “Technology Startup Investor”)
F-5-26 : Person who has worked for more than 3 years as an essential professional manpower of R & D facility invested by foreigner
(Hereinafter referred to as “research and development personnel of foreign-invested enterprises”)
F-5-27 : Person who has been in Korea for more than 2 years as refugee status visa