Document checklists by procedure
Step-by-step, ordered document lists for the most common Korean immigration procedures — free.
Stay Extension
A step-by-step guide to extending your period of stay — required documents by visa type, fees, and where to apply.
→Change of Stay Status
A step-by-step guide to changing your status of stay from within Korea without leaving the country, with document checklists for each change path.
→ARC residence card
Documents for first-time alien registration (외국인등록) and card reissue (재발급), fees, where to apply, and the step-by-step process — updated for 2026.
→Study D-2 / D-4
A step-by-step guide for D-2/D-4 students to extend their period of stay and obtain a part-time work permit — documents, fees, and where to apply.
→Marriage F-6
A step-by-step guide to extending F-6, changing your status to F-6, and the grant of F-6 status — required documents, the sponsor income requirement, fees, and where to apply.
→F-4 Overseas Korean · F-5 Permanent Residence
A step-by-step guide to obtaining, changing, and extending F-4, and to upgrading from F-4 to permanent residence (F-5) — with required documents, fees, and where to apply.
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