SOUTH KOREA – Fee Increases for Most Immigration Applications
January 13, 2014
Beginning January 1, 2014, South Korea has increased the fees for visa and immigration related applications and services. The following are the revised fees:
Type of Application | Revised Fee (KRW) | Old Fee (KRW) |
Grant of temporary stay status | 80,000 | 40,000 |
Permitting activities outside of temporary stay status | 120,000 | 60,000 |
Change/addition of workplace | 120,000 | 60,000 |
Change of temporary stay status | 100,000 | 50,000 |
Change of temporary stay status to F-5 visa (Permanent Resident) | 200,000 | 50,000 |
Extending period of stay | 60,000 | 30,000 |
Initial F-6 visa (Spouse of Korean National) | 40,000 | 20,000 |
Extension of F-6 visa | 30,000 | 20,000 |
Reissuance of Alien Registration Card (ARC), including Resident Registration Card | 30,000 | 20,000 |
Issuance of miscellaneous documents for all visa and immigration-related matters (per copy) | 2,000 | 1,000 |