🇰🇷 Korea
F-1-D Workation / Digital Nomad Visa (pilot since Jan 2024)
- Stay limit
- 1 year initial, extendable once, up to 2 years total
- Income threshold
- 2x Korea GNI per capita (currently ≈₩88,100,000 / USD 66,000, floats yearly); 1+ year industry experience
- Work restriction
- No local profit-making activity
- Confidence
- High
Full application steps, required documents, and official sources below. Verify current rules with the official source.
Application steps
- Confirm eligibility: 1+ year in the same industry, income of 2x Korea's GNI per capita, age 18+
- Prepare documents: employment/business proof, income proof, criminal record check, medical insurance (₩100M+ coverage)
- Submit the F-1-D application at the Korean embassy/consulate in your country of residence (no in-country status change)
- Enter Korea after approval; the initial stay is 1 year
- Before expiry, apply at a Korean immigration office for a 1-year extension (2 years max total)
Required documents
Passport, employment/business and income proof, criminal record check, insurance certificate with ₩100M+ coverage
Official sources
Content is compiled from secondary research; verify current rules with Taiwan BOCA, Japan MOFA, or the Korea Visa Portal.