3. Activities outside the purpose of stay
(1) Unauthorized activities
Foreigners seeking to carry out activities beyond the limits of their current status (hereby referred to as unauthorized activity) without changing their status of stay must receive permission to do so prior to actually engaging in the said activity.
Should the aforementioned activities become the main purpose of their stay, such permission will not be granted, and they must therefore leave the country and reenter with a new visa, or apply to change their status of stay.
(2) General principles
1) Required documents
Those with single-entry visa for less than 90 days of stay are not permitted to carry out unauthorized activities.
If hours spent in unauthorized activities are longer than the original workplace, or if it brings in more income, then permission for unauthorized activities will not be granted.
If the foreigner involved has a record of poor work conduct (such as maintaining multiple workplaces) or is otherwise considered to be acting against national interests, permission for unauthorized activities will not be granted.
Permission for unauthorized activities is not required for those foreigners seeking to learn Korean at a college-run foreign institute or receive instructions from specialists of Korean traditional culture or arts.
(3) Study (D-2)
1) Immigration Rule
Under Article 20 of the Immigration Law, international students seeking to engage in activities unauthorized for their D-2 visa status (hereby referred to as unauthorized activities) are required to receive prior permission from the immigration authorities.
2) Application eligibility
International students with D-2 visa status, including those who are preparing thesis after completing the regular master's or doctorate courses, can apply with recommendation from their advisor.
3) Conditions
Those who have studied at KAIST for at least one semester.
Students who want to participate in research projects conducted as part of courses, and those who want to take part in temporary researches or work as teaching assistant or research assistant can apply regardless of their period of enrollment.
4) Allowed time and workplace
Up to 20 hours per week during school terms. (Unlimited hours during weekends, holidays, vacations)
Limited to 2 work places total within permitted period.
5) Allowed fields
Occupation acknowledged as having close ties with their major
Occupations commonly accepted by society as being suitable for students: Interpretation/translation, arranging books at library, janitor work, assistance in restaurant business, general office work assistance, temporary research activities that are not formal employment such as lab projects in which the study and the research are performed side by side, temporary lecture assistance, temporary research assistance
Foreign language instructor at educational facility like private institute : Only who are qualified to be a foreign language instructor.
Other fields of simple labor that are not restricted (However, must have qualifications set forth by concerned law of each fields.)
Salesperson at the shop, waiter or waitress at the restaurant, assistant staff who work at the foreign language camp(English, Chinese, Japanese, or other languages), or English town.
6) Restricted fields
Act of private tutoring outlined by "operation of academy and private tutoring act"
Working for advanced industry and laboratory, where employment is restricted to protect industrial secret
Act of working in gambling business prescribed by section 2 article 1number 1 of special law for regulation and punishment of gambling activity, etc and section 1 number 2, etc of the same law
Act of working as merrymaking receptionist at pleasure bar or merrymaking bar prescribed by section 21 number 2 of food and sanitation act and section 7 and number 8 of the same law
Act of working at place which is contrary to good morals among moral business prescribed by section 2 moral business regulation act and section 2 of its enforcement ordinance
Other activities that deviate from student status or deemed necessary to restrict employment by attorney general
7) Required documents
_Passport
_Foreign registration card
_Application form
_Professro's(advisor) recommendation
※ If an applicant wants to work at the university which currently attending, this letter would be substituted by recommendation letter from head or dean of university or confirmation letter of school affairs control.
_Fee (tax stamp for 10,000 KRW) (Overseas Koreans who are applicable to those with proof are exempted from fee)
8) Procedures
Prepare application form
Prepare advisor's recommendation with the signature of advisor
Submit documents to International Relations Team (until the One-Stop Service Team is established)
※All required documents need to be confirmed 2 weeks before
9) Permission period will be maximum 1 year which can not be more than their
period of sojourn.
10) Other details:
If you started working before applying for the permission, you will be fined for violating the immigration rule.
Applicants' passports should be stamped to clarify permitted activities and the
period of permission
In case an international student changes temporary workplace, he or she should
get new permission for the new work
Please refer to the website of the Ministry of Justice (www.hikorea.go.kr)