Immigration in Korea, E-7 VISA - QnA #1

외국인 E-7 비자 자주하는 질문

I graduated from university in korea. Can i change my visa to E-7 visa?

Exemption from experience requirements if you have a professional bachelor's degree and find a job related to your major.

if you have a bachelor's degree or higher in korea, you can get a job regardless of your experience or major.

In my opinion, even if a person who has obtained bachelor's degree graduates can get a job regardless of their major, In reality, it is very difficult for a company to hire people who have no company-related knowledge.

Also, in any case, there must be a special reason for hiring a foreigner. The company must prove the reason for hiring, which means that it cannot hire foreigner just because they need people. In other words, it should be comfirmed that if the company hires you, company can get achieve greater benefits than hiring Koreans.

what are the requirements that companies that hire foreigners must meet?

there are a total of 87 types of occupations permitted for E-7. there are separate detalied standards for each type of job, so it cannot be explained uniformly.

In principle, employment of E-7 foreigners is allowed within 20% of Korean employees. And companies with fewer than 5 Korean whose purpose is to earn profits only in Korea cannot employ E-7 foreigners.
(there are occupations available at 50% or 70% rates.)

if the position to be employed is a professional job among E-7 occupations, the company must pay a salary equivalent to 80% of the previous year's GNI. if the position to be employed is a sami-professional job among E-7 occupations, the company must pay a minimum salary set by law.

Professional occupations are judged only on salary and employment necessity. Semi-professionals must meet all of the salaries, employment necessity and employment rate of Koreans.
(Among the professions, the job protection position for Koreans must meet the employment rate of Koreans.)

In addition, the company should have paid all state taxes.