South Korea Student Visa: Application Process
To obtain a South Korea student visa, you must first get admission from your intended university or institution. In order to be accepted, you usually need to provide the following documents:
University application form
Your passport copy
Copy of diploma or last degree (qualifications must be in English)
Evidence that you can afford your expenditure while staying in this country.
Once you have been accepted to your intended university, the application process for a South Korea student visa is:
After receiving the admission, you have to pay the tuition fee. The university will then issue a Certificate of Admission or Confirmation of Visa Issuance to you.
Once the university has issued these documents, you can go to the South Korean Embassy in your country to complete the visa application process.
You can contact the embassy to find out the list of required documents you must provide. Note that your documents must be in English or Korean.
The embassy will first process your documents and then decide whether to grant you a visa. The processing time of the student visa will depend on the workload of the embassy.
Once the visa has been issued, you must come to the embassy and collect your visa personally.
We advise all students to get proper student insurance. You will also be issued a landing card upon arrival in the country.
All foreign nationals intending to stay in South Korea for more than 90 days will need an Alien registration card. You can apply for this card 90 days from arrival in South Korea; otherwise, you will be fined. In other words, this card is a kind of ID card.
South Korea Student Visa: Requirements
The documents you must provide to the South Korea embassy to obtain a student visa are:
Passport and its copy: Please note that your passport must be valid for at least six months from the arrival date in South Korea. A copy of the passport must be from the photo page.
Visa Application Form: You can access this form through the South Korea Embassy website.
Applicant Photo: The size of the photo must be the size of the passport photo.
Certificate of Admission and Confirmation of Visa Issuance: As mentioned, these documents are issued by the university.
Proof of financing: You must provide evidence that you can cover your expenditure in South Korea.
Those who intend to participate in exchange programs need to provide more documents.
Source: visa library
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