Workation visa (F-1-D)

Applicant must: (i) be 18 years old or older (ii) meet the income requirements based on age and location of stay (refer to yellow box below) (iii) have worked in current Singapore-based company for at least 1 year (iv) is permitted by his/her company to work remotely in Korea for more than 90 days.

F-1-D visa is meant for applicants who can work remotely for overseas companies. Therefore, freelancers are not eligible to apply for this visa.

※︎ GNI per capita as of 2026: KRW 52,416,000 (KRW 4,368,000 per month) Income requirement Age (as of cal endar year) Location of stay Seoul Metropolitan Area (Gyeong-gi province, Seoul, Incheon) Non-Seoul Metropolitan Area / population-declining (or at-risk) regions 1 8 to 34 years old 1.5 times GNI 1 times GNI 35 years old or older 2 times GNI 1.5 time s GNI

Exception for applicants accompanied by family: ○ Applicants who will be accompanied by their spouse and/or minor children while staying in Seoul metropolitan area (Gyeong-gi province, Seoul, Incheon) will subject to 2 times GNI income threshold regardless of age. ○ Applicants who will be accompanied by their spouse and/or minor children while staying in non-Seoul metropolitan area or population-declining (or at-risk) regions will subject to 1.5 times GNI income threshold.

Income Tax Return (Notice of Assessment for 2025) 7. Recent 3 months Singapore bank account statements / e-statements

5. Letter issued by Singapore company to verify your employment information, approval for remote working overseas and dates of remote working overseas (original and issued within recent 1 month) OR ACRA biz profile (if you own the business)

Applicant must: (i) be 18 years old or older (ii) meet the income requirements based on age and location of stay (refer to yellow box below) (iii) have worked in current Singapore-based company for at least 1 year (iv) is permitted by his/her company to work remotely in Korea for more than 90 days.

F-1-D visa is meant for applicants who can work remotely for overseas companies. Therefore, freelancers are not eligible to apply for this visa.

Accompany family members would include the remote worker's spouse and minor children.

The F-1-D visa would allow individuals to stay in Korea for one year with the opportunity to extend for one year at a time up to three years. Extension of stay would be handled by the local immigration office in Korea.

In case if you lose your job after entering Korea on a F-1-D visa, you are not required to report it under the current laws and regulations. However, you cannot extend your stay further and must leave Korea when the permitted period of stay expires.

According to Article 3 (Scope of Taxable Income) of the Income Tax Act, residents are imposed tax on all income. However, for short-term foreign residents*, tax is imposed only on his/her income paid in or remitted to the Republic of Korea in case of taxable income from foreign sources.

In addition, countries that signed a double taxation avoidance agreement with Korea are not subjected to imposition of relevant tax if the treaty contains the relevant provisions.

Short-term foreign residents refer to foreign residents who have their domicile or place of residence for not more than 5 years in total from 10 years before the end of the relevant taxable period.

F-1-D visa holders are required to subscribe to National Health Insurance if they live in Korea for more than 6 months.

If a foreigner residing in Korea receives medical coverage equivalent to medical care benefits under Article 41 of the National Health Insurance Act based on foreign laws/foreign insurance/contract with the employer, the foreigner may apply for exclusion from National Health Insurance.