Application fee

60,000 KRW

 * e-Application 50,000 KRW

Processing time

3-4 weeks from

the submission date

* Do not leave Korea until the procedure is complete

Required Documents

Application Form

* In case of application for reissuance of alien registration card, a new photo taken within the last 6 months is required

Copy of the information page on your passport

* If you have a newly issued passport, you must report to the immigration office

Certificate of Enrollment

* Can be issued on the 1st floor of Hwado-gwan or Hanwool-gwan using a certificate printing machine

Academic Transcript

* After the transcript examination, an additional document “Statement of Reasons for Underachievement” can be requested

* For those who go under the detailed examination, group application is not available (individual application is required)

a)  Any semester with a GPA of 1.0 or lower within the past year (even if the overall GPA is 2.0 or higher)

b)  Have 4 or more F grades within the past year (even if your overall GPA is 2.0 or higher)

Proof of Tuition Payment

*Tuition payment receipt (Printed from KLAS after payment)

* Confirmation of installment payment can be received at the Office of International Affairs

Financial Verification Documents

* Submission exemption: Applicants who are enrolled in a regular semester with a GPA of 2.0 or higher for both all semesters and the previous semester

* Submission required for those who:

·Regular semester students who have failed to meet the above conditions

·Students who exceeded the standard period of study

·Graduate students who have begun to work on their thesis

·Students enrolled in evening degree programs (special graduate schools)

"Certificate of Balance" (잔고증명서) of a student’s Korean bank account under the name of an applicant (issued within 20 days of the application date)

a)   Visa extension for 1 semester: 6,000,000 KRW or more

b)   Visa extension for over 2 semesters or more: 10,000,000 KRW or more

*For students enrolled in an evening degree program (special graduate school), additional deposit and withdrawal transaction statements for the last 6 months are required.

Proof of Residence

*A current "Notice of Expiration of Period of Stay" or "Utility Bill" in your name.

*Other proof of residence (see below for types of documents)

*  School dormitory: Confirmation of Dormitory Residence

*  Residence under your name: Copy of lease or rent contract

*  Residence under another person’s name: 

1)  “Confirmation of Residence/Accommodation” (“거주숙소제공확인서”attached form)

2)  Copy of the front and back of the accommodation provider's registration card

3)  Copy of the lease contract under the provider’s name

* Goshiwon, AirBnB, Shared House, Hotel, etc.:

1)   'Residential Accommodation Confirmation' (“거주숙소제공확인서”

2)  Business license of the accommodation provider (for address verification)

3)  Rent receipt (to confirm the period of residence)

Additional papers

Undergraduate’s delayed graduation

Proof of a delayed graduation

* Signed by the faculty advisor and the OIA staff

* Must include specific reasons for the graduation delay in handwritten form (in case you haven’t met the credit requirements, you need to submit your course schedule for this semester)

Graduate student’s delayed graduation

Certificate of Completion of Courses

Thesis advisor’s confirmation letter

* Signed by the faculty advisor and the OIA staff

* Detailed thesis writing schedule by month

Application fee

30,000KRW

Processing Time

5-7 weeks from

the submission date 

* Departure from the country is prohibited until the process is completed

Required Documents

Application Form

* Correct e-mail address

Photo (3.5*4.5cm)

*  Frontview, full-face photo with a white background within 6 months (cannot be the same photo as your passport)

Copy of the information page of your passport

Copy of the visa page on your passport

* Most recently issued Korean visa

* If you do not have the visa in your passport, please print out the “Confirmation of Visa Issuance”

Certificate of Enrollment

* Can be issued on the 1st floor of Hwado-gwan or Hanwool-gwan using the certificate printing machine

Proof of Residence

*  School dormitory: Confirmation of Dormitory Residence

*  Residence under your name: Copy of lease or rent contract

*  Residence under another person’s name:

1)  “Confirmation of Residence/Accommodation” (“거주숙소제공확인서”attached form)

2)  Copy of the front and back of the accommodation provider's registration card

3)  Copy of the lease contract under the provider’s name

* Goshiwon, AirBnB, Shared House, Hotel, etc.:

1)   'Residential Accommodation Confirmation' “거주숙소제공확인서”

2)  Business license of the accommodation provider (for address verification)

3)  Rent receipt (to confirm the period of residence)