Overseas Koreans Visa (F-4) how to get it

Ⅰ. What is F-4 Visa?

This Visa is long-term residency visa 

and not sponsored by a company or workplace.

if you have this visa, you can live and work in Korea freely.

For F-4 visas, you must visit Korean immigration in Korea. 

It is usually unnecessary to apply for these visas from 

your home country although there are a few exceptions.

The Korean government acknowledges ethnic 

Koreans born outside of the country with this visa. 

You must visit the Korean embassy/consulate 

in your home country prior to arriving in Korea. 

There you will be given a visa issuance number 

that can be changed to an F-4 ARC at Korean immigration. 

The F-4 visa is issued within five business days and it lasts for two years. 

Upon expiration you can either renew it 

or it can be transferred to an F-5 visa to gain permanent residency. 

It is also quite easy to obtain full Korean citizenship 

if you are living in Korea for the long term 

and wish to give up your foreign citizenship. 

See the article Obtaining Korean Citizenship for information on that.

Ⅱ. How to get F-4 Visa?

Steps for applying for an F-4 Visa

1. Call Korean consulate. Check if there are any recent changes or updates to the F-4 visa process.
2. Renounce Korean Citizenship (if applicable) You should make sure that you/your parent(s) have renounced citizenship from Korea. If not, you must first fill out the Korean nationality renunciation report with the Korean Ministry of Justice or the Korean Consulate before the visa application.You/your parent(s) should visit the nearest Korean consulate in order to renounce your/their Korean citizenship. From there,the immigration system would be updated accordingly but unfortunately, it might take up to three months to process. It may be possible for the consulate to provide you with a paper that indicates that you/your parent(s) have taken the necessary steps to renounce Korean citizenship. That way, you should be able to continue obtaining your F-4 visa.
3. Find your family registry. Make sure that it indicates you are no longer a citizen of South Korea. If you can’t find your Korean registry, see the next page for what to do.
4. Find Birth certificate. If you are a Canadian citizen, the long-form birth certificate is required (which contains both of your parents’ names, where they were born in Korea, etc.)
5. Passport. Make sure your passport will not expire for at least two years.
6. Passport photos. Be sure to get at least two.
7. Fill out the visa application form
8. Visit the Korean consulate. Make an appointment with your local Korean Consulate. Usually, it takes about 2-3 days to process the visa. It costs $45 in cash or check, but may differ depending on where you are from.

If you need only live in Korea, i will recommend ITQ certificate.

(Information Technology Qualification)

Because this certificate is relatively easy.

But this certificate is very very useless for work.

If you want to stay and work, 

Nail art certificate is very good choice of you.

Because, easy to seeking work and

if you have academy's diploma, 

they are connect to job for you.

too many Korean Nail art Shop is experience manpower problems.

so, if you have this certificate, 

you can easy to get job.