Part-time Work of Foreign Student Confirmation Form 

Part-time Work Permission

It is illegal for D-2 visa holders to work outside of the university and earn an income without acquiring a prior permission. It is considered as illegal employment, leading to serious penalty on both the employer and the student. Please start to work before the immigration office’s permission.

To obtain this permission, you are required to obtain prior permission from OIA office and the immigration office to work outside of the university.

<General Process>

Get a Part-time work → Visit OIA office → Permission from Immigration office → Start working

<Applicant eligibility>

D-2 visa holders who are qualified with sufficient GPA and TOPIK or English test score can apply for part-time work permission, with the maximum allowance as one year;

Available area of part-time job: Interpretation, Translation, Serving in restaurant, General office assistance, Tour guide assistant, etc.

Restricted area of Part-time work: Private tutoring, Construction, Manufacturing, Any other areas that are against the social order and virtue

For more detailed information, please make sure to call 1345 (immigration office)

< Working Hours Limit>

- With TOPIK Level 4 or above: 25 hours per week (weekdays), no limit (weekend)

- Without TOPIK: 10 hours per week (weekdays and weekend)

<Required document are needed as below>

1. Part-time work of foreign student confirmation form (downloadable at http://global.uos.ac.kr → Community → Downloads)

※ e-application is also available at https://www.hikorea.go.kr/cvlappl/CvlapplInfoPageR.pt

2. Passport

3. Alien Registration Card

4. Academic Transcript

5. TOPIK Certificate

6. Contract of part-time job (working hours and period should be included)

7. A copy of a certificate of business registration of your intended place of work

8. Other additional documents upon request from the Immigration office.