Foreign Workers Employment guide
Declaration of change in employment
Comprehensive declaration of change in employment of foreign workers
Wherein a foreign worker with a Non-Professional Work Visa (E-9) or Work and Visit Visa (H-2) changes his/her place of employment or fails to show up for work, his/her employer must declare all relevant facts to an employment service center or immigration service within 15 days of the change/absence. In the case of an online application (e-Application in High Korea), all relevant facts will be concurrently reported to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
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- Processing agency
- Immigration service or employment service center
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- Application
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Online applicationApply
- Hi KOREA e-Application (① File an e-Application → ② Acceptance by the Ministry of Justice / Ministry of Employment and Labor → ③ Processing by the Ministry of Justice / Ministry of Employment and Labor)
- ※ When the filing of an e-Application is not made possible due to system failure, etc. on or before the deadline (15 days from the date of change/absence), an application must be filed in person at a competent immigration service and an employment service center.
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- Fee
- None
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- Business hours
- Online application : 07:00–22:00 on weekdays (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
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- Processing period
- Within 3 days of receipt
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- Inquiry
- Immigration Contact Center (1345, without area code)
- Changes in employment
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- Wherein a foreign employee/trainee is found missing (absent without leave)
- Wherein a foreign employee/trainee is dismissed or whose employment has been terminated early
- Wherein a foreign employee/trainee passes away (attach all relevant documents, such as death certificate, etc.)
- Wherein important contents of an employment contract are modified (change of terms, employer, place of employment, addition of place of employment, etc.)
- Wherein a foreign employee/trainee violates relevant laws, regulations, etc.