Below you have a list of the job-seeking or working visa types. For more information click on each of them for a detailed article.
D-10-1 Job Seeker
A person who intends to work in an institution of training or finding a job in a qualified field for teacher visa (E-1), language instructor (E-2), research (E-3), technical instructor/technician (E -4), professional (E-5), artist/athlete (E-6) and foreign national with special abilities (E-7). This person should have graduated from a form of education in Korea (undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D.) to qualify. It is valid for a maximum of 2 years.
E-2-1 Instructor of foreign languages
A person who meets the qualifications set by the Minister of justice and intends to teach conversational language to a language institute, an affiliated language research institute a high school educational institute, an institute language training affiliated with a company or company broadcasting, or other equivalent organization. To teach English in Korea legally with this visa you should be from a native English-speaking country.
E-6 Artist
A person who intends to engage in profitable activities such as music, fine arts, literature, professional acting, or professional entertainment activities. Currently this visa can be granted for 6 months or 1 year at a time.
E-7-91 Work Visa
A person who intends to engage in a field appointed by the ROK Minister of Justice for improving national competitiveness by adopting foreign workers with professional knowledge/technology under a contract with a public or private institute in ROK
To obtain a professional visa (excluding the D-10 visa) you need a sponsor represented by usually by the Institution that hired you. That's why the search process has a job becomes more complicated and difficult; many Korean companies are more reluctant to sponsor an employee foreigner. In the case of a D-10 visa, an account statement is needed to prove the financial situation you have.
One solution to avoid the need to be sponsored by the company is the F-2-7 visa, a long-term resident visa duration. This visa is obtained on the basis of a points system provided by the Korean Immigration Bureau and gives the applicant the opportunity to work in Korea without being sponsored by the employer. People who hold a D-2 or D-10 visa and wish to apply for an F-2-7 visa need to have a master's degree from a Korean university and be also eligible for one of the E1 - E7 work visas.
For more information on business visas and resident visas check out the visa section on the HIKorea website.
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