Episode 4: Check Whether Your Korean Visa Allows the Job

Korean visa work eligibility check: Use the official Visa Navigator, HiKorea employment-eligibility lookup, status-of-stay manual, and 1345 to separate a visa category from permission for one exact job and workplace.

Korean visa work eligibility check: Episode 3 finished with the written employment contract. This episode does not reread that contract; it checks whether your current status of stay allows the exact occupation, employer, and workplace before work begins or changes.

What you will accomplish

Finish with a privacy-safe eligibility record: your status name and expiry date, exact job, employer and workplace, the official pages checked, whether advance permission or reporting is required, the deadline, and the office or 1345 answer that confirmed it.

Preview the official screens, download the official original, and open the sources

The HWP manual is not mirrored because HiKorea labels it for attribution, non-commercial use, and no modification. The download button submits the official public file parameters directly to HiKorea. The screen images are unaltered public-page captures with no real user data.

1. Preview the official screens
   Preview the HiKorea eligibility lookup · Preview Visa Navigator
2. Download the official original
   Download the current official status-of-stay HWP from HiKorea
3. Open the official source pages
   HiKorea employment eligibility lookup · Korea Visa Navigator · Visa Portal entry, stay and work scope · HiKorea current status manual · Immigration Contact Center 1345

Current HiKorea status-of-stay civil-service manual

Official HWP dated 7 August 2026; 3,251,712 bytes; SHA-256 824db89b1f76f981c79d1d7f3ff1f1de1419032b5daaee03f40cba2195a22aab.

HWP · official source delivery · not mirrored

Official pages, screenshot dimensions and hashes, the HWP POST response, file size, OLE signature, and SHA-256 were checked on 25 August 2026.

Read the official screens in this order

Use the official Visa Navigator, HiKorea employment-eligibility lookup, status-of-stay manual, and 1345 to separate a visa category from permission for one exact job and workplace.

Prepare before checking

• Keep your residence card or visa grant notice beside you, but do not send its number to BSKorean or an employer by message.
• Write the exact job duties, employer name, and physical workplace address.
• Open only the official visa.go.kr, hikorea.go.kr, and immigration.go.kr pages linked below.
• Enter your registration number and issue date yourself on HiKorea; never copy them into notes or screenshots.
• Prepare one question about permission, one about workplace limits, and one about the reporting deadline.

Korean visa work eligibility check: six-step official workflow

1. 1. Read the status-of-stay name and expiry date on your own document.
2. 2. Write the exact occupation, duties, employer, and place where work will actually happen.
3. 3. Use Visa Navigator for a general visa category and possible requirements, not as an individual approval.
4. 4. If you have a residence card, personally enter its registration number and issue date in the HiKorea employment-eligibility lookup.
5. 5. Compare the result with the official activity-scope guidance and identify any advance permission, workplace restriction, or reporting duty.
6. 6. When any part is unclear, call 1345 before starting or changing work and record the answer, deadline, and responsible office without storing private identifiers.

Write a privacy-safe eligibility record

Finish with a privacy-safe eligibility record: your status name and expiry date, exact job, employer and workplace, the official pages checked, whether advance permission or reporting is required, the deadline, and the office or 1345 answer that confirmed it.

20 Korean questions for checking work eligibility

Use the learner-friendly reading first and RR as a reference. Both are approximations; confirm difficult sounds with Korean audio or a speaker.

20 Korean words on status of stay and work permission

Replies you may hear

• 현재 체류자격으로는 이 직종에서 일할 수 있습니다. — You may work in this occupation with your current status of stay.
• 이 근무처는 사전에 허가를 받아야 합니다. — You must obtain permission in advance for this workplace.
• 근무처가 바뀌면 변경 신고가 필요합니다. — A change-of-workplace report is required if the workplace changes.
• 체류자격외활동허가를 먼저 신청하세요. — Apply first for permission for activities outside your status.
• 하이코리아 조회 결과만으로 판단하기 어렵습니다. — It is difficult to decide from the HiKorea result alone.
• 등록번호와 발급일자는 본인이 직접 입력하세요. — Enter the registration number and issue date yourself.
• 정확한 내용은 1345에 확인해 주세요. — Confirm the exact case with 1345.
• 허가를 받은 뒤에 일을 시작하세요. — Start work only after permission is granted.

Two short dialogues to practise

1

근로자: 제 체류자격으로 이 일을 할 수 있나요?

담당자: 하이코리아의 취업 가능 여부 조회에서 먼저 확인해 보겠습니다.

근로자: 제 등록번호와 발급일자는 제가 직접 입력하겠습니다.

담당자: 네. 결과가 명확하지 않으면 1345에 다시 확인하겠습니다.

The worker asks for an official eligibility check and keeps control of the residence-card identifiers. If the result is inconclusive, both agree to confirm through 1345.

2

상담원: 현재 체류자격과 하려는 직종, 고용주, 근무 장소를 말씀해 주세요.

근로자: 체류자격은 E-9이고, 새 사업장에서 생산 업무를 하려고 합니다.

근로자: 일을 시작하기 전에 허가가 필요한가요?

근로자: 필요한 절차와 신고 기한을 천천히 설명해 주세요.

The worker gives only the status category, intended job, employer, and workplace, then asks whether advance permission is required and requests the exact deadline.

Keep these records without exposing identifiers

• A summary of the status category and expiry date without the registration number
• The job description, employer, and physical workplace
• Official URLs and the date each page was checked
• The non-sensitive result summary; never a screenshot containing identifiers
• The required permission or reporting procedure and its deadline
• The name of the confirming office or 1345 consultation date
• Any receipt or reference number kept privately, not uploaded to BSKorean

Copyable Korean request

안녕하세요. 현재 체류자격으로 이 직종, 고용주, 근무 장소에서 일할 수 있는지 확인하고 싶습니다. 일을 시작하기 전에 필요한 허가나 신고가 있는지, 기한과 관할 출입국·외국인관서도 적어 주세요. 외국인등록증 정보는 제가 직접 입력하겠습니다.

Hello. I want to confirm whether my current status of stay permits this exact occupation, employer, and workplace. Please tell me whether I need advance permission or a report before I start, and write down the deadline and responsible immigration office. I will enter my residence-card information myself.

Stop when you see these warning signs

• Someone says every visa allows every job
• An employer asks you to send a residence-card number through a messenger
• A missing lookup result is treated as proof of illegal stay
• You are told to start first and request permission later
• The actual workplace differs from the permitted or reported place
• Only the visa letter is checked while occupation and employer limits are ignored
• A screenshot containing registration information is posted or shared
• No one can state which office, permission, report, or deadline applies

Episode 4 completion checklist

• I know the exact name of my status of stay
• I checked the expiry date
• I wrote the actual occupation and duties
• I confirmed the employer and physical workplace
• I used only official government pages
• I entered card identifiers myself
• No private identifier is stored in my notes or screenshots
• I distinguished a general Visa Navigator result from individual permission
• I checked whether advance permission is required
• I checked whether a workplace-change report is required
• I recorded the deadline and responsible office
• I will confirm an unclear case through 1345 before working

Information and official pages checked on 25 August 2026. Immigration rules and page contents can change, and a public lookup cannot replace an individual decision by the competent authority. The HiKorea service also warns that no result is not proof of illegal stay. Confirm an unclear case through 1345 or the competent immigration office before working.

Prepared by the BSKorean Editorial Team. Korean expressions were reviewed for polite official inquiries; immigration claims are limited to the linked Ministry of Justice, Visa Portal, HiKorea, and Immigration Service pages.

Official sources checked

• Korea Visa Portal: Visa Navigator
• Korea Visa Portal: visa types by purpose
• Korea Visa Portal: entry, stay and employment scope
• HiKorea: foreigner employment and hiring eligibility lookup
• HiKorea: current integrated status-of-stay manuals
• Korea Immigration Service: Immigration Contact Center 1345

Practise before the real inquiry

Point to each non-sensitive field on the official screen, ask the matching Korean question, and rehearse saying the status category, occupation, employer, and workplace without reading out your registration number.

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