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I want to have Korean nationality

귀화 허가 신청 (일반·간이·특별)

People who have lived 5 years or more as permanent residents (general), people whose parents were Korean or who were born in Korea (simplified), and people whose father or mother is a Korean national now, or who have made a special contribution or are highly skilled (special)

An administrative agent can do this for you.
🔴 If you do not renounce your original nationality or make the non-exercise pledge within 1 year of the day you get Korean nationality, your Korean nationality disappears automatically. Special naturalization has no residence requirement and in some cases the fee is waived. Minor children have to be included in the parent's application for accompanying acquisition - you cannot file for them separately later.
Government fee
₩300,000
Scrivener's service fee
700,000~8,000,000 KRWBased on public price lists from 3 offices · checked 2026-09-04
Where you file it
The nationality desk (국적계) at the Immigration Office (출입국·외국인청·사무소)
Papers you usually need
  • Naturalization application form (귀화허가신청서)
  • Copies of your passport and your home-country ID
  • Criminal record certificate from your home country (with apostille and Korean translation)
  • Proof that you can support yourself (proof of assets and income)
  • Social Integration Program (사회통합프로그램) completion certificate, or your Comprehensive Naturalization Aptitude Test (귀화적격 종합평가) score
  • Documents about the parents' Korean nationality (for simplified or special naturalization)

Leave a question

Just leave one way to reach you. We check it, pass it to an administrative agent, and the agent contacts you directly.

We only take your request and pass it to an administrative agent. You pay us nothing.

The more you write, the faster the agent can answer you.

It doesn't have to be a Korean number. Pick the country, then type the number. The administrative agent will contact you on this number.

It's the first thing the administrative agent asks on the first call. Filling it in saves a call back.

We don't check what you write and we don't report it anywhere. It goes only to the agent who takes your question.

The year and month you are allowed to stay until. Look for the period of stay on your ARC (foreigner ID card), not the card's issue date. It is fine if you are not sure.

What you write and your contact go only to the administrative agent handling this. We do not tell your employer. The agent tells you the cost directly.