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My parents or grandparents were Korean (the overseas Korean visa and residence card)

재외동포(F-4) 자격 변경·부여 및 국내거소신고

People who once held Korean nationality and their direct descendants, including ethnic Koreans from China and the former Soviet Union

An administrative agent can do this for you.
🔴 F-4 is restricted from simple labor work, so if you want to work in manufacturing or on a construction site, check what the status covers first (breaking it can get your status cancelled). Once you have the status you need to file a domestic residence report before banking, health insurance and mobile phones work; the residence card costs 35,000 won, and if you move you have to report the change within 15 days (free).
Government fee
₩100,000
Scrivener's service fee
100,000~500,000 KRWBased on public price lists from 2 offices · checked 2026-09-04
How long it takes
Usually 1~2 months
Where you file it
Immigration Office (출입국·외국인청), including its branch offices (사무소·출장소), or HiKorea online (하이코리아)
Papers you usually need
  • Integrated application form (통합신청서, attached Form No. 34)
  • Passport and passport photos
  • Proof of Korean heritage (old family register copy (제적등본), family relation documents, notarized birth certificate from your home country)
  • Criminal record certificate from your home country
  • Proof of your place of residence (거소·주소)

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.