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After you land
The real difficulties are rarely academic: they are administrative, financial, and labor-related. Here is the off-campus stuff your international office cannot handle, in journey order.
Arrival setup checklist
ARC → phone → bank → insurance. Knowing the order saves you weeks. Your progress is saved in this browser.
PART-TIME WORKPermit first: navigator by visa
For D-2, D-4, and D-10: eligibility, documents, restricted industries, and what happens if you skip the permit.
AFTER GRADUATIONThe D-10 visa: read this before you graduate
Several score items can only be earned before graduation. The two-stage exemption rule is explained here too.
D-DAYStay-expiry countdown
Enter your expiry date to get the countdown and what to do at each stage.
LEAVINGLeaving-Korea settlement checklist
Deposit, health insurance, pension, phone plan: money abandoned to deadlines is the saddest loss.
ALERTSGet TOPIK & rule-change alerts
Registration openings, manual revisions, and policy announcements by email.
Bringing family and whether a spouse may work are still being researched. We would rather leave this blank than print something unverified. For now, ask ☎1345 (multilingual) with the Korean sentence below, as-is. Your international office can take the same question.
유학(D-2) 자격으로 체류 중입니다. 배우자와 자녀를 동반가족(F-3)으로 초청하려면 어떤 서류가 필요하고, 배우자가 한국에서 일하려면 어떤 허가가 필요한가요?