Free guidance for international students in Korea
From first plans to life after graduation,
checked against official sources
Visa papers, your first 90 days, part-time work permits, the post-graduation job-seeker visa: the things you could only ask a broker about, checked against statutes and MOJ manuals, with an as-of date on every figure. No brokering, no paid filing.
307,464 international students enrolled in Korean higher education (MOE Basic Education Statistics 2026, announced 2026-08-26)
Where are you right now?
Before you arrive
Language school (D-4) vs. degree (D-2), real costs, documents, and how to avoid scams.
- Language school vs. degree: choosing your path
- What it costs · fees you should never pay
- Visa documents · seven scam signals
- Is your university visa-safe?
After you land
Your first 90 days, legal part-time work, visa deadlines, and the D-10 after graduation.
- First-90-days setup checklist
- Part-time work: permit first (by visa)
- Stay-expiry D-day · D-10 after graduation
- Leaving-Korea settlement checklist
Why trust this site?
Every figure has a source and a date
MOJ manuals change edition by edition, so every number here carries a label like "Aug 2026 edition."
When sources conflict, we say so
Where official documents disagree (e.g., weekly work-hour caps), we do not pick a side: we explain the conflict and point you to ☎1345.
We never broker or file for you
Operated by MarketPilot Inc. (Seoul, a Korean company), the service partner of LACHA, a transport & payment app for foreigners (LACUCARACHA Co., Ltd.). LACHA earns from transport and payments; everything on this site is free. No admissions or job brokering, no paid visa filing, no referral fees from agencies or lawyers, in any form.
Ask anything: answered from the data, with sources
Grounded in this site and 188 LACHA guide articles. Ask in any language; when the data has nothing, it says so.
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