Visa for Study in Korea

Anyone who wants to study abroad must obtain a student visa from a Korean Embassy or Consulate in their country residence after preparing all required documents to enter Korea when one receives an admission letter. For a student visa, applicants require a D-2 Visa (for a degree that is higher than a professional school, research course, and exchange student course)

Study Abroad(D-2)

VIsa Procedure

** If a visa applicant is Chinese or Cuban, he/she should apply for a student visa at diplomatic offices abroad (Korean embassy or consulate) after receiving a Certificate for Confirmation of Visa Issuance issued by the local immigration service (local office). However, if a Chinese citizen enters Korea as an exchange student based on a student exchange agreement with a Korean university, the applicant can directly apply for a student visa at a Korean diplomatic or consular office at the overseas college where a Chinese student is enrolled (If the applicant enters Korea as an exchange student, Chinese nationals can receive a visa directly from an overseas diplomatic office and enter Korea. But this is only limited to students who have studied more than one semester at a 4-year-degree college or graduate school level. If the applicant is an exchange student through a student exchange program among community colleges, he/she should receive a Certificate for Confirmation of Visa Issuance to enter Korea.)

Place of Visa Application

Korean diplomatic mission in student’s home country

Required Documents Common Documents

• Visa application form, photocopy of passport, one standard size photograph, Application Fee
• Photocopy of KPU Institute Registration Certificate
• Standard Letter of Acceptance (issued by KPU)
• Documents proving your family relations: original and the translated(in Korean or English) copy.

• * The document must indicate English-written spelling of the parents' names

Documents for Each Program

Bachelor's degree · Master's degree · Ph. D (D-2-4) / Specific Research Program (D-2-5)

• Documents proving the final level of education
  * Nationals of the 21 countries listed below or those who have acquired degrees in those countries must submit one among A, B, and C;
  A. Documents proving degrees that are confirmed by the Apostille convention
  B. Documents proving degrees that are confirmed by a Korean consul or a diplomat in a country where the school is located
  C. (In case of degrees from universities in China) Degree verification report issued by the degree verification center which is run by China's Ministry of Education
  <21 States: China, Philippine, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Peru >
• Documents proving the financial ability for tuition fee and expenses for stay, for one year

Exchange Students (D-2-6)

• Documents proving personal expenses for stay
• Recommendation letter issued by the head of student’s home university
• Documents proving the status as exchange student
• Certificate of enrollment issued by student’s home university

Permission for change of Status into D-2 International Student visa

Eligibility

• Visa change from D-4(training) → D-2 (international student) visa
• Visa change from C-3(general short-term) → D-2 (international student) visa
• Visa change from B-2(Tourist) → D-2 (international student) visa

Visa Procedure

Place of Visa Application

• Immigration (branch) office in the area of student’s residence
• Immigration (branch) office in the area of the university

Required Documents

• Visa application form, photocopy of passport, one standard size photograph, Application Fee
• Other necessary documents are the same with document needed for Visa issuance