South Korea · Digital nomad · Temporary residence

South Korea Digital Nomad (Workcation) Visa F-1-D

Remote workers with an overseas business or employer can stay in Korea for up to three years, subject to age-, location- and family-based income requirements.

Value scoreChecking30% of score covered

5-year costCheckingone applicant, not recoverable

DecisionCheckingComparable time under review

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Value: what the Digital Nomad (Workcation) Visa F-1-D gives you

Passport reach 25 pts weight96

Path to citizenship 25 pts weightChecking

Work, family, healthcare 20 pts weightChecking

Stay rule 15 pts weightChecking

Tax on foreign income 10 pts weightChecking

Policy stability 5 pts weight60

Passport reach in the shared benchmark: 123AXG Sp. z o.o., checked 2026-11-15Short-stay access across 154 benchmark destinations after excluding the home destination. Includes eligible visa-free, arrival visa, electronic authorisation and free-movement entry.
Years to permanent residence: CheckingA program-specific permanent-residence pathway was not verified.
Years to citizenship: CheckingCounting this status toward naturalisation was not verified.
Leads to citizenship: CheckingNo explicit exclusion from naturalisation was verified.
Can work for a local employer: CheckingPermission to work for a local employer was not verified.
Same application for spouse and children: CheckingOfficialKorea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice, checked 2026-11-15The 2026 guide allows a spouse and minor children to accompany the applicant. Whether they share a single application is not established.
Public healthcare: CheckingEligibility to join public healthcare was not verified; private insurance requirements alone do not establish exclusion.
Minimum stay per year: CheckingA minimum annual physical-presence rule was not verified.
Tax on foreign income: CheckingTax treatment after becoming tax resident was not verified.
Dual citizenship allowed: CheckingNationality-law position was not verified.
Rule changes, last 24 months: ChangedOfficialKorea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice, checked 2026-11-15F-1-D became a formal route on 30 June 2026; income multipliers were eased and maximum stay increased to 3 years.

Cost: what the Digital Nomad (Workcation) Visa F-1-D costs over five years

Government fees: CheckingComplete first-grant government fees were not verified.
Non-refundable contribution: CheckingNo explicit zero-donation rule or complete monetary schedule was verified.
Due diligence: CheckingSeparate government due-diligence charges were not verified.
Compulsory extras, first year: CheckingRequired insurance/document costs lack an actual compliant quote; insured coverage is not a premium.
Renewal fees, first 5 years: CheckingOfficialKorea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice, checked 2026-11-15Maximum cumulative stay is 3 years under the formal 2026 route; a five-year continuation and complete renewal-fee schedule are not established.
Investment you may get back: CheckingA compulsory recoverable capital amount or its explicit absence was not verified.
Minimum income per month: CheckingOfficialKorea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice, checked 2026-11-15Annual income is 1–2 times prior-year per-capita GNI depending on age, region and accompanying family; the official 2026 guide uses approximately KRW52.41m GNI, so there is no single unconditional monthly threshold.
Extra for a spouse and two children: CheckingComplete extra government charges for a spouse and two minors were not verified.
Typical adviser fees (not in the total): CheckingThree comparable licensed-adviser quotations were not obtained.

USD estimates use the 13 November 2026 reference rates of the European Central Bank, Central Bank of Armenia and Central Bank of the UAE, and the Central Bank of Uruguay rate for UYU. The Panamanian balboa uses its official one-to-one parity.

Speed: how long the Digital Nomad (Workcation) Visa F-1-D takes

Official processing time: CheckingEmbassy says about ten working days after physical documents; no unjustified conversion to calendar days.
Reported processing time (median): CheckingNo median from at least two independent case-series sources was verified.
Approval to card or passport: CheckingApproval-to-card time was not verified.

Sources

Digital Nomad (Workcation) Visa F-1-D — official information, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Norway. Checked 2026-11-15.
Korea Immigration Service Magazine, Autumn 2026 vol. 77, page 37, Korea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice. Checked 2026-11-15.
TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o.. Checked 2026-11-15.

Every figure on this page last reviewed 2026-11-15. General information, not legal advice. Spotted an error? Email us from the contact page.

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