SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to significantly extend the stay permit to about 10 years for migrant workers who entered South Korea on a non-professional visa and worked long enough to meet the requirements for occupational proficiency, the labor ministry said Thursday. Under the current Employment Permit System for migrant workers, [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The justice ministry will grant a one-year extension of stay permits for foreign fishing crewmen in South Korea in a bid to ease labor shortage in the fishing industry, officials said Tuesday. The measure will allow an automatic one-year extension of residence permits for those who are legally staying [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has decided to grant stay extensions to over 130,000 migrant workers in the country to relieve labor shortage at farms and small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Monday. Of some 132,000 workers whose stay permits end between April 13 and Dec. 31, those who receive [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday granted Ukrainians in South Korea stay extensions on humanitarian grounds in the wake of Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European nation, the justice ministry said. The measure will apply to 3,843 registered Ukrainian nationals, and if they wish to remain in South Korea after the [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday announced a decision to extend the period of stay for about 115,000 foreign migrant workers by one year in a bid to relieve labor shortages at small businesses and in farming and fishing communities. The labor and justice ministries said that the temporary extension of [...]