E-2 Visa (Foreign Language Instructor)

Foreigners who come to Korea to teach English or other foreign languages (Elementary, middle, High school, or Hagwons) may apply for an E-2 visa.

E-2 Visa:

Foreign Language Instructor

Legal to Work: Yes. Health Insurance: Yes Tax: Yes Invite Family: Yes

Eligible applicants:

  • Non-Visa Holders (Native Speakers who wish to teach a foreign language in Korea), D-10

For those who wish to teach English, they should have the following requirements:

  • Should be a Native English Speaker*
  • A citizen of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa
  • Should have a university degree from an accredited school in one of the mentioned countries above
  • Clean criminal record

*Only citizens from the countries mentioned above are eligible to be called “native speakers” in Korea

Validity:

Contract Duration + 1 month

If your contract is valid for 12 months, the officer will likely give you 13 months of visa validity.

Required Documents:

To apply your Visa Issuance Number (to be processed by the school)

  1. Apostilled (certified) criminal background check
  2. Apostilled(certified) copy of your university (a bachelor’s degree) diploma
  3. E2 Visa Issuance Application Form: Health statement page with an original ink signature
    (You can fill out only your personal information. Leave blanks for those sections you don’t know: the school will fill them out for you)
  4. Signed work contract (2 copies)
  5. 10 passport size Photos (2 inches × 2 inches or 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm)
  6. Passport (with at least six months validity and at least one empty page)
  7. 2 Copies of the bio page of your passport
  8. 2 Resumes (signed and dated) with the correct address and contact information.
  9. Consent for isolation (signed and dated)- subject to change depending on current CDC regulations.