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1. In principle, companies with less than 5 national employees and focusing on domestic demand are restricted
2. Restrictions on the ratio of foreign employment
In principle, foreign employment is permitted within the range of 20% of national employees (Chinese Chinese, F6 marriage immigrants, and F5 permanent residents are excluded from the number of foreign employees, but those with F2 employment-enabled residence status are included in the number of foreign employees when calculating the ratio)
There is a misconception that when issuing an E7 visa, there must be at least 5 Korean employees working in the company. There are many. However, it only applies to a few occupations, including overseas salesperson occupations, and there are many occupations that can be issued even when there are 2 or 3 employees.
Proof of domestic employment refers to people who have been registered in the employment insurance subscriber list for more than 3 months and meet the minimum wage. Even for newly established companies, in principle, applications must be made after 3 months from the date of business registration for industries where the ratio of domestic employees is applied.
However, if there is a recommendation from the competent ministry (KOTRA, Korea International Trade Association), additional employment is allowed within the range of 50% of the total national workers in the high-tech industry, and within the range of 70% for blue-chip export companies targeting special language regions. If there are separate standards, the applicable standards are applied. Apply
3. Minimum wage requirements must be met
Professional workforce: paid at least 80% of the previous year's GNI
Semi-professional workforce: paid at least the minimum wage
Special exception for small and medium-sized businesses, ventures, and mid-sized companies outside the metropolitan area: paid at least 70% of the GNI
If the person being employed does not have work experience with an E7 visa in a domestic company or Persons with less than 3 years of service
Submit small and medium-sized business (small business) confirmation/venture company confirmation/medium-sized business confirmation
4. The hiring company must not have delinquent taxes (national taxes, local taxes)
5. Small-scale foreign-invested companies or venture companies in the early stages of business are allowed even if they have no sales for 5 years
When small manufacturing, trading, consulting, or R&D companies wish to hire specialized personnel