✈️ Visa checklist before studying abroad student leaves for vacation

You bought a ticket to visit your home country for your first summer vacation, but are you worried and unsure if you can safely return to Korea? 🤔

Especially for students studying with D-2 or D-4 visas, you must carefully check your visa expiration date and foreigner registration card status.

We have prepared a must-have checklist to help you leave and return safely and comfortably! ✨

🗓️ 4 weeks before departure: Check visa expiration and extension

Are you anxious because you are confused about your stay validity date? Make sure to check the dates on Hi Korea!

• Check your foreigner registration card stay validity date on Hi Korea

• Extension applications are possible from 4 months before the expiration date until the day of expiration

• Applying after expiration may result in a penalty, so be careful

👉 You’ll feel at ease if you apply for an extension with plenty of time!

🛂 2 weeks before departure: Re-entry permit and registration card check

You may worry if you need a separate re-entry permit or if you are exempt. If you prepare in advance, you have nothing to worry about!

• According to regulations reinstated on April 1, 2022, you are exempt from the re-entry permit if you re-enter within one year from the departure date

• If your remaining stay period is less than one year, re-enter by the stay expiration date

• From January 1, 2025, the foreigner registration card reissue fee is raised to 35,000 won, so reissue in advance if lost

👉 As long as you check your stay period, you can travel without worries!

🚫 If you need to postpone departure

You’ve already made your travel plans, but are you anxious about possible document issues? In such cases, please wait a little!

• If you haven’t received your foreigner registration card yet, avoid leaving the country

• If you leave Korea while your stay period extension or status change is under review, it could cause visa issues

• If you depart before your registration is approved, your visa may be automatically canceled (refer to Korea University GSC guidance)

👉 It’s safest to depart only after all permissions are complete!

✈️ On the day of departure: Essentials to pack

Finally, it’s departure day! Isn’t your heart pounding on the way to the airport, wondering if you forgot anything? Let’s open your bag for a final check!

• Make sure to carry your passport and physical foreigner registration card

• Double check that the name on your ticket matches your English passport name

• Confirm once more that your re-entry date is before your stay expiration date

• Keep your registration card in your carry-on, not checked baggage

👉 Just follow this checklist and you’ll have no problem adjusting to life in Korea!

Closing

✔️ First, always check your foreigner registration card’s stay validity on Hi Korea and apply for an extension if needed.

✔️ Check if you can re-enter within one year or before expiration according to the exemption regulation after April 1, 2022.

✔️ If you are under visa extension/change review or have not received your foreigner registration card yet, please postpone your departure.

We hope you spend a warm and happy time with your beloved family back home during the break! ✈️✨

💡 VIVISA will help you.

VIVISA organizes information like the following for easy understanding.

• Foreigner & international student visa information

• Part-time & employment regulations

• Essential administrative guide for living in Korea

Study, part-time work, and life in Korea—don’t worry anymore and start comfortably with VIVISA! ✨