E-4 eligibility check

Providing specialist industrial or scientific technology to a Korean organisation that has invited you.

Who it is for

• Supplying advanced industrial technology For advanced industrial technology a Korean public or private organisation cannot obtain domestically.
• Dispatched by an overseas contractor For someone posted by an overseas service-contracting company to supply technology in a specialist industrial field.
• Supporting technology a Korean company has brought in For someone supplying specialist technology that a Korean industrial company has introduced.

What the check asks

The check asks 5 questions, for example: Where are you applying from, How is the work arranged, Is there a technology or service contract behind it, Is a Korean organisation bringing you in. Your answers are never stored.

Documents a result can list

The result lists the documents for your route. Depending on your answers, they include:

• Certificate of Visa Eligibility application, passport and a standard photo
• Documents establishing the Korean organisation
• The technology or service contract
• Dispatch order, or proof of employment with the sending company
• Application form (No. 34), passport and residence card, and the fee
• Dispatch order from the head office, or an employment certificate
• The technology contract evidence
• Business registration certificate (copy)
• Workplace change/addition report (annex No. 38-3), passport and residence card -- no fee
• The new workplace's business registration

Source: 법무부 출입국·외국인정책본부「사증민원·체류민원 자격별 안내 매뉴얼」(2026. 7.), pages 사증 159-161. An estimate. Immigration officers decide.