You are eligible to apply for an E-2 visa in Korea if you have previously received an E-2 visa, however you will have to make a visa run to either Japan or China. If you come to Korea on a tourist’s visa and have all of your necessary documents to apply for an E-2 visa you will still not be able to apply for an E-2 visa. If you already have an E-2 Visa and are currently working in South Korea you and your current employer have to go to immigration office to cancel the current E2 visa.

1. Step 1
   1. You send us the E2 VISA documents.
2. Step 2
   1. We check documents and send them to the school.
3. Step 3
   • School files and submits your documents to immigration office to sponsor your E2 VISA.
4. Step 4
   • After 7~8days as soon as we get your E2 VISA issuance number, we send it to you.
5. Step 5
   • Upon receiving an E-2 visa issuance number you will have to go to China or Japan and visit the embassy where you will give them all required documents and have an interview. After approval you will get an E-2 visa; this is called a VISA RUN
   • *required documents*
     1. E2 VISA issuance number.
     2. Passport
     3. Visa Application form
     4. 2 passport sized photos
6. Step 6
   • Korean Consulate keeps your passport.
   • After 1~5days Korean Consulate returns the E-2 visa stamped passport.

When you do a visa run the school or academy will pay for all of the fees.