About Working Holiday in Korea

• What is Working Holiday Program?
• Canada Working-Holiday Visas
• Australia Working-Holiday Visas
• Workingholiday in New Zealand
• Workingholiday in Japan

Working Holiday Maker scheme arims to promote international understanding through helping young people experience the culture of another country. It allows working holiday makers to have an extended holiday by supplementing their travel funds through incidental employment, and thus experience closer contact with a local community.
The working holiday visa enables youths of countries that have made working holiday agreements or memoranda with each other to undertake certain kinds of short term work during their stay and supplement their travel funds. The purpose of the program is to promote mutual understanding and exchanges between countries and provide the youth and opportunity to experience and understand diverse culture and lifestyles of partner countries. Korea initiated its Working Holiday Program first with Australia in July 1995, then with Canada in January 1996, and with Japan and New Zealand in April and May 1999 respectively.
Working Holiday makers are permitted to do any kind of work of a temporary or casual nature. As the main purpose of the visits is for holiday and travel, full time work for longer than three months with any one emplyer is not allowed.

The number of persons is limited to 1000 according to agreement between Korea and Japan now. However, we do not need to worry about the personnel limit since people who use this programme are few. Therefore, it is good opportunity to acquire the visa as long as there are not special reasons for disqualification.

There is an age limit (under 25). However, this is always not applied. That is to say, Even people over 25 can acquire the visa without any limit now.

1. Age for the qualification is full 18~25 and you haven’t a need to support a family. (with the exception of the case that government extends an age limit to 30)
2. You should be of Japanese nationality.
3. You should consider that the purpose of a working holiday is taking a trip, experience and relaxation.
4. You should have funds for living.
5. The number of Working Holiday visa issued is limited every year. Issuing is completed when the number mounts up to a quota.

*You should not concentrate on working not traveling after entering.
* You are limited to work some jobs that infringe the purpose of Working Holiday programme and qualification.
* You should resister at the Immigration Bureau as a foreigner in case of staying over 90days after entering.

2) Canada Working-Holiday Visas

What is it?

This program allows young Canadians to visit Korea for an extended holiday and to cover their travel expenses through temporary employment, in the interests of promoting understanding, closer ties and co-operation in the cultural field. The Working Holiday Visa (H-1 Visa) is valid for an initial six months and may be extended for another six months. The H-1 visa holder should enter Korea within 3 months after the visa is issued.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible, you must:

• be 18 to 25 years of age (the maximum age may be extended to 30 in some cases)
• be a Canadian citizen residing in Canada at the time of application
• be without accompanying dependent

How to apply?

The required documents for Working Holiday Visa (H-1 Visa) are:

• a completed application form
• a valid passport and a round-trip ticket
• a document certifying that you have enough money to cover your expenses, including possible medical expenses, during the initial period (3 months) of your stay in Korea
• a travel itinerary
• Cdn $75.00 Visa fee

Additional details

• The H-1 visa gives the option to work while sightseeing, if he/she so desires.
  
• If the period of the sojourn exceeds 90 days after the date of entry, a foreigner shall register with the chief of immigration district office or branch office with jurisdiction over the place of sojourn. A foreigner shall submit a moving-in notice to city (shi), county (kun) and ward (ku) within 14 days when he or she changes the places of his or her sojourn.
  
• An H-1 visa holder may not be employed as receptionist, dancer, singer, musician, acrobat, etc., at places of entertainment which may endanger good morals and manners.
• In order to teach a foreign language, the H-1 visa holder must also posses the qualifications requisite for the "E-2 Language Instructor visa". The applicant may be granted such status by the chief of immigration district office having jurisdiction over the applicant's place of stay.  

3) Austrailia Working-Holiday Visas

As of 1 July 1995, in accordance with a reciprocal arrangement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of Australia, Australian citizens can apply for a working-holiday visa.

#Processing of Visa : 5-6 Working days
#Consular Hours : 9am - 5pm
#Requirements;

• Intend primarily to holiday in the Republic of Korea and also to
• engage in employment as an incidental aspect of that holiday in
• order to supplement travel expenses.
• Aged between 18 to 25 years.
• Single entry visa and a period of sojourn for a working-holiday
• valid for one year.
• Visa application requirements ;

  @visa application form
  @Return travel ticket and sufficient funds (bank balance or traveller's cheques of approx. A$4,000.00)
  @Touring schedule and touring activities
  @A$125.00 Visa Fee (cash or money order)
  @Passport
  @Self-addressed prepaid courier bag or registered envelope
  * The issuance time for the working-holiday visa is approximately one week.

• The foreigner may not be employed as receptionist, dancer, singer, musician, acrobat etc. at places of entertainment which might endanger good morals and manners, or engage in types of business which go against the tenor of the agreement, such as being a language teacher at a language institute or provide medical treatment and other professions which require certain qualifications in accordance with domestic law.

  * Note : If the sojourn exceeds 90 days after the date of entry, the foreigners shall register with the immigration office with jurisdiction over the place of sojourn.  

[Workingholiday in New Zealand]
New Zealand Immigration Service grants 800 young South Korean citizens for a workingholiday program in New Zealand annually.       
 WH Visas allow a working holiday of 12 months.* To be eligible *The applicants must: 
 be a citizen of the Republic of Korea who has lived in Korea for at least six months before apply 
 apply to the New Zealand Immigration Branch in Hong Kong 
 satisfy us your main reason for coming to New Zealand is holiday, not work 
 be at least 18 and not more than 30 years old  
 not bring children with you 
 have a Korean passport that‘s valid for at least 2 years three months after your planned departure from New Zealand 
 hold sufficient funds to purchase a return ticket and the expenditure of the stay
 have a minimum of NZ$4,200 available funds to meet your living costs while you're here
hold medical and comprehensive hospitalisation insurance for the length of your stay. *When you're in New Zealand*you must not take up permanent employment (unless you apply for and are granted an ordinary Work Permit while you're here)
or

            
   you must not work for the same employer for more than three months.

* To be eligible *

The applicants:

must be a citizen/national of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or Korea, Germany, and the United Kingdom currently residing in his or her country of citizenship.
must intend primarily to holiday in Japan for a specific length of time.
must be between 18 and 30 years of age (25 years in principal for the U.K. at the time of application.)
must possess a valid passport and a return ticket or sufficient funds to purchase a return ticket.
must possess reasonable funds for living expenses, including medical expenses, during the period of the initial stay in Japan. For a single person, the minimum is US$2000, for a married couple, US$3000 or equivalent amount of the national currency.
must be in good health and not have a criminal record.

The documents required for application include the following.

Application form in duplicate.

Photographs:

Two identical photographs (45mm x 45mm), to be glued to the application form.

Curriculum vitae:

Curriculum vitae in duplicate on A4 paper, including educational background, work experience, hobbies, and other relevant information.

Outline of planned activities in Japan, in duplicate.

Statement of the reason:

Statement of the reason for applying for Working Holiday visa in duplicate on A4 paper.

Proof of travel funds:

Proof of adequate travel funds (a return ticket, proof of possession of a bank account, traveller's cheques, etc.).

Proof of sufficient funds to support the initial stay in Japan:

At least US$2000 for a single person, US$3000 for a married couple.