Visa & Immigration
Our Visa & Immigration Group provides comprehensive legal services to individuals, families, and corporate clients navigating Korea’s immigration system. With deep expertise in Korean Immigration Control Law and extensive practical experience dealing with immigration authorities, we deliver strategic, reliable, and efficient solutions tailored to each client’s circumstances.
We assist foreign nationals seeking to live, work, invest, or study in Korea, as well as Korean companies employing global talent and multinational corporations managing cross-border mobility. Our team is committed to minimizing immigration risks, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting our clients’ long-term plans in Korea through precise legal analysis and proactive representation.
Services
Individual Immigration Services
- Short-term and long-term visa applications and extensions
- Employment-based professional and specialized occupation visas
- Residency visas, including points-based residency and visas for Korean descendants
- Permanent residency applications
- Naturalization and nationality matters
- Visa status changes and reinstatement
- Immigration compliance, overstay, and entry denial issues
Corporate & Business Immigration
- Employment visas for foreign executives, managers, and specialists
- Intra-company transfer and global mobility support
- Investment visas and start-up visa advisory
- Immigration compliance audits and workforce planning
- Support for M&A, restructuring, and large-scale employee transfers
Education & Family-Related Immigration
- Student visas and post-graduation status changes
- Dependent and family reunion visas
- Marriage-based visas and related residency matters
Immigration Disputes, Criminal Enforcement & Government Representation
- Comprehensive legal representation in immigration disputes, criminal screening procedures, and enforcement actions involving foreign nationals
- Strategic legal response from the early stages of investigations arising from criminal cases or alleged violations of Korean immigration or related laws
- Appeals and challenges against visa refusals, revocations, and cancellations of status of stay
- Defense against adverse immigration measures, including deportation orders, departure orders, entry bans, and other enforcement actions
- Administrative objections and administrative litigation challenging unlawful or unreasonable immigration decisions
- Representation before immigration offices and other relevant government authorities
Selected Cases
- - Represented foreign nationals in immigration criminal screening procedures arising from criminal cases, successfully preventing deportation and advising on the protection and maintenance of lawful status of stay
- - Handled administrative appeals and administrative litigation challenging adverse immigration dispositions issued by immigration authorities
- - Advised on residency status through real estate investment immigration and public-interest investment immigration programs
- - Provided end-to-end legal support for foreign investor immigration, including corporate establishment, investment structuring, and acquisition of appropriate immigration status
- - Assisted domestic and multinational companies with employment and intra-company transfer visas for foreign executives, managers, and employees
- - Advised and supported foreign nationals in permanent residency and naturalization procedures
- - Successfully obtained professional employment visas across a wide range of industries and occupations