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D-8 corporate investment retains its KRW 100 million core test

In force Visa & immigration

A foreign investor establishing and operating a Korean corporation can use D-8-1 with at least KRW 100 million brought from abroad and the required ownership and foreign-investment registration. Dispatched essential professionals and technology-startup founders use different D-8 bases; the category should not be presented as one universal founder visa.

Who it affects

Foreign investors, founders and essential professionals in foreign-invested companies.