Seoul - South Korea's Justice Ministry on Tuesday, 7 July 2026 has launched of a digital nomad visa – also known as F-1-D or “workstation” visa that became officially available on 30 June 2024– with easier eligibility requirements for allowing foreign nationals to living in South Korea while working remotely for overseas parties.
South Korean government expected this new policy would attract
global professional to live in South Korea regardless of age and regional
origin, even though they are work remotely for corporation which resides in another
country.
“The digital nomad visa is intended to expand opportunities
for creative talent from around the world to experience South Korea. We will
develop a settlement model so that talented individuals can experience Korea's
appeal, voluntarily settle here, and become assets to our country." South Korea's Justice Minister Sung-ho said.
However, this project are follow ups of a pilot program that
eased some of the visa requirement, including relaxed of policy requirement in regular
work visa, that previously only requires of employment with a South Korean
employer.
However, the pilot program only allows anyone who earned at least twice of South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita in 2025, which valued 52.42 million won or around US$36,000. It means each applicant's income must be more than US$74,000 to get what so-called nomad visa.
The new immigration policy gives exception for those who have lower income threshold to apply with some considerations such as age, and designated location, whether reside outside of Greater Seoul area or population-declining regions.
Digital Nomad habit is actually launched to
ease income threshold, which hoping to be more attracted for remote workers
around the world.***
