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Before coming under an Employment Permit (E-9) — from the Korean test to training after arrival

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The way to come and work under the Employment Permit System has a set order. You pass the Korean language test (EPS-TOPIK) in your home country, sign a work contract, take pre-employment training, and then enter Korea.

🔢 Do these in order

  1. Pass the Korean language test (EPS-TOPIK) held in your home country.
  2. When you pass and clear the health check, you are placed on the foreign job seekers' list.
  3. Sign a standard work contract with an employer in Korea.
  4. Take pre-employment training in your home country (about 1 to 2.5 weeks).
  5. Get your visa with the Certificate of Visa Issuance Confirmation that the employer sent, and enter Korea.
  6. Within 15 days of arriving, take at least 16 hours of employment training and be assigned to a workplace.

📞 Contact

Human Resources Development Service of Korea (EPS-TOPIK) · Work24 Foreign Worker Employment Management System

💻 Do it online

See also

Basis

  • 고용24 외국인고용관리시스템 「일반외국인 취업절차」 https://www.eps.go.kr/eo/EmployJobProc.eo?tabGb=06 — 6단계 · 사전취업교육 약 1~2.5주 · 입국 후 16시간(2박 3일) 이상 (조사원 확인 2026-10-12)
  • 찾기쉬운 생활법령 「외국인근로자(E-9)의 취업절차」 https://m.easylaw.go.kr/MOB/CsmInfoRetrieve.laf?csmSeq=2042&ccfNo=2&cciNo=1&cnpClsNo=2 — 「사용자로부터 사증발급인정서를 송부받아」 · 「입국 후 15일 이내에 … 외국인 취업교육」 · 「16시간 이상」 (2026-10-12 확인)

This content was checked on 2026-10-12.

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