Bringing your family — it depends on your status of stay: yes or no
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The Accompanying Family (F-3) status for bringing your spouse and minor children to Korea is not open to every status of stay. First check whether your status qualifies.
📌 Key points
The people you can bring with Accompanying Family (F-3) are your spouse and minor children. A child qualifies only if there is no spouse. The statuses of stay that can bring family run from Culture and Arts (D-1), Study (D-2), and General Training (D-4) up to Specially Designated Activities (E-7), plus Residence (F-2), Overseas Korean (F-4), and Working Visit (H-2).
⚠️ Things to watch out for
The spouse and minor children of a permanent resident (F-5) can first obtain Residence (F-2) status, rather than Accompanying (F-3) (Immigration Act Enforcement Decree, Annex 1-2, Residence item ga). Ask the immigration office with jurisdiction about the requirements for changing to permanent residence after that. For marriage immigrants (F-6), the spouse and children are already Korean nationals, so this procedure does not apply.
❗ What happens if you don't
With a status of stay that does not qualify, your family cannot get the accompanying status. The order is to first change to a status of stay that qualifies.
See also
Basis
- 출입국관리법 시행령 [별표 1의2] 25. 동반(F-3) — 색인 대조 2026-08-28
- 2026년 숙련기능인력(E-7-4) 선발계획 (하이코리아 공지 NTCCTT_SEQ 1925 첨부) — 원문 대조 2026-08-28
- 출입국관리법 시행령 [별표 1의2] 거주(F-2) 가목 — 「영주자의 배우자 · 미성년 자녀」(이음 visaPhases.json 대조 2026-10-22)
This content was checked on 2026-10-22.