Today, I will be posting about the E-7 visa (Advertising and Public Relations Specialist), one of the 86 job categories for the E-7 visa. Let's first look at the target audience and the basic required documents when applying for a visa change.
E-7 Visa (Advertising and Public Relations Specialist)
ㅇ (Job Description)
A person who analyzes the need for advertising (public relations), plans and proposes effective advertising (public relations) strategies, suitable advertising (promotional materials) production, and establishes, executes, and supervises plans to carry out the planning, and analyzes the effects of advertising (public relations) post hoc.
ㅇ (Examples of jobs that can be introduced)
- Advertising expert, public relations expert
ㅇ (Qualification requirements, visa issuance, and residence management, etc.)
- General criteria applied
E-7 Visa Qualification Change Required Documents
① Passport, Alien Registration Card (if applicable), Integrated Application Form (Appendix 34)
② Fee (100,000 KRW + 30,000 KRW for the registration card), one standard size photo
③ Original and copy of employment contract
- Stating hourly wage rate, daily working hours, contract period (more than 3 months), and job content
④ Business registration certificate and corporate registry certificate, etc. for establishment proof
⑤ Payment history certificate (proof of tax payment) or company financial statement tax certificate (national tax payment certificate), local tax payment certificate
* (Confirmation of normal business operation and tax payment)
⑥ Documents proving the necessity of employment
- In case of job categories requiring mandatory submission of an employment recommendation letter: Employment recommendation letter
- In case of job categories not requiring mandatory submission of an employment recommendation letter: Employment rationale letter
⑦ Employment insurance eligibility acquisition history (for business use)
⑧ Identity guarantee letter
- Only for job categories subject to restrictions on changing or adding workplaces
⑨ Residence proof document (Real estate registration particulars certificate (registry copy) or lease agreement, etc.)
⑩ Tuberculosis diagnosis certificate (if applicable; issued within 3 months by a public health center or a Ministry of Justice-designated hospital)
⑪ Foreigner's occupation and annual income report, income amount certificate (if applicable)
⑫ Foreigner's qualification documents: Degree certificate, work experience certificate, qualification certificate, etc.
⑬ Additional documents for each job category
I often assist with E-7 visas, and it's one of the visas I'm most confident in helping with. When the company and applicant's qualifications are excellent and the E-7 visa is issued without any issues, honestly, I don't feel a strong sense of accomplishment or job satisfaction. It just seems like things are going smoothly.
However, when the visa is issued after overcoming difficulties, it brings a sense of reward and becomes a memorable experience. That's why I'd like to share that experience through this post.
Firstly, the applicant was a Vietnamese female student who graduated from a domestic 4-year university with a degree in business administration. During her stay in Korea with a D-10 visa, she had only worked as an intern at a hospital for 6 months, doing interpretation and marketing-related tasks.
※ It was really difficult to obtain a certificate of employment from the hospital as they initially refused to issue one.
Moreover, the inviting company was a small marketing firm that had just transitioned from a Sole-Proprietorship to a new corporation earlier this year. In other words, the immigration office could not assess the company's sustainability and sales performance, as there was no value-added tax certificate issued and no sales performance or other information on the financial statements.
※ In cases like this, where there is no information on the financial statements and a value-added tax certificate cannot be issued, you must submit a corporate account transaction history for the most recent three months as supplementary documentation.
Additionally, a significant number of the company's employees covered by employment insurance were foreigners, so it was necessary to carefully check the immigration status and salary of all employees working at the company.
Furthermore, the company had previously attempted to hire a Vietnamese student as a translator for an E-7 visa without the help of an expert, which had been denied. In other words, this work required a high level of professional expertise.
Especially, advertising and public relations specialists are mostly hired by large corporations or foreign-invested companies, usually with high salaries and extensive experience. Thus, I also felt anxious, thinking, "What if the visa is denied?"
However, seeing the earnestness and anxiety of the client (the Vietnamese female student) and her genuine desire to live in Korea, I decided to be extremely cautious and thorough in my work. I prepared all possible documents (even those that could give a slight advantage in the evaluation) and submitted the application with additional attachments.
Like the applicant, I checked the applicant's visa status on hikorea.go.kr every day, wondering if there had been any changes, even though the application confirmation stated "notification later."
