South Korea: E-7 visa quota system reformed for designated industries

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT
Visa & immigration

South Korea — The E-7-4 (skilled-trade workers in designated industries) quota system was reformed from April 2024, with significantly expanded annual limits for shipbuilding, manufacturing, and certain construction-adjacent roles experiencing structural domestic-labour shortages. Designed to address the demographic-decline-driven labour gap.
Who it affects: Manufacturing, shipbuilding, and skilled-trade employers; their non-Korean hires.