South Korea will resume tourist visas. Can China travel to South Korea?

According to the embassy announcement, South Korea has also resumed issuing short-term visit (C-3) visa applications and visas. The C-3 visa application in South Korea is a short-term visit visa of less than 90 days issued to foreigners who visit South Korea for the purpose of market research, investment consultation and other business negotiations, tourism, recuperation, visiting relatives and friends, and attending conferences.

You can apply for a visa, but whether you can go abroad with a visa at this stage is subject to China's entry-exit visa regulations. While the epidemic is still at its peak, it is recommended that cross-border travel is not necessary as the cost of returning home is also high. In addition, if you are currently applying for a visa to South Korea, the consulate may also pay close attention to whether the "real destination" of your trip to South Korea is vacation travel. I suggest that if you want to work, you should apply for a formal work permit, but this is also good news for those who can’t wait to go to South Korea.

Although the short-term visa application process in South Korea has been lifted, it is still difficult to travel to South Korea for vacation. Before considering traveling to South Korea, everyone should be mentally prepared to go through the cumbersome return procedures and protection when returning to the country. In addition, the National Immigration Administration recently announced "strict restrictions on unnecessary overseas activities and strict entry and exit document review and approval", many people may not be able to apply for a new passport and visa for overseas travel. (If you don’t have to ask around to apply for a passport, visa and many other issues, no one can ignore the new national policy restrictions and apply for a passport and visa) On the surface, it is open to the outside world for vacation travel

But the real purpose may be recruitment. South Korea has resumed short-term visa review under the circumstances that the epidemic has not been completely controlled. Personally, I think it is to supplement cheap labor. The busy season for South Korea's agricultural and fishery industries is approaching, but the lack of necessities for everyone makes them anxious. A while ago, South Korea unprecedentedly opened up employment channels for family members of married immigrants to work in South Korea, but it was restricted to jobs in the agricultural and fishery industries, which discouraged many people. Therefore, it is very possible that after foreigners are allowed to enter the country through short-term visa applications such as opening up tourism, "criminal" people can be allowed to work in the agriculture and fishery industries. Foreigners who reside illegally or are employed illegally

Abandon going to South Korea for illegal employment in the form of vacation travel. Many people have been hoping that South Korea will restore their visas in order to avoid illegal employment in South Korea. However, the economic situation in South Korea is worrying, and not many companies hire illegal workers at the risk of punishment. At present, the only jobs that require illegal workers are agriculture and fishery, which are cheap labor jobs that are very tiring, painful, and poorly paid. Those who work in the agricultural and fishery industries in reasonable and legal ways can enjoy the protection of laws and regulations, but illegal workers do not enjoy any protection at all and are prone to encountering many problems such as unpaid wages and work-related injuries, which cannot be dealt with.

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