Summary of E-7 Management Support Manager (1212/formerly 1202) visa requirements

Although I have been offered employment as a manager in charge of management support organizations such as human resources, general affairs, and finance at Korean companies, I often worry, “Will foreigners be eligible for an E-7 visa?” In particular, if you are staying in D-10 (Job Seeking) or preparing to enter the country as E-7 (Professional) directly from overseas, you cannot help but wonder about the screening criteria.

The management support manager (1212, formerly 1202) is not a simple worker, but a key management position who oversees the company's internal operating system. Immigration screening focuses on the professionalism of the job and whether it is replaceable.

Summarize key conditions from a job seeker's perspective.

1. Job scope of management support manager (1212)

1. General management of management support departments such as human resources (HR), general affairs, and finance

2. Internal regulations, personnel strategy, budget operation management

3. Organizational operational efficiency and internal control management

4. Responsibility for managing the “organization-wide management support system” rather than department level

This does not apply to simple human resources or accounting personnel.
Immigration is clearly differentiated between “manager level” and “practitioner level”.

2. E-7 (Professional) eligibility

1. E-7 One of 67 professional occupations

2. Middle and high-level managers in charge of the company's core operations

3. In principle, simple office jobs are excluded.

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A reasonable explanation is needed as to “Why should a foreigner, not a Korean, perform this job?”

3. Key permit requirements

1. Education Requirements

   • Bachelor's degree or higher in related major

   • Alternatively, it can be replaced by experience.

2. Experience Requirements

   • Management support management experience in the same industry

   • A certain number of years of administrator experience

3. Salary Requirements

   • Normally above the domestic average income (GNI)

   • Salary commensurate with manager position

4. company requirements

   • normal operating company

   • Employment insurance subscription workplace

   • Possible to prove necessity of hiring foreigners

Simply put, the key is whether you are a “strategic management support manager.”

4. D-10 (Job Seeking) to E-7 change procedure

1. Conclusion of employment contract

2. Clarification of job description

3. Confirmation of salary conditions

4. Application for change of residence status

5. Submit company financial and employment status data

In particular, job descriptions are very important.
Being simply listed as “Human Resources” can be detrimental.

5. Frequent rejection cases

1. Practical-oriented personnel and accounting work

2. Salary is below manager level

3. Lack of explanation of necessity for foreigners

4. Designating a formal manager in small businesses

Immigration comprehensively reviews “job expertise + company size + salary level”.

Strategic job design is key

Business support manager (1212) is an E-7 professional, but actual approval depends on job design. Even for the same HR job, “general manager” and “practical manager” are evaluated completely differently.

Therefore, you must check the following before applying:

• Job description structure

• Organization chart rank

• salary level

• Logic of the company's need to hire foreigners

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