C-1 — Guide to registration, extension and status change in Korea

Verified · notesOfficial source baseline: Jun 23, 2026

Short-term journalism (C-1) — guide to residence procedures inside Korea. Eligibility, documents and rules quoted verbatim from the Korean Ministry of Justice manual: eligibility, required documents, where and how to apply, fees, period of stay and validity, restrictions.

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Applies to: 한국에 체류하면서 등록, 연장, 체류자격 변경, 활동허가, 재입국 등 체류업무를 확인하는 사람을 위한 공식 원문 기반 가이드입니다.
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Official source baseline: Jun 23, 2026

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Application situation

In Korea · Registration, extension or change

Task

General

Visa

C-1

Program

General

Region

Nationwide

This guide preserves the Korean Ministry of Justice manual sentence by sentence. The "Verbatim quotes from the official manual" section below carries the original text and its source pages so you can check it yourself.

What this guide covers

A source-based guide for people already in Korea handling residence procedures such as registration, extension, status change, activity permission or re-entry.

Procedure type: registration, extension and change while in Korea
Residence status: C-1
Quotes specific to this guide: 1
Manual content belonging to a different procedure type is not included in this guide.

Verbatim quotes from the official manual

Source quote 1

Quote ID: stay_20260623_part_000_p0026
Source page ID: stay_20260623_part_000_p0026

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일시취재(C-1) 외국의 신문,방송,잡지,기타 보도기관으로부터 파견되어 단기간 취재 ․ 자격 해당자 보도활동을 하려는 자 및 활동범위 외국의 보도기관과의 계약에 의하여 단기간 취재 ․ 보도활동을 하려는 자 외국 언론사의 지사설치 준비를 위해 단기간 취재 ․ 보도활동을 하려는 자 1회에 부여할 수 90일 있는 체류기간 상한 체류기간 최장체류기간 : 90일 연장허가 입국일로부터 90일 미만 사증으로 입국한 자 또는 90일 미만 체류기간 받은 자에 대하여 입국일로부터 90일까지 연장 제출서류 ① 신청서(34호 서식), 여권 원본, 수수료 ② 체류기간연장 필요성 소명 서류(본사의 취재명령서 또는 파견증명서, 외신 ~ 목차 보도증 사본 또는 본사발생 재직증명서 등) - 26 -

Item checked	Status	Quotes
Who it covers and permitted activities	Checked	1
Application and procedure types available	Checked	1
Eligibility	Checked	1
Required documents	Checked	1
Procedure and where to apply	Checked	1
Fees and payment	Checked	1
Periods, deadlines and validity	Checked	1
Restrictions and grounds for refusal	Checked	1
Exceptions and special cases	Not in the source	0
Forms and attachments	Checked	1
Source pages and revision history	Checked	1
No rules from other statuses mixed in	Checked	1
Sentences, tables and footnotes complete	Checked	1

C-1 — Guide to registration, extension and status change in Korea

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