Just Seven People Have Applied for Digital Nomad Visas in South Korea this Year
With the high cost of living being a digital nomad in South Korea may not be as appealing as in other more affordable countries. Additionally this visa is not open to freelancers which most digital nomads normally are:
About a month has passed since the highly-anticipated workcation visa for digital nomads was launched, but the visa is off to a slow start.
Just seven people applied for the visa as of Jan. 31, according to the Ministry of Justice.The workcation visa, or the F-1-D, was introduced in a trial run on Jan. 1 for foreigners to work remotely in Korea over a longer period. Applicants must be employed at a company abroad, working remotely for their company. Applying for a job within Korea is strictly prohibited.
Joong Ang Ilbo
The visa allows a one-year stay, which can be extended for another year for a total two-year stay. Without a visa, many foreigners can only stay in Korea for up to 90 days.
One obstacle is that the visa isn’t currently open to freelancers, who make up a large portion of the digital nomad population.
You can read more at the link.
It is aimed at people not likely to violate the letter or spirit of the law.
People traveling with no fixed address?
Seven of them?
Hmmm.
Found a picture.
This Visa was implemented only a month ago. It takes months for criminal background checks to be completed by the US authorities. And it must be even longer for a lot of other countries. Not every country is as fast as South Korea. Let’s wait a few more months to see what the real numbers will look like.