# South Korea's digital nomad visa > 디지털노마드(워케이션) 비자 — Digital Nomad (Workation) Visa, F-1-D for South Korea: 12 months initially, how to apply, what it means for tax, and the official page — checked 2026-08-18. Source: https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/south-korea/ South Korea · digital nomad visa · 2026 12 months 디지털노마드(워케이션) 비자 Open · checked 2026-08-18 · hikorea.go.kr South Korea runs the 디지털노마드(워케이션) 비자 — Digital Nomad (Workation) Visa, F-1-D, an initial 12 months. Next step **How we know** Every figure here is as hikorea.go.kr publishes it, checked 18 August 2026. Where a number is our own arithmetic rather than a printed figure, the row says so. Sources are listed further down the page. ## What to know before you apply IMPORTANT CORRECTION to the commonly published description. The rule is no longer a flat "twice Korea's GNI per capita". The Ministry of Justice visa-issuance manual dated August 2026 sets the F-1-D income requirement on a two-dimensional grid of age and region: 18-34 pay 1.5x GNI in the Seoul Capital Area and 1x GNI outside it; 35 and over pay 2x GNI in the Capital Area and 1.5x GNI outside it. "비수도권" is defined in the manual as anywhere other than Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi. The reduced regional threshold requires documentary proof of the intended stay, and the manual notes that the qualifying "워케이션특화시설" are the 23 workation facilities nationwide selected by the Korea Tourism Organization. SOURCING NOTE for future maintainers: Korea does not publish F-1-D details as an ordinary web page. The Korea Visa Portal, HiKorea's browsable pages, the Immigration Service site and korea.kr all returned zero hits for "워케이션", "디지털 노마드" and "F-1-D". The only official source is the HWP manual attached to the HiKorea notice cited above, which is a distribution-protected Hangul document; its text had to be extracted from the encrypted ViewText streams. The manual carries the standard caveat that immigration offices may add to or reduce the listed documents and that approval is decided on assessment. ## What it means for your tax days Not addressed in the visa-issuance manual. No Korean tax authority page was fetched for this entry, so no tax treatment is asserted. A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days. South Korea treats you as tax resident once you are present 183 days A place of residence in Korea for 183 days or longer in one taxable period, and residents are taxed on worldwide income. Days are not the only test: Income Tax Act Article 1-2(1)1: a resident is an individual who has a DOMICILE in Korea or a place of RESIDENCE in Korea for 183 days or longer. NTS: "A domicile means a place where one's living is based, and is determined objectively based on the existence of family members who share a livelihood, the existence of assets in Korea, whether one holds a job in Korea, etc. A place of residence refers to a place in which one has dwelt for an extended period where general living activities such as those that would take place within a domicile do not take place." DEEMED DOMICILE — a taxpayer is deemed to have a domicile in Korea where they have an occupation which requires them to reside in Korea for 183 days or longer, or where they have family members sharing a livelihood in Korea and are deemed to reside in Korea for 183 days or longer due to their occupation or assets held in Korea. Any individual other than a resident is a non-resident, liable only on domestic-source income. The taxable period is shortened to the date of death, or to the date of departure where a resident emigrates. The full tests and the official source are on our [South Korea tax-day page](https://doastretch.com/tax-days/south-korea/). ## Sources - [hikorea.go.kr](https://www.hikorea.go.kr/board/BoardNtcDetailR.pt?BBS_SEQ=1&BBS_GB_CD=BS10&NTCCTT_SEQ=1062) — official source, checked 2026-08-18 - [hikorea.go.kr](https://www.hikorea.go.kr/info/InfoDatail.pt?CAT_SEQ=2026&PARENT_ID=147) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 ## Questions people ask about South Korea **Does South Korea have a digital nomad visa?** Yes. South Korea runs the 디지털노마드(워케이션) 비자 — Digital Nomad (Workation) Visa, F-1-D, which grants an initial stay of 12 months (the visa itself is issued as "f-1-d(워케이션), 복수비자 발급(유효기간 1년)" — an f-1-d multiple-entry visa with one year of validity. the maximum period of stay granted at one time under the f-1 (방문동거) status is two years per the same ministry of justice manual.). Checked 18 August 2026 against hikorea.go.kr. **How long can you stay on the South Korea digital nomad visa?** 12 months on the initial permission; the visa itself is issued as "f-1-d(워케이션), 복수비자 발급(유효기간 1년)" — an f-1-d multiple-entry visa with one year of validity. the maximum period of stay granted at one time under the f-1 (방문동거) status is two years per the same ministry of justice manual.. Stretch counts the days either way and tells you the date you must be out. **Does a digital nomad visa in South Korea make you tax resident?** Not by itself — but staying does. South Korea treats you as tax resident once you are there 183 days A place of residence in Korea for 183 days or longer in one taxable period, and residents are taxed on worldwide income. Not addressed in the visa-issuance manual. No Korean tax authority page was fetched for this entry, so no tax treatment is asserted. See our South Korea tax-day page for the tests and the official source. **How does Stretch help with the South Korea digital nomad visa?** Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever. 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Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.