About K-Steps

What K-Steps is

K-Steps is a practical assistant for foreigners living and working in South Korea. It brings together information that is otherwise spread across separate labor, immigration, KIIP, and TOPIK resources.

Its three areas are Wage, Visa, and Korean.

K-Steps is not a government agency, law firm, licensed administrative scrivener (행정사), or certified public labor attorney (공인노무사).

How we use official sources

Numbers, dates, and rules on this site come from official Korean sources such as .go.kr government websites, MOEL, the Ministry of Justice, HRD Korea, and NIIED. Each guide lists the sources it relies on at the bottom of the page.

K-Steps does not invent official URLs.

What “Last Verified” means

Last Verified (최종 확인일) is the date a guide's facts were last checked against the official sources listed on that page. Official rules can change after that date, so check the source before you act.

The app and this website

The K-Steps mobile app is the calculation tool. kstepsapp.com explains the rules and official sources and points to the app for interactive calculations.

Contact

Questions or corrections? See the Contact page.