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S. Korea to issue less E-9 temporary work visas for migrant workers
- Collected
- 2016.12.24
- Distributed
- 2016.12.26
- Source
- Go Direct
The government’s committee deciding on employment permits on Thursday set the 2017 quota for 56,000 issues for E-9, visa enabling foreigners from designated countries to work in factory, rural, and other non-professional field for four years and 10 months. The quota is 2,000 fewer from this year.
New hires total 43,000 and the others are set aside for extension.
The government has lowered the quota due to restructuring in shipbuilding and shipping sector and job uncertainties from challenges in domestic and external economies.
About 32,000 new hires would go to the manufacturing sector, 5,870 to the agricultural and livestock field, 2,450 to the fishing industry and 2,390 to the construction field.
A separate quota for Koreans with foreign nationalities, mostly ethnic Korean from China, will be retained at the same level of 303,000. As of October 2016, 262,000 non-Koreans are residing in the country.
By Seo Dong-cheol
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