South Korea allows Vietnamese workers to overstay visa until 2022
By Dang Khoa February 24, 2021 | 09:11 am GMT+7
Vietnamese migrant workers attend a work safety class in South Korea. Photo by VnExpress.
South Korea will allow Vietnamese and other foreign workers with expired Employment Permit System (EPS) contracts to become seasonal employees until March 2022.
The Center for Overseas Labor under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that the new permission will apply to all overseas workers under the EPS who’ve completed their three- or four- year contracts using the E-9 (non-professional employment) visa. Unable to return because of the Covid-19 pandemic, they will be granted an extended residence permit by South Korea s Ministry of Justice, the center said.