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From airport to permanent residency
10 interactive scenarios — practice your Korea journey before you live it.
- Scenarios
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- live
- Stages
- 7
- of 7 live
- Languages
- 9
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7-stage Korea settlement roadmap
From pre-departure to long-term residency — follow the scenarios stage by stage
Stages = 7 phases of your Korea journey. Scenarios = interactive practice within each stage.
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STAGE 1✓ 1/1
Before arrival
- · Pre-departure prep
~20 min
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STAGE 2✓ 1/1
Arrival at Incheon
- · Incheon arrival
~25 min
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STAGE 3✓ 1/1
Settling in (first 48h)
- · D-2 student first week in Korea (Beijing-born Wang Ming)
~25 min
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STAGE 4✓ 1/1
ARC application
- · ARC application
~22 min
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STAGE 5✓ 3/3
Work · part-time
- · First convenience-store shift
- · E-9 worker — first day, payday, remittance
- · E-9 first workday (Nguyễn Văn Tài from Ho Chi Minh)
~26 min
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STAGE 6✓ 1/1
Housing · rental
- · Rental contract
~25 min
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STAGE 7✓ 2/2
Long-term residency
- · First remittance
- · F-6 marriage migration — family, permanent residency, citizenship
~24 min
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