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[Welshguy]

According to the HiKorea website, Immigration now offers 5 different types of F2 Visas.

The F2-5 Visa is for someone who has either an E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5 or E-7 Visa and has had a domestic residence of over 5 years of continous stay in the Republic of Korea

If you have at any time left Korea on a Visa run, your 5 year residency clock gets reset. Transfering your E-2 visa to another school or Academy WILL NOT affect your 5 year residency requirement.

Reference:

http://www.hikorea.go.kr

1) Click on English
2) On the top blue banner, click on "INFORMATION" then "IMMIGRATION GUIDE"
3) On the left hand side of the page, click on "FOREIGNER SOJOURNER", then "CHANGE STATUS OF STAY"
4) Click on "status of stay (27)" in the middle of the page.
5) You will see a box containing all the different types of Visas. Click on "LONG-TERM STAY STATUS", then "RESIDENCY(F2)".
6) The F2-5 Visa requirements will be at the bottom of the page.

Please note, the F2-5 Visa is for someone who is not married to a Korean National.

[miljeong]

Apparently they aren't even bothering to list the F-2-S visa (which requires an E1~7 visa holder to merely retain their visa for over 12 months and have earned 80 or more points on a point scale to qualify for)

More here: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2331195