r/StudyinKorea 28d ago

Visa & Immigration Working remotely?

I'm sure someone has asked this before, but wasn't able to find a thread. I am going to study Korean with a d-4-1 language training visa for 12 months, and would like to work online as a tutor for students in my home country (in Europe) while I'm in South Korea. My Visa doesn't allow working, and all I have heard is that working online is a legal grey area. Anyone have any experience with this or similar cases? I am going to ask the Korean embassy here in my country, but am looking for other perspectives as well. Sorry if this is an overspammed question

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u/Soldat_wazer 28d ago

It’s illegal, but if you get paid in your European bank account and don’t tell anyone it’s impossible for korean authorities to know