Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals Article 16

A foreign professional or foreign specialist professional who enters the State with a visa exemption or holds a visitor visa and who, having obtained a work permit or with exemption from obtaining a work permit, engages in professional work in the State, may apply directly to the NIA for residency, and if approved, shall be issued with an Alien Resident Certificate.Where a foreign professional who engages in professional work in the State, or a foreign specialist professional, has obtained residency or permanent residency approved by the NIA, their spouse, minor children, or children having reached the age of majority or above who lack self-care ability due to physical or mental disability, having entered the State with a visa exemption or holding a visitor visa, may apply directly to the NIA for residency, and if approved, shall be issued with an Alien Resident Certificate.