How to Report a Foreign Employee's Resignation — The 15-Day Immigration Report vs. the Employment Center's Report of Employment Change

Procedure

1. 1. Determine where to report by status of stay

   For E-9 and H-2 workers, submit the Report on Change in Employment, etc. of Foreign Workers to the employment center having jurisdiction over the location of the workplace. If the matter reported is also a ground for the immigration report, the immigration report is deemed to have been made. For other holders of employment statuses, such as E-7, E-2 (Foreign Language Instructor) and F-4, submit the Report on Occurrence of Grounds for Change of Employed or Trainee Foreigners to the immigration office.

2. 2. Check the grounds for reporting

   The grounds for reporting are the employee leaving the job, dismissal or death, unknown whereabouts, and a change in important terms of the employment contract. A change in the employment contract period, a change of the employer or the representative (excluding a change of the representative of a corporation), a change in the name of the workplace, and a change of location due to relocation of the workplace are changes in important terms.

3. 3. Calculate the deadline

   Report within 15 days. The period runs from the date the employee left the job or was dismissed, from the date you became aware of the fact in the case of death or unknown whereabouts, and from the date of the change in the case of a contract change. The employment center report is also made within 15 days from the date the cause arose or you became aware of it.

4. 4. Submit the report and keep records

   Submit it through HiKorea e-application, Work24 (Goyong24) or in person, and keep the record of receipt. When you next hire a foreigner or undergo an employment permit review, the authorities sometimes check whether earlier reports were made.

Required documents

• Report on Occurrence of Grounds for Change of Employed or Trainee Foreigners (immigration report)
• Report on Change in Employment, etc. of Foreign Workers (employment center report, E-9 and H-2)
• Copy of residence card (residence card)
• Copy of business registration certificate
• Materials confirming that the employee left the job, or the amended employment contract

Fees

Agency fees for a foreign employment change report generally range in the industry from tens of thousands of won to several hundred thousand won per case, and are higher when the report is late and a written opinion on the administrative fine is also prepared. We will tell you the fee after a consultation, based on the number of foreign employees and their statuses of stay.

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Legal basis and review date

• Immigration Act, Article 19
• Enforcement Decree of the Immigration Act, Article 24
• Immigration Act, Article 21
• Immigration Act, Article 100
• Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers, Article 17
• Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers, Article 23
• Enforcement Rule of the Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers, Article 14

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-05

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Managing hiring, resignation, contract changes, workplace relocation and the expiry date of the period of stay together on one calendar reduces missed reports.
• If a foreigner who resigned can no longer be contacted, report within 15 days from the date you became aware that the whereabouts are unknown.

Frequently asked questions