OASIS Program Overview

9-stage education program for startup visa acquisition

Program details

Day 1 (8h) curriculum

  • Orientation and course introduction
  • Immigration law and OASIS overview (2.0)
  • Understanding Korean society basics (2.0)
  • IP system introduction (2.0)
  • Invention and problem-solving (2.0)

Day 2 (4h) curriculum

  • Idea sharing and presentation (practice) (2.0)
  • Invention report and drawing (practice) (2.0)
  • Survey and completion

Goals

  • Build foundational literacy for foreign entrepreneurs in stay and tech startup preparation
  • Understand invention and idea discovery and basic application procedures for future IP applications and linkage to OASIS-2·3

This course is conducted at Chungbuk Global Startup Immigration Center.

Day 1 (4h) curriculum

  • Orientation and course introduction
  • Korean society deep dive 1 (2.0)
  • Korean society deep dive 2 (2.0)

Day 2 (9h) curriculum

  • Mock IP litigation (3.0)
  • IP search and concretization (2.0)
  • Copyright (2.0)
  • Specification understanding and writing (2.0)

Day 3 (7h) curriculum

  • Invention idea creation (2.0)
  • IP understanding advanced (3.0)
  • IP-based tech startup cases (2.0)

Goals

  • Strengthen IP application and utilization through advanced understanding and specification writing
  • Build practical startup capacity for patent application (OASIS-3) and commercialization

This course is conducted at Chungbuk Global Startup Immigration Center.

Support

  • Prior art search for IP application
  • Selection of patent/utility model/design suited to startup item
  • Expert support for application documents and procedures

Scope

  • Patent (5 cases): 2,000K KRW per case
  • Utility model (5 cases): 1,300K KRW per case
  • Design (5 cases): 700K KRW per case

Day 1 (6h) curriculum

  • Orientation & Course Introduction
  • Understanding Immigration Laws & Regulations (2.0)
  • In-depth Understanding of Korean Society 3 (2.0)
  • In-depth Understanding of Korean Society 4 (2.0)

Day 2 (8h) curriculum

  • Understanding Business Operations & Tax System (2.0)
  • Real Estate Practice (Lease Protection, etc.) (2.0)
  • Target Marketing Theory & Practice (2.0)
  • Business Plan Writing Theory & Practice (2.0)

Day 3 (6h) curriculum

  • Understanding Small Business Startup Support Policies (2.0)
  • Understanding Startup & Business Management Laws (2.0)
  • Investor & Shareholder Presentation Practice (2.0)
  • Survey & Graduation Ceremony

Goals

  • Improve understanding of Korea's startup environment, relevant laws/systems, and business operations to build a stable startup and stay foundation
  • Strengthen practical execution capabilities connectable to incorporation (OASIS-8) and commercialization (OASIS-9) through business plan, marketing, tax, and labor-focused training

This course is conducted at Chungbuk Global Startup Immigration Center.

Target

  • Foreign pre/early-stage entrepreneurs in Chungbuk (OASIS 1–4 graduates preferred)
  • Those with a tech startup item and clear intent for incorporation or commercialization

Content

  • Expert coaching on location, market research, consumer analysis
  • 1:1 mentoring and site visits with alumni and experts to minimize early-stage failure

Only applicants who have completed OASIS-4 and OASIS-4+ can apply for this course.

Operation

  • Customized space by stage (screening required)

Support

  • Space for preparation and commercialization
  • Offices, meeting rooms, shared facilities
  • Linkage with education, mentoring, prototyping, commercialization programs
  • Networking and partner linkages

Target

  • Foreign pre/early-stage entrepreneurs participating in OASIS programs of the Global Startup Immigration Center with a confirmed plan for corporation establishment

Purpose

  • Support legal startup steps (incorporation, business registration, visa procedures) and secure proof of incorporation for D-8-4

Support

  • Preparation and administrative procedures for corporation establishment

Target

  • Selected participants whose commercialization potential has been verified through OASIS-5 mentoring and OASIS-3·8 programs

Purpose

  • Verify technical feasibility and market applicability and build a stable commercialization base

Support

  • MVP production funding by item type
  • Verification of technology and commercialization potential
  • Follow-up commercialization and linkage to investment and external projects

Get your technology start-up visa at Chungbuk Global Startup Immigration Center!

We provide domestic start-up support and start-up-related visas to foreign entrepreneurs who wish to start a business in Korea with outstanding ideas and technological capabilities.