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kabayan,
Below is the Korean labor policy on Permission for Change Workplace for your complete reference and understanding. If you have further clarifications feel free to advise.

■ In principle, foreign workers are not allowed to change business or workplace.
■ Yet for the reasons below, in case the worker is difficult to maintain normal labor relationship with the business or within the work place, the worker may ask permission for change of business or workplace.

< Reasons allowing foreign workers to ask permission for change of business >
- In case the user would prefer to terminate the labor contract period for justful reason. In case of the refusing to renewal after the labor contract has been expired. 'Justful reason' means being terminated of the contract due to difficulty in business management.
- In case it is not possible to continue to work in the business due to reasons not of the foreign workers faults such as shutdowns and abolishment of business.
- In case the business receives orders to cancel foreign worker employment permit or measures to restrict employment.
- In case the foreign worker is unable to work in a certain business or workplace, for example having injury and has no problem in changing workplace.
■ In case reasons for workplace change occur, Foreign workers must apply for workplace change at a local employment security center within one months after the termination of labor contract in case justifiable reasons occur. Foreign workers have to depart in case they fail to apply for workplace change within one month after the termination of labor contract or fail to receive an approval of workplace change according to Article 21 of the Immigration Control Act within 2 months after the date of application.
- Foreign worker can not apply to change workplace more than 3 times during terms of stay. Only in case the worker can not stay at a certain business due to reasons not responsible of the foreign worker such as closing or quitting business, and only in cases when employment permission has been cancelled due to accidents and that the business has been changed 3 times already, foreign worker is allowed to apply for one more additional change.
- Changing business of the foreign workers are strictly restricted