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With the number of foreigners residing in Korea exceeding 1.4 million, it was found that many foreigners are unable to reside with their families and are living separately. According to the '2023 Immigrant Status and Employment Survey Results' announced by Statistics Korea on December 18, of the 831,000 foreigners with a spouse as of last May, 543,000 (65.3%) lived in Korea with their spouse. ) was. The number of people who cannot live together because their spouse is overseas reached 263,000 (31.7%). In the case of children, family separation was even more severe. Among the 801,000 foreigners with children, 411,000 (51.2%) had all of their children living in Korea. There were 324,000 people (40.4%) who could not live with their children because they were all overseas.
This phenomenon of family separation is because Korea adheres to a strict visa policy and does not allow family members to accompany each other.
Even in cases where family members are allowed, spouses are often not allowed to work, so many people end up returning to their home country because they cannot afford living expenses.
Highest number of resident foreigners
The number of foreigners aged 15 or older residing in Korea is 1.43 million, an increase of 129,000 from the previous year. This is the highest level since 2012, when related statistics were compiled.
In the post-COVID-19 pandemic, the number of foreigners residing in Korea has increased due to non-professional employment and an increase in international students. By nationality, the largest number of foreigners were Korean-Chinese (472,000), Vietnamese (201,000), and Chinese (135,000).
Non-professional employment (60,000 people) and international students (25,000 people) increased from a year ago, while visiting employment (-10,000 people) and marriage immigration (-3,000 people) decreased.
Foreign workers want to continue staying in Korea
The average monthly wage of foreign workers, which was the largest ever, was 2 to 3 million won, with 442,000 (50.6%). However, as the wage level increases every year due to the impact of the minimum wage system, 313,000 people (35.8%) were found to receive a monthly salary of more than 3 million won.
It was found that most foreigners, reaching 89.6%, wanted to continue to stay in Korea, with satisfaction with wages exceeding 90%.
When we asked them how they would continue to stay in Korea, the answers were extending the period of stay (52.8%), obtaining permanent residency status (16.4%), and acquiring Korean nationality (10.3%).
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