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                              MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
                                            BETWEEN
                      THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
                                               AND
               THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
                       RELATING TO A WORKING HOLIDAY PROGRAM
The Government of the Republic of Korea (the ROK) and The Government of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands (the Netherlands) (hereinafter referred to as the "Signatories") have, in a spirit of
promoting closer cooperation, reached the following arrangement on a working holiday program:
1. GENERAL
1.1) This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) does not create any rights or obligations
under international or domestic law, and expresses the understandings and intentions of the
Signatories.
1.2) The objective of this MoU is to set out the provisions for a working holiday program
(WHP) which encourages cultural exchange and closer ties between the two countries by
allowing their young citizens to have an extended holiday in the other country supplemented by
short term employment or study, as an incidental activity of their holidays.
2. ISSUE OF VISAS / RESIDENCE PERMITS
2.1) Each Signatory will issue, according to its own procedures, multiple-entry visas or
residence permits for the WHP to citizens of the other country who:
(i) intend primarily to holiday in the ROK or the Netherlands, as the case may be, for a
specified period;
(ii) are between the age of eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years, inclusive, at the time of
application for the WHP visa for the ROK or the residence permit for the Netherlands;
(iii) are not accompanied by dependants;
(iv) possess a valid passport and a return travel ticket or sufficient funds to purchase such a
ticket;
(v) possess reasonable funds for their maintenance during the initial period of stay in the
ROK or the Netherlands, the assessment of which is at the discretion of the relevant authorities;
(vi) are in good health, and agree to hold medical and comprehensive hospitalization and
liability insurance in line with the laws and regulations of both countries to remain in force
throughout their stay in the ROK or the Netherlands;
(vii) have no criminal record; and
(viii) pay the prescribed WHP visa/ residence permit application fees.
Note:
country.Any participant of either country must be free from tuberculosis on arrival in the other
2.2) a) Korean citizens will apply for the working holiday residence permit at the Embassy of
the Netherlands in the ROK.
To obtain a residence permit, a citizen of the ROK may lodge a 'procedure for entry and
residence' at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Seoul (decision period up to 3 months). The
applicant has to pay the prescribed fee for the processing of the application. If the procedure for
entry and residence is completed and application is granted, an authorization for temporary stay
in the Netherlands will be issued and the participant may travel to the Netherlands. In the
Netherlands the participant will have to report at the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(IND) to collect the residence permit.
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