For parents
Your child will be far away, but you will know what is happening
Here we answer questions about money, documents and the first year.
Where the money goes
Payment is result-based: the university tuition is paid first, and the remaining service costs and payments follow the stages set in the contract. The agreed service fee is charged according to the result conditions in the contract; if the visa is refused, refunds and non-refundable costs are specified separately in the contract.
Translation, notarisation, apostille and the university application fee are separate costs: they are paid to the organisations concerned, directly or through K-Study, in an order agreed in advance, and you get proof of each one. Translation, notarisation, apostille and state fees are not refunded automatically: any refund depends on the rules of the organisations concerned.
How we help in Korea
For the first year we help your child with the airport pick-up, the ARC, hospitals and the dormitory. You get your own contact person.
How you stay informed
After every step we send you a short message: documents submitted, answer received, visa issued. If you have a question, you can call your contact person on any working day.
What parents ask most often
How will we stay in touch with our child?
From day one your child has a Korean phone number and internet, and Telegram and WhatsApp work. The time difference is four hours: 6 pm in Tashkent is 10 pm in Seoul.
If something goes wrong in Korea, who do we call?
During the first year we help your child with hospitals, immigration and the dormitory. Parents get their own contact person, reached through our official phone numbers.
Whose name goes on the contract?
If the student is under 18, one of the parents signs. Over 18, the student signs, and a parent can co-sign as guarantor if you wish.
Costs, in advance
Documents
$350
- Choosing the university and programme
- Translation, notarisation and apostille
- Submitting the application
In the document preparation package, the service fee is set for the work performed. Translation, notarisation, apostille and state fees are not refunded automatically: any refund depends on the rules of the organisations concerned. The refund terms are set out in the contract.
Up to the visa
$800
- Everything in the Documents package
- Working with the university and coordinating the tuition payment
- Bank account and proof of funds
- Embassy submission and two interview rehearsals
A result-based tariff: the agreed service fee is charged according to the result conditions in the contract. If the visa is refused, refunds and non-refundable costs are specified separately in the contract.
To Korea and the first year
$1,200
- Everything in Up to the visa
- Booking the flight
- Pick-up at Incheon and dormitory check-in
- ARC, phone number and bank card
- Advice and support throughout the first year
A result-based tariff: the agreed service fee is charged according to the result conditions in the contract. If the visa is refused, refunds and non-refundable costs are specified separately in the contract.
- Language course tuition$1,400 per semester10-week term, USD 1,200–1,700 depending on the university
- Dormitory$250 per monthhigher in Seoul, lower elsewhere
- Health insurance$45 per monthmandatory for international students in Korea
- Bank account and statement$20at KDB Bank; the balance itself varies, we give it per admission
- Consular fee$60set by the embassy
- Tashkent–Seoul flight$450one way, depends on the season
- Translation, notary and apostille$160depends on the number of documents
- University application fee$80set by the university
- Food and transport$350 per monthless if you cook for yourself
- ARC card$25paid in Korea at the immigration office
- TOPIK exam optional$30not required for a language course
A consultation for parents
You can come with your child or talk to us on your own first.