FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS OF KOREA

Start your business in Korea.
In your language.

Over 600,000 foreign residents already have the legal right to open a business here. Almost none do — because the path is written in a language that isn't yours. 3712 walks you from first question to business registration.

English · 中文 · Tiếng Việt · 한국어 — launching 2026

600K+residents eligible to start a business (F-visa holders)
104/yrstartup visas approved nationwide in a year
76.2%of small-business owners never heard of gov support — even Koreans
Weeks, not monthsour target from question to registration
THE PRODUCT, AT WORK

This is what 3712 looks like.

Real screens from the platform we're building — answers with citations, paperwork that drafts itself, a community that verifies.

3712 ASSISTANT PREVIEW

Yes — F-2 residency allows business registration under your own name. Register at any tax office or on Hometax; bring your ARC and lease contract.

Sources: Hi Korea · Immigration 1345 · NTS — verified 2026.8
BUSINESS REGISTRATION AI DRAFT
Residency statusF-2 — ELIGIBLE
Trade name
Business address
Documents — 3 of 3
EXPATRIENCED · VERIFIED INFO
Can I register a business on an F-2-7 visa?VERIFIED
Tax office checklist — what to bringVERIFIED
E-commerce report, step by stepVERIFIED
4procedure guides built & sourced
240real cases mapped from the community
119Kexpat community our cases come from
2026beta — assistant pre-fills your forms
CHECKED AGAINST
National Tax ServiceHi KoreaImmigration 1345Gov24HometaxKOTRASeoul Global CenterSmall Enterprise AgencyNational Tax ServiceHi KoreaImmigration 1345Gov24HometaxKOTRASeoul Global CenterSmall Enterprise Agency
THE PROBLEM

The wall isn't the law. It's three walls.

Korea legally welcomes foreign founders. In practice, three barriers stop almost everyone before the first form is filed.

Language

Business know-how lives in Korean-only portals, forms and café threads. Even "English" pages hand you Korean paperwork.

KR-onlyapplication forms & terms on official channels

Information

Support programs exist — but most native owners have never even heard of them. Behind a language wall, your odds round to zero.

76.2%of surveyed owners didn't know support existed (KBIZ 2026)

Paperwork

A bank account requires ID verification that requires a bank account. Offices don't talk to each other. Brokers charge — and sometimes cheat.

17.9%max loan rate offered to foreigners at some banks
THE ANSWER — ONE PLATFORM, THREE LAYERS

Ask. File. Run.

Not another chatbot. A path — from your first question to a running business, with a licensed professional whenever the law requires one.

LAYER 1

ASK — answers you can trust

An AI that answers only from official government sources — laws, notices, forms — and shows its citations. When rules change, answers change the same day.

LAYER 2

FILE — from knowing to doing

Your visa status and business type become a checklist: what to file, in what order, at which office — with drafts pre-filled. Licensed pros step in where the law requires.

LAYER 3

RUN — after opening day

VAT deadlines, renewal alerts, sales tools. Korean admin comes back every quarter — so we stay with you after the ribbon is cut.

HOW IT WORKS

From "can I?" to "I'm open."

"작은 식당을 열고 싶어요"
any language in
1
Ask in your language

"I want to open a small restaurant."

ASK AGENT
F-2 → ELIGIBLE
checked vs. immigration rules
2
Check your status

Your visa type is verified against the rules — instantly.

ASK AGENT
7 items · in order
each with its source
3
Get your checklist

Registration, permits, hygiene training — in order, with sources.

FILE AGENT
Draft ready — review & file
exact office included
4
File with drafts

Pre-filled forms and the exact office to bring them to.

FILE AGENT
VAT due in 12 days
renewals tracked for you
5
Open & run

Tax calendar and renewal alerts keep you compliant.

RUN AGENT

Today this takes months and a broker's fee. Our target: about two weeks, transparently.

K-BEAUTY
K-HERITAGE
JEWELRY
SILK
COFFEE
One community. Two-way trade.
Watch the 3712 brand film →
EXPLORE 3712

Three doors. One path.

WHY US

Built by someone who hit every one of these walls.

"I'm a permanent resident who couldn't open a bank account online. As a relocation consultant I watched capable people give up and fly home — not because of the law, but because of the paperwork around it. 3712 exists so the next person doesn't have to give up."

— Founder, 3712 Inc. (F-5 permanent resident)
Community — liveEXPATrienced: boards, market, meetups for foreign residents
4 procedure guides builtbusiness registration · e-commerce report · startup visa · cosmetics license
240 real cases mappedpain points collected from a 119K-member expat community
AI assistant — in buildofficial-source answers with citations, opening 2026
WHO IT'S FOR

If you can legally work here, you can likely build here.

Residency (F-2), overseas Korean (F-4), permanent resident (F-5), marriage (F-6) — and current foreign shop owners who want the admin off their back.

F-2 ResidencyF-4 Overseas KoreanF-5 PermanentF-6 MarriageAlready running a shop

Be first in line when we open.

Early access starts with English, 中文 and Tiếng Việt. Tell us who you are — we'll reach out as the doors open.

Sign-up works today through EXPATrienced, our live community — members hear first. A direct 3712 form opens with our domain.

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