Gyeonggi Province
South Korea's most populous province, surrounding Seoul and forming part of the capital region.
Gyeonggi Province, home to 14.2 million people, marks the line in South Korea's F-1-D workation visa: since 30 June 2026, applicants aged 18 to 34 WHO settle beyond it, Seoul and Incheon face roughly half the income bar.
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South Korea's F-1-D workation visa, made permanent on 30 June 2026, lowers its income bar for applicants aged 18 to 34 WHO settle outside Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province. A younger remote worker WHO lives in the province needs about twice gross national income per head; one WHO moves beyond it needs about once.
Gyeonggi surrounds Seoul and, with Seoul and Incheon, forms the capital region that Korean migration policy treats as one zone. The provincial government reports 14,222,954 residents for 2025, including 492,819 foreign residents, which makes it the most populous local government in Korea.
The province is the boundary of a Visa built to steer people away from the main cities. Australia's working holiday ballot, announced on 17 September 2026, also ties a Visa to work outside the cities, though Canberra caps the reward where Seoul widened it.