Where a foreign professional who engages in professional work in the State, a foreign specialist professional, or a foreign senior professional has been approved by the NIA for permanent residency, their child who has reached the age of majority or above may apply directly to the Ministry of Labor for approval to engage in work in the State, and needs not apply through an employer, provided such child is determined by the NIA to have met one of the requirements listed below:
1. Having lawfully accumulated ten years of residence in the State, and stayed in the State for more than 270 days in each of those years.
2. Having entered the State under the age of 14, and stayed in the State for more than 270 days each year.
3. Having been born in the State, lawfully accumulated ten years of residence in the State, and stayed in the State for more than 183 days in each of those years.
Where an employer hires children who have reached the age of majority or above as referred to in the preceding paragraph, to engage in work, such employer shall not be subject to the limitations prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 46, Article 47, Article 52, paragraphs 3 and 4of Article 53, subparagraph 5 of Article 57,subparagraph 4 of Article 72, and Article 74 of the Employment Service Act, and shall be exempt from payment of the employment security fees as prescribed in Article 55.
Paragraph 1 may apply to children of a foreign professional, foreign specialist professional or foreign senior professional who have entered the State under the age of 16 prior to January 1, 2023. Such children are not subject to the entry limitation on those under the age of 14 as stipulated in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1.