[throwaway290]

In most countries if you stay long enough and qualify then you become a permanent resident.

The sneaky trick that SK is doing with its maximum term of 2 years is ensuring that no one on this arrangement will be eligible (which apparently requires residing there for 5 years at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_South_Korea).

This makes the program entirely pointless for intended audience, ie. people dead set on living in South Korea (not just have fun for a year).

[petesergeant]

Or, more likely, people will switch to a different visa type if they’re looking to do more years? I’m not sure any of this counts as a “sneaky trick”

[throwaway290]

Of course and that's exactly the point. Other visa types require things like employment in SK or being Korean, things nomad visa is supposed to avoid