The final test for permanent residency (F-5) · pass at 60
The 영주용 종합평가 (comprehensive evaluation for permanent residency, KIPRAT) is taken by those who have completed the KIIP stage 5 BASIC course (70 hours). The other route: anyone who scored 85+ on the 사전평가 can sit it directly without the course (within 2 years). The subject is not Korean language but Korean society: history, geography, the political system, law, the economy, culture and the rules of everyday life.
45 questions in total, 70 minutes. Written part: 40 questions, 60 minutes — 36 multiple-choice (65 points) and 4 written answers (10 points). Oral part: 5 questions, 10 minutes, 25 points — two examiners assess two candidates at once. 100 points in total. Offered on paper (PBT) or computer (CBT). Results come 6 days after a PBT sitting (the following Friday from 16:00) and within 2 working days for CBT.
Pass mark: 60 out of 100. If you completed the stage 5 basic course, passing gives you 영주 이수 status (programme completed for permanent residency), which FULLY satisfies the Korean language and basic knowledge requirement in an F-5 application. Those who came in only via an 85+ 사전평가 score satisfy just the basic knowledge (기본소양) requirement and do not receive 이수 status — a difference that matters for some F-5 categories. Those who fail may retake; repeating stage 5 (재수료) also counts as completion, but not as a pass (합격).
The official textbook is 한국사회 이해 (기본). Most questions come straight from it: when the Republic of Korea was founded, the separation of powers, the Constitution, the basics of labour law, health insurance, the education system, traditional holidays, the history of the peninsula. Sample questions are on kiiptest.org. For the 4 written questions, practise 2–3 sentence answers to "what is …?" and "why is … important?". In the oral part you are asked for your view on Korean society (for example "what is hard about living in Korea and how did you cope?") — stage 4 Korean is enough; content matters more than grammar.