2026 GKS-G Invitation Letter Schedule Revised: What Successful Candidates Should Check

Key Answer: On 2026. 7. 10., Study in Korea posted an official notice stating that invitation letters for successful 2026 Global Korea Scholarship graduate candidates (GKS-G) had been delayed for internal reasons. The notice says some letters had already been issued and that work on the remaining letters would continue “over the next week,” meaning the 1-week period following the notice. It does not provide a final completion date, an individual candidate’s issuance status, or any effect on visa and entry schedules. The explanation below follows the English notice and separates confirmed information from items that still require individual verification.

Changes

According to the official notice, the GKS Center had originally planned to complete the issuance of invitation letters by 2026. 7. 10. Internal circumstances prevented the entire process from being completed within that schedule. The notice describes this as the “2026 GKS-G invitation-letter schedule revision” and gives the official title “Notice on the Revised Schedule for Issuance of 2026 GKS-G Invitation Letters.” The body states that issuance has been delayed.

The change concerns the invitation-letter issuance schedule, not candidate eligibility or selection results. The notice says nothing about reviewing the selection results, requesting additional documents, or changing scholarship conditions. It should therefore be read as an operational update on when successful candidates may receive their invitation letters.

Issued/Pending Classification

The notice separates invitation letters into two groups.

The statement that some letters have already been issued does not identify particular countries, universities, or candidates. The notice alone cannot establish an individual candidate’s status; check your actual receipt records and any direct guidance from the responsible institution.

“Next Week” and Unconfirmed Details

The original notice says issuance will continue “over the next week.” The reference point is the notice date, 2026. 7. 10. It is not a rolling “next week” that starts again whenever someone reads this article.

The official notice does not specify the following items by date or figure.

• The final date when all invitation letters will be issued
• The order of issuance by country, university, or candidate
• Each candidate’s current processing stage
• Further details about the internal reason for the delay
• The delivery method or receipt time for an invitation letter

There is therefore no basis for stating that every letter would be completed on 7. 17. The notice confirms only that issuance work would continue over the next 1 week from 7. 10.

Official Verification Channel

Start with the original Study in Korea scholarship notice. Although the URL uses the /ko path, the notice itself is written in English. No separate Korean-language version was identified on that page.

Check an individual status in this order.

1. Review the inbox and spam folder of the email account used for the GKS application and selection process.
2. Check notices from the international office or GKS unit at your host university.
3. If you have received a document, verify that its issuing authority and candidate details match your selection notice.
4. If you have received no guidance, contact the university or the official GKS inquiry channel for your application track and provide the identifiers needed to locate your case.

Times reported by other candidates in online communities are not official records of your individual processing status. Give priority to notices sent directly to you and replies from the responsible institution.

Information That Should Not Be Assumed Based on Visa and Entry Schedules

This notice addresses only the delay in issuing invitation letters. It does not announce a visa application date, consular appointment change, flight change, entry deadline, or adjustment to a university registration schedule. The invitation-letter delay alone is not evidence that visa or entry schedules have changed automatically.

Candidates should verify the steps before and after receiving an invitation letter with the relevant source.

• Invitation-letter status: the GKS Center and host university
• Visa documents and appointments: the Republic of Korea diplomatic mission with jurisdiction
• Registration, housing, and orientation: the host university
• Arrival schedule: the latest individual guidance from GKS or the host university

Each institution manages a different schedule, so an announcement from one institution should not be treated as a confirmed date for another.

Follow-up Checklist

• [ ] I read the official notice dated 7. 10. and recorded that the following 1-week period is measured from that date.
• [ ] I checked my email inbox, spam folder, and university portal.
• [ ] I verified the GKS contact details on my host university’s official website.
• [ ] I checked visa guidance from the diplomatic mission separately from the invitation-letter notice.
• [ ] I compared registration, housing, and entry deadlines against the latest individual guidance from the university or GKS.
• [ ] Before making an inquiry, I organized my candidate number, application track, university name, and most recent receipt date.