The Korea Local Administration Review

The purpose of this study is to analyze the settlement services necessary for settlement by type of stay of immigrants living in Nonsan-si, South Korea and their level of life satisfaction and influencing factors, and to present theoretical and policy implications based on them. To this end, a survey was conducted on 360 immigrants living in Nonsan-si. The main research results of this study are summarized as follows. First, for the most necessary settlement services for immigrants to settle and live in Nonsan, foreign workers need counseling (46.1%), marriage immigrants need Korean language support programs (37.1%), and foreign students need opportunities (48.0%). Second, as a result of the public service satisfaction (5-point scale), foreign workers were most satisfied with medical services (3.71 points), and marriage immigrants were most satisfied with interpretation and translation services (3.46 points), but international students were dissatisfied with interpretation and translation services (2.76 points). Third, as a factor affecting the overall life satisfaction of immigrants, the more they are from Southeast Asia and East Asian countries, and the more healthy immigrants, the higher the overall life satisfaction in Nonsan. On the other hand, the more international students and the more times they move to living areas, the lower their life satisfaction was. Finally, as an implication according to the research results, it was confirmed that the settlement services required for each immigrant type differ according to the purpose of stay and settlement stage of each immigrant. In addition, it was found that immigrants’ overall life satisfaction was more affected by sociological characteristics than demographic characteristics such as those from specific countries, personal health status, international students, and the number of moving in living areas.