EPS-TOPIK Sri Lanka — Eligibility & Point Checker

Two separate rules decide an EPS application, and applicants often confuse them. The first is eligibility: a list of conditions in SLBFE’s Instructions for Applicantsnotice, each of which you either meet or do not. The second is selection: a 200-point score set out in the Ministry of Employment and Labour’s Point-Based Selection notice, which ranks everyone who passed the first test. This page runs both.

The age window

The rule is 18 to 39 completed years, so the arithmetic is a date range rather than an age. SLBFE printed the Special EPS-TOPIK 2026 window as 1986-04-28 to 2008-04-27, for a registration window opening 2026-04-28. That window reconciles to a reference date of 2026-04-27 — the day before registration opens — and not to the opening day itself, which would push every bound a day later. This page derives its window from the reference date and checks the result against the printed one: 1986-04-28 to 2008-04-27, matching the notice exactly.

The disqualifiers

Five answers end an application on their own: imprisonment or a heavier punishment; deportation, a departure order or any illegal stay in Korea; a Sri Lankan departure ban; colour blindness or colour weakness; and cumulative E-9 plus E-10 employment in Korea of 5 years or more — 6years where the employment period was extended under Article 18-2(2) of Korea’s Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers. A herniated disc, finger amputation or spinal injury sits in its own category: you may sit the examination, and the condition is assessed during the second round.

The 200-point score

The first round is the EPS-TOPIK itself — 40 multiple-choice questions, 20 reading and 20 listening at 5 marks each, 50 minutes, 200marks. That raw mark is scaled into the industry’s first-round allocation:

firstRound = epsTopikRaw × (allocation ÷ 200)

The allocation is 100 for manufacturing and shipbuilding and 90 for every other industry, with the balance of the 200 going to the second round. The second round is the Skills Test — physical fitness 30, interview 30, and basic job skills 40 or 50 depending on the industry — plus the document-based Job Capacity Assessment. Score below 60% of the Skills Test perfect score and the application ends there whatever the combined total: 60.0 of 100, or 66.0 of 110.

Additional points come from two places. The Job Capacity Assessment awards 3 for a certificate of work experience, 1 for training or a junior-college diploma and 1 for a national qualification — doubled to 5, 3 and 2 for shipbuilding — and only where the evidence is submitted. Repatriated workers holding a support-training certificate add up to 20 more. The combined total is the sum of all four parts.

Why a score is not a prediction

Selection is by rank. The first round screens down to 1.1× the recruitment quota, ties included, among applicants above that industry’s lowest score limit; final candidates are then the highest combined totals until the quota is filled. Both the quota and the lowest score limit are set per cycle and published late, so this page reports where you stand on the published scale and never tells you that you will be selected.

The whole of the point system in one table. The Skills Test cut-off is 60% of the second-round perfect score.

Source: Ministry of Employment and Labour, Point-Based Selection notice. Second round shown as total (physical / interview / basic skills).

1. 1Registration and fee paymentRegister through the SLBFE portal and pay US$ 28 (Rs 8716.40) at NSB, BOC or People's Bank during the 27 – 29 April 2026 window.
2. 2EPS-TOPIK examination (first round)40 multiple-choice questions — 20 reading and 20 listening at 5 marks each, 50 minutes, 200 marks.
3. 3First-round screeningApplicants above the industry's lowest score limit are ranked, and the top 1.1× the recruitment quota go through, ties included.
4. 4Skills Test and Job Capacity Assessment (second round)Physical fitness, interview and basic job skills, plus the document-based Job Capacity Assessment. Scoring below 60% of the Skills Test perfect score ends the application here.
5. 5Combined score and final candidate announcementFirst-round and second-round scores are added with the additional points, and the highest combined scores fill the quota.
6. 6Job-seekers' rosterFinal candidates are entered on the roster, which stays valid for 2 years while Korean employers select from it.

• PassportValid for at least six months from the registration date.
• Photograph3.5 × 4.5 cm, white background, taken within the last six months.
• National Identity CardFront and back, matching the name and date of birth on the passport.
• Bank payment slipThe original examination-fee slip from NSB, BOC or People's Bank.
• Job Capacity Assessment documentsWork-experience certificate, training or junior-college diploma, and national qualification certificate — each one you claim points for.

Only claim a Job Capacity Assessment point where you hold the certificate. A false document carries a 4-year ban from the programme.

• SLBFE — Registration for Korean language Special EPS-TOPIK 2026: Instructions for Applicants
• Ministry of Employment and Labour (Korea) & Ministry of Labour (Sri Lanka) — Notice on the Implementation of the Point-Based Selection System for Foreign Workers
• SLBFE — Special EPS-TOPIK / Point System Based Examination portal
• SLBFE — announcements index (each cycle's notice and eligibility list)
• HRD Korea — EPS-TOPIK
• Employment Permit System (Korea)

Last reconciled against these sources on 2026-09-23. The age window, fee, registration dates and quota are cycle-specific and are re-read from the current SLBFE notice at each review; the score allocation and round structure have been stable since the February 2024 notice. Confirm the current cycle’s figures on the SLBFE portal before paying anything.

Working out the money rather than the eligibility? The Korea EPS salary calculator converts the Korean minimum wage and overtime into rupees after the four statutory deductions, and the SLBFE fee calculator totals what the Bureau itself charges. If you are comparing destinations, the foreign employment minimum wage checker covers the SLBFE-approved floor by country.