Visa-free
Visa exemption
Visa-free entry (K-ETA eligible countries) Who can use this: 107 passports[1]
British nationals other than British citizens and New Caledonia get 30 days.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania ยท ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra ยท ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua & Barbuda ยท ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina ยท ๐ฆ๐บ Australia ยท ๐ฆ๐น Austria ยท ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas ยท ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain ยท ๐ง๐ง Barbados ยท ๐ง๐ช Belgium ยท ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina ยท ๐ง๐ผ Botswana ยท ๐ง๐ท Brazil ยท ๐ง๐ณ Brunei ยท ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria ยท ๐จ๐ฆ Canada ยท ๐จ๐ฑ Chile ยท ๐จ๐ด Colombia ยท ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica ยท ๐ญ๐ท Croatia ยท ๐จ๐พ Cyprus ยท ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia ยท ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark ยท ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica ยท ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic ยท ๐ช๐จ Ecuador ยท ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador ยท ๐ช๐ช Estonia ยท ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini ยท ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji ยท ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท ๐ซ๐ท France ยท ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ยท ๐ฌ๐ท Greece ยท ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada ยท ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala ยท ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana ยท ๐ญ๐น Haiti ยท ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras ยท ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong SAR China ยท ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ยท ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland ยท ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ยท ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ยท ๐ฎ๐น Italy ยท ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica ยท ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ยท ๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati ยท ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait ยท ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia ยท ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho ยท ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein ยท ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania ยท ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg ยท ๐ฒ๐ด Macao SAR China ยท ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ยท ๐ฒ๐น Malta ยท ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands ยท ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius ยท ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico ยท ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesia ยท ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco ยท ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro ยท ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ยท ๐ณ๐ท Nauru ยท ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ยท ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand ยท ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua ยท ๐ณ๐ด Norway ยท ๐ด๐ฒ Oman ยท ๐ต๐ผ Palau ยท ๐ต๐ฆ Panama ยท ๐ต๐พ Paraguay ยท ๐ต๐ช Peru ยท ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ยท ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar ยท ๐ท๐ด Romania ยท ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa ยท ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino ยท ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia ยท ๐ท๐ธ Serbia ยท ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles ยท ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore ยท ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia ยท ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia ยท ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands ยท ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ยท ๐ช๐ธ Spain ยท ๐ฐ๐ณ St. Kitts & Nevis ยท ๐ฑ๐จ St. Lucia ยท ๐ป๐จ St. Vincent & Grenadines ยท ๐ธ๐ท Suriname ยท ๐ธ๐ช Sweden ยท ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ยท ๐น๐ผ Taiwan ยท ๐น๐ญ Thailand ยท ๐น๐ด Tonga ยท ๐น๐น Trinidad & Tobago ยท ๐น๐ณ Tunisia ยท ๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye ยท ๐น๐ป Tuvalu ยท ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates ยท ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom ยท ๐บ๐ธ United States ยท ๐บ๐พ Uruguay ยท ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican City ยท ๐ป๐ช Venezuela
- Stay
- 90 days. Canada 6 months, Lesotho 60 days, 30 days for some countries.[1]
- 30 days: Albania, Andorra, Bahrain, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brunei, Cyprus, Eswatini, Fiji, Guyana, Honduras, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Oman, Palau, Paraguay, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Vatican City
- 60 days: Lesotho
- 180 days: Canada
- Fee
- Free. K-ETA has its own fee.[3]
Requirements
- No commercial activities during the stay.[1]
- Visa-free travellers without K-ETA approval submit the e-Arrival Card.[8]
Visa-free
Visa exemption (limited per period)
Visa-free entry with a stay limit within 180 days Who can use this: 3 passports[1]
Kazakhstan: 30 days in a row, not exceeding 60 days within 180 days. Portugal: 90 days in a row, not exceeding 90 days within 180 days. Russia: 60 days in a row, not exceeding 90 days within 180 days.
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๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan ยท ๐ต๐น Portugal ยท ๐ท๐บ Russia
- Stay
- Stay set at entry. Kazakhstan 30 days per entry, 60 days within 180 days. Portugal 90 days within 180 days. Russia 60 days per entry, 90 days within 180 days.[1]
- Fee
- Free. K-ETA has its own fee.[3]
Requirements
- Visa-free travellers without K-ETA approval submit the e-Arrival Card.[8]
Visa-free
Jeju Island visa-free entry
Visa-free entry to Jeju Island Who can use this: All passports except: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cuba, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Yemen[11]
Direct flight from overseas to Jeju Island without stopping elsewhere in Korea. Nationals of K-ETA eligible countries need K-ETA unless exempt.
Direct flights to Jeju Island only; the stay is limited to Jeju.
- Stay
- Stay set at entry
- Entry points
- Only at these entry points[11]
Jeju International Airport (direct flights from overseas only)
Non-direct routes via Seoul or Busan are not eligible.
Requirements
- Direct flight from overseas to Jeju Island.[11]
- Nationals of designated countries who want to travel from Jeju to other parts of Korea need a stay-area extension permit from the Jeju immigration office (2022 notice, Korean).[12]
Visa-free
Visa-free group tours (China)
Visa-free entry permit system for Chinese group tourists Who can use this: 1 passports[13]
Chinese nationals who join specific group tours in China.
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๐จ๐ณ China
Chinese nationals on designated group tours only.
- Stay
- Stay set at entry
- Scheme runs
- Valid until December 31, 2026
Requirements
- Join a group tour arranged in China.[13]
Extended from 2026-07-01 to 2026-12-31.
Visa-free with online authorization
K-ETA
Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) Who can use this: 110 passports[1][4][5][6]
Nationals of 22 countries and regions are temporarily exempt until 2026-12-31 (AU, AT, BE, CA, DK, FI, FR, DE, HK, IT, JP, MO, NL, NZ, NO, PL, SG, ES, SE, TW, GB, US including Guam). Travellers aged 17 or younger or 65 or older, diplomatic or official passport holders, US forces under SOFA, crew, APEC Business Travel Card holders, transfer passengers, registered foreigners and visa holders, and UN passport holders are exempt.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania ยท ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra ยท ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua & Barbuda ยท ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina ยท ๐ฆ๐บ Australia ยท ๐ฆ๐น Austria ยท ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas ยท ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain ยท ๐ง๐ง Barbados ยท ๐ง๐ช Belgium ยท ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina ยท ๐ง๐ผ Botswana ยท ๐ง๐ท Brazil ยท ๐ง๐ณ Brunei ยท ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria ยท ๐จ๐ฆ Canada ยท ๐จ๐ฑ Chile ยท ๐จ๐ด Colombia ยท ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica ยท ๐ญ๐ท Croatia ยท ๐จ๐พ Cyprus ยท ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia ยท ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark ยท ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica ยท ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic ยท ๐ช๐จ Ecuador ยท ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador ยท ๐ช๐ช Estonia ยท ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini ยท ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji ยท ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท ๐ซ๐ท France ยท ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ยท ๐ฌ๐ท Greece ยท ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada ยท ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala ยท ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana ยท ๐ญ๐น Haiti ยท ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras ยท ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong SAR China ยท ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ยท ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland ยท ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ยท ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ยท ๐ฎ๐น Italy ยท ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica ยท ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ยท ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan ยท ๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati ยท ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait ยท ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia ยท ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho ยท ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein ยท ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania ยท ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg ยท ๐ฒ๐ด Macao SAR China ยท ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ยท ๐ฒ๐น Malta ยท ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands ยท ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius ยท ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico ยท ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesia ยท ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco ยท ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro ยท ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ยท ๐ณ๐ท Nauru ยท ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ยท ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand ยท ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua ยท ๐ณ๐ด Norway ยท ๐ด๐ฒ Oman ยท ๐ต๐ผ Palau ยท ๐ต๐ฆ Panama ยท ๐ต๐พ Paraguay ยท ๐ต๐ช Peru ยท ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ยท ๐ต๐น Portugal ยท ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar ยท ๐ท๐ด Romania ยท ๐ท๐บ Russia ยท ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa ยท ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino ยท ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia ยท ๐ท๐ธ Serbia ยท ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles ยท ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore ยท ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia ยท ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia ยท ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands ยท ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ยท ๐ช๐ธ Spain ยท ๐ฐ๐ณ St. Kitts & Nevis ยท ๐ฑ๐จ St. Lucia ยท ๐ป๐จ St. Vincent & Grenadines ยท ๐ธ๐ท Suriname ยท ๐ธ๐ช Sweden ยท ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ยท ๐น๐ผ Taiwan ยท ๐น๐ญ Thailand ยท ๐น๐ด Tonga ยท ๐น๐น Trinidad & Tobago ยท ๐น๐ณ Tunisia ยท ๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye ยท ๐น๐ป Tuvalu ยท ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates ยท ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom ยท ๐บ๐ธ United States ยท ๐บ๐พ Uruguay ยท ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican City ยท ๐ป๐ช Venezuela
- Stay
- Stay set at entry. K-ETA only authorizes boarding; the stay is the one set for the nationality.[1]
- Fee
- โฉ10,000. Per person, non-refundable; online payment processing fees of about 3 percent may apply.[3]
- Processing
- Generally within 72 hours.[2]
Requirements
- Valid passport, valid e-mail address, ID photo and a credit or debit card for the fee.[1]
The temporary exemption for 22 countries and regions ends on 2026-12-31.
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Visa-free transit (B-2)
Visa Free Entry for Third Country Transit Passengers (B-2) Who can use this: All passports except: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cuba, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Yemen[9]
Travellers from the listed countries need a visa. Passengers must be travelling from their home country to a third country via Korea, or back.
- Stay
- 30 days. B-2, maximum 30 days.[9]
Requirements
- A valid visa (including permanent residency) of Canada, the United States (including Guam and Saipan), New Zealand or Australia, or of one of 32 listed European countries; European visas count only as a passport sticker.[9]
- A flight ticket reserved for departure within 30 days.[9]
- Stay in a third transfer country other than Korea of no more than 3 days; a trip only from the departure country to Korea and back requires a visa.[9]
- No refusal of entry to Korea within 3 years and no fine of KRW 5 million or more or deportation for illegal stay or crimes.[9]
Transfer passengers at Incheon Airport can also enter for up to 3 days with the Transit Tourism Program.
Visa from an embassy
Visa from an embassy or consulate
Short-term visit visa (C-3) Who can use this: All passports[15]
- Stay
- Stay set at entry. Stay length depends on the visa issued.
- Processing
- Regular processing at the Embassy in Ottawa is about 10 business days; other missions may differ.[15]
Requirements
- Regular visas must be used within 3 months of issue.[15]
- Visa labels are no longer issued; holders print the Visa Grant Notice on the Korea Visa Portal.[15]
Fees vary by mission and nationality.
Apply on the official site (www.visa.go.kr)