Eastern Asia
Eastern AsiaSouth Korea visa requirements
Travellers from 110 of 198 countries can visit South Korea easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit South Korea
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed44 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- eTA needed66 of 198 passportsA short online form, not a full visa.
- eVisa3 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed85 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of South Korea visa
- Tourist entry13 optionsEligible passport holders can visit without a visa, usually with K-ETA approval. Other visitors need a visa unless they qualify for a special tourist scheme.
- Transit entry3 optionsYou can generally change flights without a visa if you stay in the airport transit area and meet the time limit. Some passengers can also enter South Korea under a transit tour or a 30-day visa exemption.
- Business entry with an APEC card1 optionsEligible APEC Business Travel Card holders can make visa-free business trips for up to 90 days.
- Overseas Study visa1 optionsThe D-2 visa covers study at undergraduate level or above.
- Foreign Language Teaching visa1 optionsThe E-2 visa is for foreign language teachers working in South Korea.
- Residency visa1 optionsThe F-2 visa covers certain spouses and other eligible residents.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- AlbaniaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- AndorraeTA requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- ArgentinaeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- BahamaseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- BahraineTA requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BarbadoseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaeTA requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazileTA requiredSouth America90 days
- CanadaeTA requiredNorth America180 days
- ChileeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaeTA requiredCentral America90 days
- DominicaeTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepubliceTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadoreTA requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadoreTA requiredCentral America
- EstoniaeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatinieTA requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FinlandeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GrenadaeTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaeTA requiredCentral America90 days
- GuyanaeTA requiredSouth America
- HaitieTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- HonduraseTA requiredCentral America30 days
- IrelandeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- JamaicaeTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- JapaneTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstaneTA requiredCentral Asia
- KuwaiteTA requiredWestern Asia30 days
- LatviaeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoeTA requiredSouthern Africa60 days
- LiechtensteineTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalaysiaeTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MauritiuseTA requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoeTA requiredNorth America90 days
- MontenegroeTA requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoeTA requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NicaraguaeTA requiredCentral America90 days
- PanamaeTA requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayeTA requiredSouth America30 days
- PerueTA requiredSouth America90 days
- QatareTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RussiaeTA requiredEastern Europe60 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaeTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saudi ArabiaeTA requiredWestern Asia30 days
- SerbiaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychelleseTA requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Solomon IslandseTA requiredMelanesia30 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- SurinameeTA requiredSouth America
- TaiwaneTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- ThailandeTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TongaeTA requiredPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaeTA requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeeTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UruguayeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- Vatican CityeTA requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Americas32 of 35 countries
- Europe41 of 46 countries
- Oceania12 of 14 countries
- Asia17 of 49 countries
- Africa8 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter South Korea without a visa?
110 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for South Korea?
Visa needed: it applies to 85 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for South Korea?
85 passports, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria Bangladesh, and 80 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for South Korea?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for South Korea?
eVisa.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for South Korea?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for South Korea?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for South Korea?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for South Korea?
eTA needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to South Korea?
Americas: 32 of 35 passports enter without applying first.
Reviewed by @snuck