Visa guide · KR
South Korea visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for South Korea for 189 passports: 38 can visit visa-free, 64 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 87 must apply in person or give biometrics.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
38
Visa-free
63
eTA
1
eVisa
87
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Antigua and Barbuda90 days
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Fiji30 days
- Germany90 days
- Hong Kong90 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Italy90 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Monaco90 days
- Nauru30 days
- Netherlands90 days
- Norway30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Romania90 days
- Samoa30 days
- San Marino90 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Spain90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
eTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)- Albania30 days
- Andorra90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Bahrain90 days
- Barbados30 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brunei90 days
- Canada90 days
- Chile30 days
- Colombia90 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Croatia30 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Dominica90 days
- Dominican Republic90 days
- Ecuador90 days
- El Salvador30 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Finland90 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Jamaica90 days
- Japan90 days
- Kazakhstan60 days
- Kuwait90 days
- Lesotho90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Mexico90 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Morocco90 days
- New Zealand30 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- Palau30 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Peru90 days
- Qatar90 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis90 days
- Saint Lucia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Serbia30 days
- Seychelles90 days
- Solomon Islands90 days
- South Africa90 days
- Taiwan90 days
- Thailand30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Türkiye90 days
- Uruguay30 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Venezuela30 days
eVisa
Fully online — no office visitEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan30 days
- Algeria30 days
- Angola
- Armenia30 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bangladesh90 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belize30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Cameroon30 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chad30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Côte d'Ivoire30 days
- Cuba30 days
- Djibouti30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Egypt90 days
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea30 days
- Ethiopia30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Gambia30 days
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau90 days
- India90 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iran90 days
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya30 days
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos30 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Liberia
- Macau90 days
- Madagascar30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Mali30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- Moldova30 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Myanmar30 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nepal30 days
- Niger30 days
- Nigeria30 days
- North Macedonia30 days
- Oman30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Philippines
- Republic of the Congo90 days
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Senegal30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Sudan
- Suriname90 days
- Syria30 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Timor-Leste90 days
- Togo30 days
- Tunisia30 days
- Turkmenistan30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan90 days
- Vanuatu90 days
- Vietnam30 days
- Yemen
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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