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South Korea visa requirements in 2026

What South Korea's border demands, by nationality — 111 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Who can enter South Korea

Fiji — Visa Not RequiredTanzania, United Republic of — Embassy VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUnited States — Visa Not RequiredKazakhstan — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — Embassy VisaIndonesia — Embassy VisaArgentina — Electronic Travel AuthorizationChile — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomalia — Embassy VisaKenya — Embassy VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Electronic Travel AuthorizationDominican Republic — Electronic Travel AuthorizationRussian Federation — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBahamas — Electronic Travel AuthorizationFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGreenland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationFrench Southern Territories — Electronic Travel AuthorizationTimor-Leste — Embassy VisaSouth Africa — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLesotho — Electronic Travel AuthorizationMexico — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUruguay — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBrazil — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBolivia, Plurinational State of — Embassy VisaPeru — Electronic Travel AuthorizationColombia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationPanama — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCosta Rica — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNicaragua — Electronic Travel AuthorizationHonduras — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEl Salvador — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGuatemala — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBelize — Embassy VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGuyana — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSuriname — Electronic Travel AuthorizationFrance — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEcuador — Electronic Travel AuthorizationPuerto RicoJamaica — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCuba — Embassy VisaZimbabwe — Embassy VisaBotswana — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNamibia — Embassy VisaSenegal — Embassy VisaMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Embassy VisaBenin — Embassy VisaNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Embassy VisaGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Embassy VisaGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Embassy VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Embassy VisaEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Embassy VisaMalawi — Embassy VisaMozambique — Embassy VisaEswatini — Electronic Travel AuthorizationAngola — Embassy VisaBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Embassy VisaPalestine, State of — Embassy VisaGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Electronic Travel AuthorizationKuwait — Electronic Travel AuthorizationIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Electronic Travel AuthorizationVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — Embassy VisaThailand — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLao People's Democratic Republic — Embassy VisaMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — Embassy VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic ofMongolia — Embassy VisaIndia — Embassy VisaBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — Embassy VisaNepal — Embassy VisaPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Embassy VisaKyrgyzstan — Embassy VisaTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Embassy VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — Embassy VisaPoland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationAustria — Visa Not RequiredHungary — Visa Not RequiredMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Visa Not RequiredLithuania — Visa Not RequiredLatvia — Visa Not RequiredEstonia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGermany — Visa Not RequiredBulgaria — Visa Not RequiredGreece — Visa Not RequiredTürkiye — Electronic Travel AuthorizationAlbania — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCroatia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSwitzerland — Visa Not RequiredLuxembourg — E-VisaBelgium — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNetherlands — Visa Not RequiredPortugal — Visa Not RequiredSpain — Visa Not RequiredIreland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNew Zealand — Electronic Travel AuthorizationAustralia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSri Lanka — Embassy VisaChina — Embassy VisaTaiwan, Province of China — Electronic Travel AuthorizationItaly — Visa Not RequiredDenmark — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUnited Kingdom — Visa Not RequiredIceland — E-VisaAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — Embassy VisaPhilippines — Embassy VisaMalaysia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBrunei Darussalam — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSlovenia — Visa Not RequiredFinland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSlovakia — Visa Not RequiredCzechia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Electronic Travel AuthorizationParaguay — Electronic Travel AuthorizationYemen — E-VisaSaudi Arabia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCyprus — Visa Not RequiredMorocco — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Embassy VisaDjibouti — Embassy VisaUganda — Embassy VisaRwanda — Embassy VisaBosnia and Herzegovina — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationMontenegro — Electronic Travel AuthorizationTrinidad and Tobago — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
Visa Not Required Electronic Travel Authorization E-Visa Embassy Visa
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Antigua and Barbuda
Austria
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Fiji
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Kiribati
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Monaco
Nauru
Netherlands
Portugal
Romania
Samoa
San Marino
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Electronic Travel Authorization 80
Albania
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czechia
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Eswatini
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Greenland
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Macao
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Oman
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Qatar
Russian Federation
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Suriname
Sweden
Taiwan, Province of China
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Uruguay
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
E-Visa 5
British Indian Ocean Territory
Iceland
Luxembourg
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Yemen
Embassy Visa 86
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Palestine, State of
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Timor-Leste
Togo
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
South Korea's entry routes
Electronic Travel Authorization
Fee
10,000 KRW

Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.