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🇰🇷 Who needs a visa for South Korea?

U.S. State Department travel advisory for South Korea: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (updated 28 May 2025). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.

Travel essentials for South Korea

Neighbouring countries: 🇰🇵 North Korea

Visa requirements by passport

Entry requirements for South Korea by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of South Korea before you travel.

Visa-free (58)

• 🇦🇺 Australia · 90 days
• 🇦🇹 Austria · 90 days
• 🇧🇭 Bahrain · 30 days
• 🇧🇪 Belgium · 90 days
• 🇧🇳 Brunei · 30 days
• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 90 days
• 🇭🇷 Croatia · 90 days
• 🇨🇾 Cyprus · 30 days
• 🇨🇿 Czech Republic · 90 days
• 🇩🇰 Denmark · 90 days
• 🇪🇪 Estonia · 90 days
• 🇫🇯 Fiji · 30 days
• 🇫🇮 Finland · 90 days
• 🇩🇪 Germany · 90 days
• 🇬🇷 Greece · 90 days
• 🇭🇰 Hong Kong · 90 days
• 🇭🇺 Hungary · 90 days
• 🇮🇸 Iceland · 90 days
• 🇮🇪 Ireland · 90 days
• 🇮🇱 Israel · 90 days
• 🇮🇹 Italy · 90 days
• 🇯🇵 Japan · 90 days
• 🇰🇮 Kiribati · 30 days
• 🇰🇼 Kuwait · 30 days
• 🇱🇻 Latvia · 90 days
• 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · 90 days
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 90 days
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 90 days
• 🇲🇴 Macau · 90 days
• 🇲🇹 Malta · 90 days
• 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands · 30 days
• 🇫🇲 Micronesia · 30 days
• 🇲🇨 Monaco · 30 days
• 🇳🇷 Nauru · 30 days
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 90 days
• 🇳🇿 New Zealand · 90 days
• 🇳🇴 Norway · 90 days
• 🇴🇲 Oman · 30 days
• 🇵🇼 Palau · 30 days
• 🇵🇱 Poland · 90 days
• 🇵🇹 Portugal · 90 days
• 🇶🇦 Qatar · 90 days
• 🇷🇴 Romania · 90 days
• 🇼🇸 Samoa · 30 days
• 🇸🇲 San Marino · 30 days
• 🇸🇬 Singapore · 90 days
• 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 90 days
• 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 90 days
• 🇪🇸 Spain · 90 days
• 🇸🇪 Sweden · 90 days
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 90 days
• 🇹🇼 Taiwan · 90 days
• 🇹🇴 Tonga · 30 days
• 🇹🇻 Tuvalu · 30 days
• 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · 90 days
• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 90 days
• 🇺🇸 United States · 90 days
• 🇻🇦 Vatican City · 30 days

ETA required (52)

• 🇦🇱 Albania
• 🇦🇩 Andorra
• 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
• 🇦🇷 Argentina
• 🇧🇸 Bahamas
• 🇧🇧 Barbados
• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 🇧🇼 Botswana
• 🇧🇷 Brazil
• 🇨🇦 Canada
• 🇨🇱 Chile
• 🇨🇴 Colombia · 90 days
• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
• 🇩🇲 Dominica
• 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
• 🇪🇨 Ecuador
• 🇸🇻 El Salvador
• 🇸🇿 Eswatini
• 🇫🇷 France · 90 days
• 🇬🇩 Grenada
• 🇬🇹 Guatemala
• 🇬🇾 Guyana
• 🇭🇹 Haiti
• 🇭🇳 Honduras
• 🇯🇲 Jamaica
• 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
• 🇱🇸 Lesotho
• 🇲🇾 Malaysia
• 🇲🇺 Mauritius
• 🇲🇽 Mexico
• 🇲🇪 Montenegro
• 🇲🇦 Morocco
• 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
• 🇵🇦 Panama
• 🇵🇾 Paraguay
• 🇵🇪 Peru
• 🇷🇺 Russia
• 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
• 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · 30 days
• 🇷🇸 Serbia
• 🇸🇨 Seychelles
• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
• 🇿🇦 South Africa
• 🇸🇷 Suriname
• 🇹🇭 Thailand
• 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
• 🇹🇳 Tunisia
• 🇹🇷 Turkey
• 🇺🇾 Uruguay
• 🇻🇪 Venezuela

e-Visa (47)

• 🇦🇴 Angola
• 🇦🇲 Armenia
• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
• 🇧🇾 Belarus
• 🇧🇿 Belize
• 🇧🇯 Benin
• 🇧🇹 Bhutan
• 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
• 🇧🇮 Burundi
• 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
• 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
• 🇹🇩 Chad
• 🇨🇳 China
• 🇰🇲 Comoros
• 🇩🇯 Djibouti
• 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
• 🇪🇷 Eritrea
• 🇬🇦 Gabon
• 🇬🇪 Georgia
• 🇬🇳 Guinea
• 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
• 🇽🇰 Kosovo
• 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
• 🇱🇦 Laos
• 🇱🇾 Libya
• 🇲🇬 Madagascar
• 🇲🇻 Maldives
• 🇲🇱 Mali
• 🇲🇷 Mauritania
• 🇲🇩 Moldova
• 🇲🇳 Mongolia
• 🇲🇿 Mozambique
• 🇳🇪 Niger
• 🇰🇵 North Korea
• 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
• 🇵🇸 Palestine
• 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
• 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
• 🇸🇸 South Sudan
• 🇸🇾 Syria
• 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
• 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
• 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
• 🇹🇬 Togo
• 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
• 🇾🇪 Yemen

Visa required (41)

• 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
• 🇩🇿 Algeria
• 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
• 🇧🇴 Bolivia
• 🇰🇭 Cambodia
• 🇨🇲 Cameroon
• 🇨🇺 Cuba
• 🇨🇩 DR Congo
• 🇪🇬 Egypt
• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
• 🇬🇲 Gambia
• 🇬🇭 Ghana
• 🇮🇳 India
• 🇮🇩 Indonesia
• 🇮🇷 Iran
• 🇮🇶 Iraq
• 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
• 🇯🇴 Jordan
• 🇰🇪 Kenya
• 🇱🇧 Lebanon
• 🇱🇷 Liberia
• 🇲🇼 Malawi
• 🇲🇲 Myanmar
• 🇳🇦 Namibia
• 🇳🇵 Nepal
• 🇳🇬 Nigeria
• 🇵🇰 Pakistan
• 🇵🇭 Philippines
• 🇷🇼 Rwanda
• 🇸🇳 Senegal
• 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
• 🇸🇴 Somalia
• 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
• 🇸🇩 Sudan
• 🇹🇿 Tanzania
• 🇺🇬 Uganda
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
• 🇻🇳 Vietnam
• 🇿🇲 Zambia
• 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe