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Do I Need a Visa to Visit South Korea?

See how passport holders can enter South Korea, grouped by visa-free, eVisa, visa on arrival, ETA, and embassy visa requirements.

South Korea Visa Overview

South Korea currently allows 56 passports visa-free entry out of 117 passports tracked.

Visa-Free 56 passports
eVisa Required 16 passports
ETA Required 45 passports

Visa-Free (56 passports)

AU Australia (AU) Visa-Free
AT Austria (AT) Visa-Free
BH Bahrain (BH) Visa-Free
BE Belgium (BE) Visa-Free
BN Brunei (BN) Visa-Free
BG Bulgaria (BG) Visa-Free
CA Canada (CA) Visa-Free
CO Colombia (CO) Visa-Free
HR Croatia (HR) Visa-Free
CY Cyprus (CY) Visa-Free
DK Denmark (DK) Visa-Free
EE Estonia (EE) Visa-Free
FJ Fiji (FJ) Visa-Free
FI Finland (FI) Visa-Free
FR France (FR) Visa-Free
DE Germany (DE) Visa-Free
GR Greece (GR) Visa-Free
HU Hungary (HU) Visa-Free
IS Iceland (IS) Visa-Free
IE Ireland (IE) Visa-Free
IL Israel (IL) Visa-Free
IT Italy (IT) Visa-Free
JP Japan (JP) Visa-Free
KI Kiribati (KI) Visa-Free
KW Kuwait (KW) Visa-Free
LV Latvia (LV) Visa-Free
LI Liechtenstein (LI) Visa-Free
LT Lithuania (LT) Visa-Free
LU Luxembourg (LU) Visa-Free
MT Malta (MT) Visa-Free
MH Marshall Islands (MH) Visa-Free
FM Micronesia (FM) Visa-Free
MC Monaco (MC) Visa-Free
NR Nauru (NR) Visa-Free
NL Netherlands (NL) Visa-Free
NZ New Zealand (NZ) Visa-Free
NO Norway (NO) Visa-Free
OM Oman (OM) Visa-Free
PL Poland (PL) Visa-Free
PT Portugal (PT) Visa-Free
QA Qatar (QA) Visa-Free
RO Romania (RO) Visa-Free
WS Samoa (WS) Visa-Free
SM San Marino (SM) Visa-Free
SA Saudi Arabia (SA) Visa-Free
SG Singapore (SG) Visa-Free
SK Slovakia (SK) Visa-Free
SI Slovenia (SI) Visa-Free
ES Spain (ES) Visa-Free
SE Sweden (SE) Visa-Free
CH Switzerland (CH) Visa-Free
TO Tonga (TO) Visa-Free
TV Tuvalu (TV) Visa-Free
AE United Arab Emirates (AE) Visa-Free
GB United Kingdom (GB) Visa-Free
VA Vatican City (VA) Visa-Free

eVisa Required (16 passports)

AF Afghanistan (AF) eVisa Required
AM Armenia (AM) eVisa Required
AZ Azerbaijan (AZ) eVisa Required
BD Bangladesh (BD) eVisa Required
BT Bhutan (BT) eVisa Required
KH Cambodia (KH) eVisa Required
CN China (CN) eVisa Required
GE Georgia (GE) eVisa Required
IN India (IN) eVisa Required
ID Indonesia (ID) eVisa Required
IR Iran (IR) eVisa Required
LR Liberia (LR) eVisa Required
MN Mongolia (MN) eVisa Required
PH Philippines (PH) eVisa Required
TL Timor-Leste (TL) eVisa Required
UZ Uzbekistan (UZ) eVisa Required

ETA Required (45 passports)

AL Albania (AL) ETA Required
AD Andorra (AD) ETA Required
AG Antigua and Barbuda (AG) ETA Required
AR Argentina (AR) ETA Required
BS Bahamas (BS) ETA Required
BB Barbados (BB) ETA Required
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) ETA Required
BW Botswana (BW) ETA Required
BR Brazil (BR) ETA Required
CL Chile (CL) ETA Required
CR Costa Rica (CR) ETA Required
DM Dominica (DM) ETA Required
DO Dominican Republic (DO) ETA Required
EC Ecuador (EC) ETA Required
SV El Salvador (SV) ETA Required
SZ Eswatini (SZ) ETA Required
GD Grenada (GD) ETA Required
GT Guatemala (GT) ETA Required
GY Guyana (GY) ETA Required
HT Haiti (HT) ETA Required
HN Honduras (HN) ETA Required
JM Jamaica (JM) ETA Required
KZ Kazakhstan (KZ) ETA Required
LS Lesotho (LS) ETA Required
MY Malaysia (MY) ETA Required
MU Mauritius (MU) ETA Required
MX Mexico (MX) ETA Required
ME Montenegro (ME) ETA Required
MA Morocco (MA) ETA Required
NI Nicaragua (NI) ETA Required
PA Panama (PA) ETA Required
PY Paraguay (PY) ETA Required
PE Peru (PE) ETA Required
RU Russia (RU) ETA Required
RS Serbia (RS) ETA Required
SC Seychelles (SC) ETA Required
SB Solomon Islands (SB) ETA Required
ZA South Africa (ZA) ETA Required
VC St. Vincent and the Grenadines (VC) ETA Required
SR Suriname (SR) ETA Required
TH Thailand (TH) ETA Required
TT Trinidad and Tobago (TT) ETA Required
TN Tunisia (TN) ETA Required
UY Uruguay (UY) ETA Required
VE Venezuela (VE) ETA Required

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