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South Korea visa requirements

How holders of every other passport can enter South Korea, and for how long.

UpdatedSep 28, 2026About the data

Visa-free

33of 198 passports

Rank 132 of 199 destinations

Mobility score

110of 198 passports

Visa-free, on arrival or with an eTA · rank 59

Visa needed in advance

87passports

2 by eVisa and 85 through an embassy; 1 more restricted

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Who can visit South Korea

Each country is coloured by how holders of its passport can enter South Korea.

Every passport

198 passports

The entry rule for South Korea for holders of each passport.
Passport	Region	Entry rule
AfghanistanAFG	Asia	Visa required
AlbaniaALB	Europe	eTA required30 days
AlgeriaDZA	Africa	Visa required
AndorraAND	Europe	eTA required30 days
AngolaAGO	Africa	Visa required
Antigua & BarbudaATG	Americas	Visa-free90 days
ArgentinaARG	Americas	eTA required90 days
ArmeniaARM	Asia	Visa required
AustraliaAUS	Oceania	eTA required90 days
AustriaAUT	Europe	Visa-free90 days
AzerbaijanAZE	Asia	Visa required
BahamasBHS	Americas	eTA required90 days
BahrainBHR	Asia	eTA required30 days
BangladeshBGD	Asia	Visa required
BarbadosBRB	Americas	eTA required90 days
BelarusBLR	Europe	Visa required
BelgiumBEL	Europe	eTA required90 days
BelizeBLZ	Americas	Visa required
BeninBEN	Africa	Visa required
BhutanBTN	Asia	Visa required
BoliviaBOL	Americas	Visa required
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH	Europe	eTA required30 days
BotswanaBWA	Africa	eTA required90 days
BrazilBRA	Americas	eTA required90 days
BruneiBRN	Asia	eTA required30 days
BulgariaBGR	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Burkina FasoBFA	Africa	Visa required
BurundiBDI	Africa	Visa required
CambodiaKHM	Asia	Visa required
CameroonCMR	Africa	Visa required
CanadaCAN	Americas	eTA required180 days
Cape VerdeCPV	Africa	Visa required
Central African RepublicCAF	Africa	Visa required
ChadTCD	Africa	Visa required
ChileCHL	Americas	eTA required90 days
ChinaCHN	Asia	eVisa required
ColombiaCOL	Americas	eTA required90 days
ComorosCOM	Africa	Visa required
Costa RicaCRI	Americas	eTA required90 days
Côte d’IvoireCIV	Africa	Visa required
CroatiaHRV	Europe	eTA required90 days
CubaCUB	Americas	Visa required
CyprusCYP	Asia	Visa-free30 days
CzechiaCZE	Europe	eTA required90 days
DenmarkDNK	Europe	eTA required90 days
DjiboutiDJI	Africa	Visa required
DominicaDMA	Americas	eTA required90 days
Dominican RepublicDOM	Americas	eTA required90 days
DR CongoCOD	Africa	Visa required
EcuadorECU	Americas	eTA required90 days
EgyptEGY	Africa	Visa required
El SalvadorSLV	Americas	eTA required90 days
Equatorial GuineaGNQ	Africa	Visa required
EritreaERI	Africa	Visa required
EstoniaEST	Europe	eTA required90 days
EswatiniSWZ	Africa	eTA required30 days
EthiopiaETH	Africa	Visa required
FijiFJI	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
FinlandFIN	Europe	eTA required90 days
FranceFRA	Europe	eTA required90 days
GabonGAB	Africa	Visa required
GambiaGMB	Africa	Visa required
GeorgiaGEO	Asia	Visa required
GermanyDEU	Europe	Visa-free90 days
GhanaGHA	Africa	Visa required
GreeceGRC	Europe	Visa-free90 days
GrenadaGRD	Americas	eTA required90 days
GuatemalaGTM	Americas	eTA required90 days
GuineaGIN	Africa	Visa required
Guinea-BissauGNB	Africa	Visa required
GuyanaGUY	Americas	eTA required30 days
HaitiHTI	Americas	eTA required90 days
HondurasHND	Americas	eTA required30 days
Hong KongHKG	Asia	Visa-free90 days
HungaryHUN	Europe	Visa-free90 days
IcelandISL	Europe	Visa-free90 days
IndiaIND	Asia	Visa required
IndonesiaIDN	Asia	Visa required
IranIRN	Asia	Visa required
IraqIRQ	Asia	Visa required
IrelandIRL	Europe	eTA required90 days
IsraelISR	Asia	eTA required90 days
ItalyITA	Europe	Visa-free90 days
JamaicaJAM	Americas	eTA required90 days
JapanJPN	Asia	eTA required90 days
JordanJOR	Asia	Visa required
KazakhstanKAZ	Asia	eTA required30 days
KenyaKEN	Africa	Visa required
KiribatiKIR	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
KosovoRKS	Europe	Visa required
KuwaitKWT	Asia	eTA required30 days
KyrgyzstanKGZ	Asia	Visa required
LaosLAO	Asia	Visa required
LatviaLVA	Europe	Visa-free90 days
LebanonLBN	Asia	Visa required
LesothoLSO	Africa	eTA required60 days
LiberiaLBR	Africa	Visa required
LibyaLBY	Africa	Visa required
LiechtensteinLIE	Europe	eTA required90 days
LithuaniaLTU	Europe	Visa-free90 days
LuxembourgLUX	Europe	eTA required90 days
MacaoMAC	Asia	eTA required90 days
MadagascarMDG	Africa	Visa required
MalawiMWI	Africa	Visa required
MalaysiaMYS	Asia	eTA required90 days
MaldivesMDV	Asia	Visa required
MaliMLI	Africa	Visa required
MaltaMLT	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Marshall IslandsMHL	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
MauritaniaMRT	Africa	Visa required
MauritiusMUS	Africa	eTA required30 days
MexicoMEX	Americas	eTA required90 days
MicronesiaFSM	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
MoldovaMDA	Europe	Visa required
MonacoMCO	Europe	Visa-free30 days
MongoliaMNG	Asia	Visa required
MontenegroMNE	Europe	eTA required30 days
MoroccoMAR	Africa	eTA required90 days
MozambiqueMOZ	Africa	Visa required
Myanmar (Burma)MMR	Asia	Visa required
NamibiaNAM	Africa	Visa required
NauruNRU	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
NepalNPL	Asia	Visa required
NetherlandsNLD	Europe	Visa-free90 days
New ZealandNZL	Oceania	eTA required90 days
NicaraguaNIC	Americas	eTA required90 days
NigerNER	Africa	Visa required
NigeriaNGA	Africa	Visa required
North KoreaPRK	Asia	Entry restricted
North MacedoniaMKD	Europe	Visa required
NorwayNOR	Europe	eTA required90 days
OmanOMN	Asia	eTA required30 days
PakistanPAK	Asia	Visa required
PalauPLW	Oceania	eTA required30 days
PalestinePSE	Asia	Visa required
PanamaPAN	Americas	eTA required90 days
Papua New GuineaPNG	Oceania	Visa required
ParaguayPRY	Americas	eTA required30 days
PeruPER	Americas	eTA required90 days
PhilippinesPHL	Asia	Visa required
PolandPOL	Europe	eTA required90 days
PortugalPRT	Europe	Visa-free90 days
QatarQAT	Asia	eTA required90 days
Republic of the CongoCOG	Africa	Visa required
RomaniaROU	Europe	Visa-free90 days
RussiaRUS	Europe	eTA required60 days
RwandaRWA	Africa	Visa required
SamoaWSM	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
San MarinoSMR	Europe	Visa-free30 days
São Tomé & PríncipeSTP	Africa	Visa required
Saudi ArabiaSAU	Asia	eTA required30 days
SenegalSEN	Africa	Visa required
SerbiaSRB	Europe	eTA required90 days
SeychellesSYC	Africa	eTA required30 days
Sierra LeoneSLE	Africa	Visa required
SingaporeSGP	Asia	Visa-free90 days
SlovakiaSVK	Europe	Visa-free90 days
SloveniaSVN	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Solomon IslandsSLB	Oceania	eTA required30 days
SomaliaSOM	Africa	Visa required
South AfricaZAF	Africa	eTA required30 days
South SudanSSD	Africa	Visa required
SpainESP	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Sri LankaLKA	Asia	Visa required
St. Kitts & NevisKNA	Americas	eTA required90 days
St. LuciaLCA	Americas	eTA required90 days
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVCT	Americas	eTA required90 days
SudanSDN	Africa	Visa required
SurinameSUR	Americas	eTA required90 days
SwedenSWE	Europe	eTA required90 days
SwitzerlandCHE	Europe	Visa-free90 days
SyriaSYR	Asia	Visa required
TaiwanTWN	Asia	eTA required90 days
TajikistanTJK	Asia	Visa required
TanzaniaTZA	Africa	Visa required
ThailandTHA	Asia	eTA required90 days
Timor-LesteTLS	Asia	Visa required
TogoTGO	Africa	Visa required
TongaTON	Oceania	eTA required30 days
Trinidad & TobagoTTO	Americas	eTA required90 days
TunisiaTUN	Africa	eTA required30 days
TürkiyeTUR	Asia	eTA required90 days
TurkmenistanTKM	Asia	Visa required
TuvaluTUV	Oceania	Visa-free30 days
UgandaUGA	Africa	Visa required
UkraineUKR	Europe	Visa required
United Arab EmiratesARE	Asia	Visa-free90 days
United KingdomGBR	Europe	Visa-free90 days
United StatesUSA	Americas	Visa-free90 days
UruguayURY	Americas	eTA required90 days
UzbekistanUZB	Asia	Visa required
VanuatuVUT	Oceania	Visa required
Vatican CityVAT	Europe	eTA required30 days
VenezuelaVEN	Americas	eTA required90 days
VietnamVNM	Asia	Visa required
YemenYEM	Asia	eVisa required
ZambiaZMB	Africa	Visa required
ZimbabweZWE	Africa	Visa required

An eTA or eVisa requires approval before travel. Missing stay durations do not mean unlimited entry. How to read this data.