COVID-19 Travel Regulations Map : Korea
Published 16.09.2020 1. Short-term visas (type C-1 and C-3) issued on or before 5 April are no
longer valid.
2. Suspension of visa exemptions for nationals of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Rep., Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Marshall Isl., Mauritius,
Micronesia(Federated States), Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Fed., Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Isl., South Africa, Spain, St. Lucia, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates or Uruguay with a normal passport.
- This does not apply to airline crew.
- This does not apply to passengers with an APEC Business Travel Card.
- This does not apply to passengers with a diplomatic, an official or a service passport.
3. Suspension of visa exemptions for nationals of Japan.
4. Suspension of visa exemptions for passengers with a Chinese Taipei (on the cover: Republic of China Taiwan) normal passport.
5. Suspension of visa exemptions for passengers with a Hong Kong (SAR China) passport.
6. Suspension of visa exemptions for passengers with a Macao (SAR China) passport.
7. Passengers are subject to quarantine for 14 days and to a PCR test for Coronavirus (COVID-19) within 3 days after arrival.
- This does not apply to passengers with an Isolation Exemption Certificate issued by a Korean Embassy or Consulate before departure. They must be tested on Coronavirus (COVID-19) upon arrival and stay at designated quarantine facilities for 1 or 2 days until a negative test result is obtained.
8. A completed Health Declaration Form and a Special Quarantine Declaration
Form must be presented to the quarantine desk upon arrival.
9. All flights must arrive at Incheon International Airport (ICN) between 05:00 and 20:00.
10. Passengers with a Re-Entry Permit issued by Korea (Rep.) who left Korea (Rep.) after 1 June 2020 must have a medical certificate issued at most 72 hours before departure. The certificate must be in English or Korean.
- This does not apply to passengers with status Diplomats (A-1), Government Officials (A-2, A-3) or Overseas Korean (F-4).
- This does not apply to passengers with a diagnosis exemption form.
- This does not apply to nationals of Korea (Rep.).
11. Passengers are not allowed to transit Korea (Rep.) for more than 24 hours.
12. Nationals of Mongolia are not allowed to transit if they depart from Mongolia or travel onward to Mongolia.
- This does not apply to airline crew.
13. Nationals of Russian Fed. are not allowed to transit if they depart from Russian Fed. or travel onward to Russian Fed.
- This does not apply to airline crew.
14. Nationals of Thailand are not allowed to transit if they depart from Thailand or travel onward to Thailand.
- This does not apply to airline crew.
15. Passengers with a visa on an expired passport must present a printed
"Visa Grant Notice" and the expired passport to the immigration upon arrival.
16. Passengers who have been in Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Philippines or Uzbekistan in the past 14 days must have a medical certificate with a negative Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before departure. The certificate must be in English or Korean.
- This does not apply to nationals of Korea (Rep.).
17. Merchant seamen with a visa must have a medical certificate with a
negative Coronavirus(COVID-19) PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before departure. The certificate must be in English or Korean, and the passengers must have two copies of the certificate.
