Passport, Visa and Health Information

Type: Critical
Summary

No, The travel documents held are not sufficient for the traveler's journey, or they may need additional documents as follows:

Type: Critical
Korea (Rep. of), South - Destination Passport

Passport required.

Document validity rules:

Passports and other documents accepted for entry must be valid on arrival.

Important:

Passengers arriving from Bahrain, Cambodia, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen must complete a Q-CODE form at https://tinyurl.com/mr2hx47c . It is strongly advised to complete the form before departure to ensure a smooth process at immigration.

This only applies to passengers who in the past 21 days have been in Minnesota, Michigan, Washington, California, Colorado or Pennsylvania.

This only applies to passengers who in the past 21 days have been in Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province, Jiangxi Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province and Hunan Province.

Passengers who have transited through or have been in one of the following countries in the past 21 days must must complete a Q-CODE form at https://tinyurl.com/mr2hx47c. It is strongly advised to complete the form before departure to ensure a smooth process at immigration:
Bahrain, Cambodia, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.



Type: Critical
Korea (Rep. of), South - Destination Visa

Visa required.

Visa issuance:

Visa can be obtained before departure at www.visa.go.kr . Passengers must have a printed "Visa Grant Notice".

Important:

Visitors not holding return/onward tickets could be refused entry.



Type: Ok
Korea (Rep. of), South - Destination Health

Vaccinations not required.

Recommended Health and Vaccination precautions:

Malaria prophylaxis: malaria risk, exclusively due to P. vivax, is limited and exists mainly in the northern areas of Gangwon Do and Gyeonggi-do Provinces and Incheon City (towards the demilitarized Zone or DMZ). Recommended prevention: A.



Type: Critical
Hong Kong (SAR China) - Transit Visa

Visa required.



Type: Ok
Hong Kong (SAR China) - Transit Health

Vaccinations not required.







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