Update for Korea Entry Requirements 2023
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- Visa requirements have CHANGED in South Korea! K-ETA update and what to do if you have a layover in Seoul. So here are some updated Korea Entry Requirements for April of 2023!
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Did you stay for the exciting announcement?! Like this comment if you did 🤭
When are you coming to Seoul so I can MEET you!?! 😍🫂
I'd love a tour guide! I'll be there on the 7th of May.
May 5th
End of the year 🤣
Mid August
July 14
Yup, we just got back from our 9 day stay in SK and we didn't need the k-eta! Yay! I guess I look super asian because the FAs never gave me an arrival card but it was easy enough to fill one up while standing in line at customs. There was also a sign there for an app you can download to complete an arrival card electronically. Also, I used an E-sim that I purchased online from SK Telecom. It was great coz I didn't have to remove my old sim and I was able to accept inbound calls and texts using the Korean phone number from the sim. Aside from forgetting my phone in a cab (which the cab driver was so nice to return to me), my vacation was amazing and hassle-free. I was even able to rent a car and drive on Jeju island which was so glorious! Keep those tips coming, Girl. You're helping a lot of people. 😊
So excited youre doing tours! Ill be going in June- early August and your videos have helped me lots!
Thanks so much for posting this!! Now my plans are all set, no more worrying ☺
Thank you. Sorry you had a hard month. Hopefully this month will be better. Coming in June/July and I appreciate you keeping us up-to-date
This is a much appreciated video as I’m travelling there solo in June! Thank you😁
Hi, Megan! I'll pray that your week gets better! I'll be in Seoul in August. I'd love to get a tour from you. Thanks for all of your helpful videos!
thank u for the video! your videos are by far the clearest and most concise sources of information i've found regarding traveling to korea!!
Thank you for your videos! I am looking forward to my first trip to South Korea this fall and you’re videos have been so helpful!
So glad you’re back!
Thank you for this post! I recently traveled to South Korea and your video was the most up-to-date and accurate vlog and helped me immensely! Everything you mentioned were spot on and there were no surprises and no stress for entering South Korea, all because of the pre-prep I did, thanks to your vlog!
It was thanks to your prior videos that helped me on first visit to South Korea back in March 2023 for Spring Break! I traveled from Miami, FL. Thank You!
Always love your videos. They helped a ton when I spent a month there earlier this year. Thank you!!🎉
Awww! Thank you so much for sharing this with me! I hope you had a lovely trip and see you back here someday maybe~ 🤭🫂✨
Bless you for helping people travelling to Korea😊
Another amazing and super informative video!!!!
Always rooting for you!!❤❤❤
I'm happy to help!!
Thank you so, so much 🥹🫂✨
Thanks for the update! I'm late to this video but I was waiting for this!
Thank you again! Your videos are so helpful. I'm coming to Incheon with 5 friends in July. Some day trips to Seoul.
Very helpful. Thanks for making this, Megan :)
Thanks for the new info. Looking forward to hearing about the tours. We will be there in November.
Happy to help! Hope to see you here then~ 😍🫂✨
ahh i just watched your previous video and this popped up right after i commented asking about the arrival card!! tysm!!
Hi Megan coming to the end of my two week vacation here in Seoul just like to thank for all your videos I watched before I came very helpful hope to return next year
Thank you for the information.. had no idea that K-eta wasn't needed for myself anymore.
Always thank you. I really like you because of your detailed explanation about South Korea as well as your beautiful appearance.
Awww... You are too kind! Happy to help everyone 🫂✨
Thank you for updating ❤
Thank you so much for the update. Even though we've already purchased our K-ETA (rats) for our trip in a couple of weeks -- super excited to get there and explore for a month! Happy to hear you are considering tours as we would love to meet you and learn from your experiences. Sorry to hear you've been having a rough week - I'll keep you in my prayers.
Oh no! Well, good thing you’re prepared 🫂 Excited for you to finally get here as well! Hopefully I’ll be able to meet you on a tour!!!
Prayers would be much, much appreciated. Thank you so much 🫂
The enemy definitely got me good but the Lord is my strength and my refuge and I shall not fear ❤️✨
Let me know how I can pray for you as well~ much love!
Thanks so much for the update. We’re looking forward to three glorious weeks in S Korea in Oct….our second visit. Even as a second time visitor I find your travel videos very helpful.
I’m trying to study film in Busan end of this year and your videos have been such a huge help to me! If I may leave a request, could you do a video about getting a gym membership in Korea as a foreigner? I’m fairly fluent in Korean and pretty much a 헬창 but have pretty bad anxiety associated with situations like that lol. This is only if it’s convenient enough for you of course, either way, thank you for this channel. I hope my Korea dream works out and if it does, I’ll have you to thank in such a huge part!
love this video. Super helpful. excited to enter korea on April 24th.
Thank you so much for the information! My friend is from germany so i didn't know the information as foreigner comes
We'll be arriving May 1 😀, getting super excited!!
Thanks, Megan!! Jumping in Korea @ October, super excited!!
So excited for you! Hope to see you here 😍🫂❤️
@@MeganOsten Hope it either! Your videos helped me a lot!!
Love your informative videos, they have been super helpful. I'll be in Seoul June 27-July 1st so if you're doing some tours then, would love to join!
I'm coming next Wednesday for a week! First time and also first for a solo trip. Your videos really help ease my anxiety-thank you so much!
I 'm so nervous traveling solo. But I notice here that many do adventure alone.👍👍
Hi, I'm also going solo but in 2 weeks 🙂 I hope everything will go smooth for you, traveling solo is great!
I’m headed solo too. But for work. Two weeks station.
I leave the 27 this month.
How is it over there now ?
How was your arrival ? Anything I should be ready?
Thank you, Megan, for your super helpful videos! My daughter and I are flying into Seoul the first weekend of May for a 2-week visit and we're both super excited. I was born just north of Seoul, abandoned as a newborn on the street, and place through adoption into the States months later. This is my first trip back to my birth country. I believe God is sovereign. I don't understand why for some of the events in my life, but I know they are for my good and His glory. I'm excited to experience the culture! ~Sylvia
Hope you’re enjoying your visit to Seoul with your daughter, Sylvia!
I can't wait to hear more about your tours. I'll be there from 5/7-5/14
Hope to see you then 🥰✨
Thankyou Megaann , this update is soo helpful, im going to korea this april and im soo excited 😇
I’m so glad it was helpful! Safe travels and have a wonderful trip 😍❤️✨
Hi Megan. I've been watching your videos and they are super helpful! Thank you very much. So excited for my upcoming visit to S. Korea. One question - is there Uber in Seoul and/or Busan? Thanks and have a great day! :)
Thanks for this update!. I hope we can be friends when we ever meet in Seoul. Just like to have a friend who knows about Korea. I bet your Korean is way better than mine :)
Hi Megan, thank you for the information!! Andd, I would like to signs up for the upcoming tours! I will be checking your yt channel for the dates😊
hello! i just watched your other videos and thank you so much for them! my friend and i are travelling to Korea soon in mid June from Singapore so this is really informative :) we're both very open to making new friends to make our trip more fulfilling hence it'll be cool if we could meet ya and other people to explore seoul together ^_^
Hi Megan! I am an older solo traveler coming to South Korea for the month of October and your videos and tips have been very helpful. I added my email address for your future tour guide information and would be very interested. Thank you!
Going in a week! So excited ;)
Thank you thank you thank you! 👏🏾
Hi, thanks for the helpful videos, I just got back from a 10 day trip in Korea and it was awesome! Would have been awesome to hang out!
Oh no!! So sorry to have just missed you 😖 but I hope you had a wonderful trip! 🫂✨
Finally I don’t need it K-ETA now just do Q code.
Hello I am new to your channel and this video has been helpful. Although I have been to Korea like 8 or 9 years ago, I very much feel alienated with all these new era of travelling requirements. Thank you for sharing your tips and web referrals. If time permits, I might be lucky to go to BTS Suga final concert there🙏🙏🙏
Good update and tips Megan, also I wished I was able to join the tour with you but I'm not able to unfortunately.
Thank you
Hi Megan! Learning a lot from your vlog. Can you please vlog on #Tluggage? Thank you.
Oooo Tours. Do you have a website about it? I might need a guide or something when I go rather than a tour.
Hi megan! Love to see your updated requierement to come in Seoul. I wish I could join your tour bcs I’ll arrived in Seoul alone in 13-20 May. My friend’s visa is rejected by korean embassy. So It was a little bit confusing me to go there all alone or join open trip. But I am scared that I cant enjoy the trip then. I wish you could help me 🥹🥹🫶🏻🫶🏻❤️❤️
Heard you say it had been a tough month so just wanted to wish you well.
Thanks for the helpful vidoes for the travler! But can you make some videos that help the people who recently moved here? Like, how to learn Korean for people who just arrived but are not in school. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the information. It was super helpful! I am visiting Korea with my mom in 10 days to visit family! Although the K-eta is not required, do you know if it's faster to get through immigration if we apply for one?
Hi, I want to ask if you still need the Q-code when entering Korea (since I've heard it's no longer required but I'm not 100% sure)?
Thanks in advance! I also wanted to say the video is very good with good advises and useful info!
Hi Megan, I'll be coming in Sept...would love to get into one of your tours
Thanks Megan for the update & the infos, be the way i can't believe you that she's r mom ;-) looks as your little sister
Hi Meghan! Do we still need the qr code if we're from one of the countries exempt of requiring a k-eta? Heading to South Korea with a couple of friends in a few weeks and super excited!
Hi, I am a new subscriber. Love your videos. Very informative.
Do you know if these immigration requirements are also applied for ferry ⛴️ entry to Busan, south Korea from Fukuoka,Japan? Thanks in advance.
Hi Megan! For the phone number in qcode, would it be ok to put the hotel's number? 😊 thank you so much for this update. You're the best! 💜
Hi, thanks for video :) Can you pls advise if a tourist needs to carry negative covid test report ?
Oh nice I checked our passport for New Zealand and going to South Korea is 90 days visa free now.
I am interested in any tours locally in Seoul. Arriving in early August, 2023. Your Videos are very informative and I see you place baseball. I would like to attend a baseball game in Seoul one day too if possible and I see you place baseball too.
Hi Megan! I just wanted to know if it would be more or less $$$ booking a taxi through Trazy than upon arrival at the airport? Also, what’s your take on paying 100,000 won for a taxi? Would that be reasonable?? We are a party of 5 looking to visit Korea soon!😊
You don't need the q code from my experience. They give you a paper that asks if you have symptoms.
You’re right! But the QR code will make the process of immigration MUCH faster! (see the comment posted before yours)
From what I understand Jamaican citizens don't need a visa but I'll have to check again when I book the flight
my K-Eta was denied 3 times and I can't go to korea this spring 😢 had to resort going to japan instead which the process is pleasantly more straight forward.
Great video! how about vaccines ? do you need japanese encephalitis vax just for a week in. seoul?
Thanks Megan, so if you’re just staying for extended layover and want to take a tour, you still needs to do the QR code but no KETA needed? Thank you
Can you book the tour in advance? Thanks
I will be traveling to South Korea May 10th
hello ma'am, I hope you can answer my question. Do you still need a q-code if you are only going to layover in incheon airport? thank you in advance
Do you also need the q-code when you’re korean (with korean passport)? My boyfriend and i are not sure if he has to do it. I say „yes“ and he „no“😁
Can we get help with what kind of hair tools or adapters would be best to use over there? 😅😅
For the things we buy grom Korea, do we take back in airport the VAT ?
Do u need the q code if u are not going out of the airport? We will just stay in the airport for the lay over
Thank you for all the info! Will be there in 2 weeks 😊.. are you gonna charge for your tours?
We'll be there in 2 weeks too!!
@@margaretdiffin7319 that’s brilliant! Where in Korea will you be going?
@@aliciagbalmer first week in Seoul, then making our way to Busan, then to Jeju, and back to Seoul for the last 3 days, we're travelling for a month!
Hi Megan ! My family and I are planning to arrive to Seoul this coming Tuesday August 22nd, my son who is 20 years and I are holding US passport, my husband is a green card holder and he has an Ecuadorian passport .. do we need to get the K-ETA for the three of us or just for my Ecuadorian husband ? Please help me with that information... We are flying out from SFO directly to Seoul and we are planing to stay in the hotel for 7 days.
It's cool we don't need our K-ETA anymore, but do you know why? And how long are we going to be allowed to stay for if we don't have that or a VISA?
If you're from one of the countries that doesn't need to apply for the K-ETA, are you still able to take advantage of the 2 years of being able to do a Visa run every 90 days (even though you don't need a Visa) without applying for the K-ETA?
hi, do you still need QR code if you're just transittng and need to pass the immigration for the recheck in to get a boarding pass for your next flight the same day?
Thank you for this...I'll be in Seoul July 4th thru the 9th. Let's meet up?
Hi megan!! Do i need the K-ETA even if i am only gonna be at Incheon Airport for a 4 hour layover and coming from the Philippines?
When are going to be in Korea? My family is going to be there May 15. Let me if going there during that time.
If from the States, would you still rec a K-ETA for visa hopping (2 week increments)? Or can I just come whenever for less than 3 months anyway on a regular visa?
Do we need a Q code now
Did I make a mistake booking in July? I heard the weather will be horrible. Should I cancel?
That's funny...sort of. My K-ETA was approved last week. No biggie, was a good experience. Thanks for the updates
Oh no! Well… good thing you’re extra prepared 🫂✨
@Megan Osten I thought I read somewhere recently that the covid testing at the airport wasn't happening anymore either. Is that correct?
I got an email today telling me to apply for this k-eta... I'm going from Canada only stopping as a lay over in South Korea on my way to the Philippines. But I still have to fill out the information for this K-ETA?
Can you put the contact for the hotel for someone not staying in an Airbnb?
Do you need anything if you're travelling from Switzerland?
Hi Megan how are you? Been watching your video all about in korea. But i didnt get any information about the luggage storage. Question is there any luggage storage that is safe to store for couple or three days in korea(incheon airport)? Just like in Nrt japan. We’re planning to go in seoul on December for 3-4 days from NYC but im worried we wanted to store our 2 luggages at the airport of seoul for us to go around easy/light in korea. 🤔😅 thank you
There are luggage lockers in the subways throughout Korea and at the airport itself! You can ask the information desk to point you in their direction but I’ll make a video on this - probably on my Instagram! @MeganOsten
Ugh, one reason I hate being organised is that I’ve already purchased the k-eta 😩
are there any required vaccinations that you need to get in order to enter seoul??
Is the arrival card, one per person or per family?
Do I still need a QR code if I have a short layover in Korea?
Is there any benefit to still getting the KETA even if you're coming from a country like America?
I am from UK and I will go to Korea in June but I will vo to Philippines first before going to SK, do I need a KETA . Thanks
I just bought a pass after seeing your last video, and then I saw the announcement and was like nooooooo!! Hahahaha. Do you know if the visa will still be valid after the point where K-ETA visas are needed again? (in however many years) If not oh well, at least it wasn’t super expensive!
Oh no!! They recently changed the mandate 😔 but you’re right, thankfully it wasn’t expensive! I guess you could try change the date of your arrival online, because it says that the K-ETA will be required again starting in 2025, but I’m not sure if they’ll allow you to or not. The visa is valid for two years after entry into the country.
Either way - Safe travels and have a wonderful trip! 😍🫂😊
The qcode is the arrival card so why fill out the white card
Hey If I go to South Korea then I leave to go to another country and came back to South Korea, does the 90 days reset? Or does the 90 day begin when I first enter and still in counting even if I leave to another country then come back? Sorry it’s quite confusing
Hi 👋 I have 14 hours lay over in Korea going to Philippines, do I still need to do the K-ETA? Thanks