Entry requirements
Who can enter South Korea
Travel to South Korea is straightforward for most of the world: 110 passports need nothing before departure, while 1 need a consular visa. It ranks #43 for openness, tier A.
By nationality
South Korea entry rules, nationality by nationality
110 passports enter South Korea without an advance visa
South Korea ranks #43 for openness
Visa-free, visa on arrival and eTA combined, out of 198 passports in our dataset. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only — not safety, government travel advisories, or how easy the country is to travel in.
- Visa-free
- 62
- Visa on arrival
- 0
- eTA
- 48
- eVisa
- 87
- Visa required
- 1
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahrain30 days
- Belgium90 days
- Brunei30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada180 days
- Colombia90 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus30 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Estonia90 days
- Fiji30 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Hong Kong90 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Japan90 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Kuwait30 days
- Latvia90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macao90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Monaco30 days
- Nauru30 days
- Netherlands90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- Norway90 days
- Oman30 days
- Palau30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar90 days
- Romania90 days
- Samoa30 days
- San Marino30 days
- Saudi Arabia30 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Spain90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Taiwan90 days
- Tonga30 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
- Vatican City30 days
No passports match this filter.
- Albania30 days
- Andorra30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Chile90 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Dominica90 days
- Dominican Republic90 days
- Ecuador90 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti90 days
- Honduras30 days
- Jamaica90 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Lesotho60 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Mexico90 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Morocco90 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Peru90 days
- Russia60 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis90 days
- Saint Lucia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- Serbia90 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- South Africa30 days
- Suriname90 days
- Thailand90 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Tunisia30 days
- Turkey90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
About this data
How to read these categories
Visa-free means no permission is needed before or on arrival; visa on arrival and eTA are granted at the border or online in minutes; eVisa and consular visa must be approved before you travel.
Data last verified: August 20, 2026. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only. It says nothing about safety, government travel advisories, flight connectivity or how easy the trip actually is.
No destination-specific primary source has been recorded for South Korea yet — this column comes from the general dataset sweep rather than an individual re-verification.
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