Entry requirements · South Korea

Travel documents for South Korea

Required for every traveler entering South Korea: the eArrival.

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Travel Smart Travel Fast is an independent private company. You can also apply directly on the official government website.

www.e-arrivalcard.go.kr

What South Korea requires

One document, and it applies to every foreign national: whatever your passport, however you arrive.

  • South Korea eArrival

    eArrival

    The South Korea e-Arrival Card is South Korea's official digital arrival form, a mandatory online entry requirement for all travelers arriving in the country. Complete your South Korea e-Arrival Card online before departure and receive electronic confirmation linked to your passport, ready for immigration at Korean airports and seaports.

    What you'll need

    Valid passport details, arrival and departure travel information (airline and flight number, or vessel), country of departure (last country visited), accommodation address and postal code in South Korea, country of residence, and valid email address to receive your confirmation.

    $99.99 per traveler

    No South Korea government fee. Service fee only.

    Start your eArrivalRead the full eArrival guide

Four steps, and you know all four

Most services show you three. The fourth one is real, so here it is.

  1. 01

    Your trip

    When you arrive and leave, and where to email the document.

  2. 02

    Your travelers

    Passport details for everyone traveling. Photograph the passport page and we fill it in for you.

  3. 03

    Review and pay

    Choose your review speed. Every line itemized before you pay a cent.

  4. 04

    After payment

    Arrival details

    After payment

    Airline, flight number and your address in South Korea. About 2 minutes, once your payment clears.

What it costs

$99.99 per traveler for the eArrival, charged for at most 2 travelers. South Korea charges no government fee, so that is the whole bill.

What $99.99 adds

Someone else carries it

  • An AI checks every answer against South Korea's rules, then a person reviews it before it goes in.
  • Apply today, whenever your trip is. We submit on the day the window opens.
  • If South Korea's portal is down or rejects the submission, we keep trying until it goes through.
  • Passport scanning, real-time validation, and a human on chat if it snags.
  • A family of four is one form and one review, not four attempts.

Doing it yourself

www.e-arrivalcard.go.kr (free)

  • The official portal, in your own time. It works.
  • The portal goes down for maintenance and times your session out. Every retry is yours to make.
  • You have to remember the day the window opens, and count back from your arrival yourself.
  • A typo in a passport number is yours to catch, and to fix at the airport.
  • Every traveler entered separately, from scratch, with nobody to ask when a field is unclear.

Review and submission speed

Every application is checked by a person before it is submitted. Standard is included in the price above. Two faster options are available at checkout, and neither is pre-selected.

  • Standard

    2 hours

    Included in the price above

  • Fast

    1 hour

    +$10.00 per application

  • Ultra Fast

    15 minutes

    +$20.00 per application

Times are counted from the moment we can submit, not from payment. If South Korea is not accepting your document for your dates yet, we hold the application and start the clock when its window opens; checkout shows you that date before you pay. Speeds move your application up our review queue; they do not change how fast the government processes it once submitted, and they are not a guarantee of approval.

A travel eSIM is the only other optional extra at checkout. Every line is itemized before you pay.

Who needs one

Every foreign national entering South Korea, whatever your passport. Find yours below.

The questions people actually ask

One: the eArrival. It applies to every foreign national arriving in South Korea, by air, land or sea. If your nationality also needs a visa, that is a separate application. The eArrival does not replace it.

South Korea

All we need is the day you land.

Start now, pay when you have seen the full price, and let someone else keep track of South Korea's submission window.

Start my eArrival

$99.99 per traveler · no government fee