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Visa and entry: fees and rules at a glance
What you pay and what you must declare when entering Korea or staying longer, each from the immigration, customs or quarantine agency's own page or law.
The figures below are the headline numbers from each page, copied from that page's summary. Each page has the conditions, exceptions, official sources and any disagreement between sources — check it before you rely on a number.
| Page | Headline figures | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Korea duty-free allowance on arrival: limits for goods, alcohol, tobacco and perfume | US$800 Total value of goods, guide page 200 Cigarette sticks (both pages) 2 L / US$400 Liquor, guide page (1 bottle, 1 L on the older page) | 2026-10-19 |
| K-ETA (Korea Electronic Travel Authorization): fee, validity and application steps | ₩10,000 Fee per person, not refunded if refused + about 3% Online payment surcharge 3 years Validity (or until passport expiry) | 2026-10-19 |
| Korea e-Arrival Card: who must file, when, and what it costs | Free No fee for the online card 3 days Earliest you can file, counted in Korea time 72 hours How long a submitted card stays valid | 2026-10-19 |
| Alien registration (residence card) in Korea: who must register, deadline, fee and documents | 90 days Register within 90 days of entry (stays over 90 days) KRW 35,000 Card fee in the law (HiKorea page: KRW 30,000) 14 days To apply for a replacement of a lost or damaged card | 2026-10-19 |
| Korea immigration fees: visa, extension of stay, status change, re-entry permit and residence card | KRW 60,000 Extension of stay (KRW 30,000 for F-6) KRW 100,000 Change of status of stay (KRW 200,000 for F-5) KRW 50,000 Multiple re-entry permit (single: KRW 30,000) | 2026-10-19 |
| Bringing a dog or cat into Korea: microchip, rabies antibody test, certificate and quarantine | 0.5 IU/ml Minimum rabies neutralizing antibody level 24 months Antibody result valid, counted from the blood draw date 90 days Under this age: microchip yes, antibody test no | 2026-10-19 |
| Food, meat, fruit and plants you cannot bring into Korea: what is banned, what to declare, and the fines | Declare all Fruit, vegetables, seeds, seedlings, flowers, grain, herbal medicine, meat and animal products KRW 3 million Maximum fine, plant items carried for own use and not inspected or falsely declared KRW 10 million Maximum fine, traveller who does not report animal quarantine goods | 2026-10-19 |
| Korea Working Holiday visa (H-1): which countries qualify, age limits, yearly quotas, documents and fee | 30 partner countries and regions 1 year stay on the visa (extensions for U.S. and U.K. nationals) 25 hours maximum work per week (Canadians exempt) | 2026-10-19 |
| Do I need a visa for Korea? Visa-free countries, how long you can stay, and how it ties to K-ETA | 116 nationalities and regions on the K-ETA "eligible countries" list 65 entries printed as "90 Days" 36 entries printed as 30 days | 2026-10-19 |
| Re-entry permit exemption in Korea: who can leave and return within 1 or 2 years without a permit | 1 year exemption window for A-1 to F-3 and F-6 to G-1 (or the remaining stay if shorter) 2 years exemption window for permanent residents (F-5) 1 year / 2 years longest single-entry / multiple-entry re-entry permit | 2026-10-19 |
| F-6 marriage visa income requirement: the inviter's minimum income by household size, exemptions and a checker | KRW 25,195,752 annual pre-tax income, 2-person household KRW 38,968,428 4-person household KRW 57,090,900 7-person household | 2026-10-19 |
| Can I bring medicine to Korea? Quantity limits, prescriptions and what needs approval | 6 bottles or a 3-month supply: personal-use medicine, non-narcotic US$800 medicines are added to your duty-free allowance, not extra MFDS approval for medicines containing narcotic or psychotropic substances, before you travel | 2026-10-19 |
| Tuberculosis (TB) test for a Korean visa: which countries, which visas, how long it is valid | 35 countries on the high TB burden list in the embassy notices Over 90 days stay: the long-term visa threshold (includes D-type and F-type visas) 3 months the certificate and X-ray must be issued within the last 3 months | 2026-10-19 |
| Jeju visa-free entry: who qualifies, how long you can stay and the limits | Jeju only Visa-free entry works through a Jeju airport or port 30 days Stay length per Jeju's tourism organisation (set by Justice Ministry notice) Permit Needed to move on to the rest of Korea, for nationals named in the notice | 2026-10-19 |
| Korean naturalisation (citizenship): requirements, residence years, test and fee | 5 years Continuous domicile, general naturalisation 2 years Domicile if married to a Korean citizen and still married ₩300,000 Naturalisation application fee, per person | 2026-10-19 |