South Korea: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 135
- Consulates
- 15
- missions abroad
- 198
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 62
Live & travel in South Korea
Monthly budget
$2,800/mo
Prices vs USA: 62%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 1,361.4 KRW
Internet access
98%
of people online
Air quality
21.9
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Korean
Emergency
119 · 113 · 112
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Calling code
+82
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: May 27, 2025
3.8
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.0
- Safety5.0
- Internet access5.0
- Air quality3.0
- Climate2.8
SOS · South Korea119Restaurants, cafés and dishes in South KoreaImun Seolnongtang · Hankook Jib · Samgyeopsal · Dak-galbi · Yangnyeom chicken · Chimaek · Buldak
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Digital nomad visa
- Workation Visa (F-1-D, Digital Nomad)Verified Nov 9, 2026Min. income: $3,200/moDuration: 12 monthsTiered on 2026 GNI KRW 52.4M: 1× (KRW 4.37M/mo) for under-35s outside Seoul area; 2× (KRW 8.74M/mo ≈US$6,400) for 35+ in SeoulOfficial site
Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.
Cities in South Korea
Traveller essentials · South Korea
- Emergency
- 119 · 113 · 112
- Calling code
- +82
- Currency
- KRW
- Plug types
- Schuko, Europlug
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Seoul
- Time zone
- Asia/Seoul
Foreign missions in South Korea
AfghanistanSeoul1AlgeriaSeoul1AngolaSeoul1ArgentinaSeoul1AustraliaSeoul1AustriaSeoul1AzerbaijanSeoul1BangladeshSeoul1BelarusSeoul1BelgiumSeoul, Ulsan2BoliviaSeoul1BrazilSeoul1BruneiSeoul1BulgariaSeoul1CambodiaSeoul1CanadaSeoul3ChileSeoul1ChinaSeoul, Busan, Gwangju5ColombiaSeoul1Costa RicaSeoul1Côte d’IvoireSeoul1CroatiaSeoul1CubaSeoul1CzechiaSeoul1DenmarkSeoul1Dominican RepublicSeoul1DR CongoSeoul1EcuadorSeoul1EgyptSeoul1El SalvadorSeoul1EstoniaSeoul1EthiopiaSeoul1FijiSeoul1FinlandSeoul1FranceSeoul1GabonSeoul1GeorgiaSeoul1GermanySeoul1GhanaSeoul1GreeceSeoul1GuatemalaSeoul1HondurasSeoul1HungarySeoul1IndiaSeoul, Busan2IndonesiaSeoul1IranSeoul1IraqSeoul1IrelandSeoul1IsraelSeoul1ItalySeoul1JapanSeoul, Busan, Jeju Province3JordanSeoul1KazakhstanSeoul1KenyaSeoul1KuwaitSeoul1KyrgyzstanSeoul1LaosSeoul1LatviaSeoul1LebanonSeoul1LibyaSeoul1LithuaniaSeoul1LuxembourgSeoul1MalaysiaSeoul1MaltaSeoul1Marshall IslandsSeoul1MexicoSeoul1MongoliaSeoul, Busan2MoroccoSeoul1MyanmarSeoul1NepalSeoul1NetherlandsSeoul1New ZealandSeoul1NicaraguaSeoul1NigeriaSeoul1NorwaySeoul1OmanSeoul1PakistanSeoul1PalestineSeoul1PanamaSeoul1Papua New GuineaSeoul1ParaguaySeoul1PeruSeoul1PhilippinesSeoul1PolandSeoul1PortugalSeoul1QatarSeoul1RomaniaSeoul1RussiaSeoul, Busan2RwandaSeoul1Saudi ArabiaSeoul1SenegalSeoul1SerbiaSeoul1Sierra LeoneSeoul1SingaporeSeoul1SlovakiaSeoul1SloveniaSeoul2South AfricaSeoul1SpainSeoul1Sri LankaSeoul1SudanSeoul1SwedenSeoul1SwitzerlandSeoul1TaiwanSeoul, Busan2TajikistanSeoul1TanzaniaSeoul1ThailandSeoul1Timor-LesteSeoul1TunisiaSeoul1TürkiyeSeoul1TurkmenistanSeoul1UkraineSeoul1United Arab EmiratesSeoul1United KingdomSeoul1United StatesSeoul, Busan2UruguaySeoul1UzbekistanSeoul1Vatican CitySeoul1VenezuelaSeoul1VietnamSeoul1ZambiaSeoul1
South Korea missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra, New South Wales3AustriaVienna, Salzburg2AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels, Liège3BoliviaLa Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra2BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro3BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CanadaOttawa, Vancouver, Montreal5ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an9ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CzechiaPrague1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1DR CongoKinshasa1EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo1EstoniaTallinn1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FijiSuva1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Nantes5GabonLibreville1GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Bonn, Frankfurt7GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GuatemalaGuatemala City1HondurasTegucigalpa1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai3IndonesiaJakarta3IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan3JapanTokyo, Sendai, Yamatechō11JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana, Almaty2KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LaosVientiane1LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1LuxembourgLuxembourg2MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaltaValletta1MexicoMexico City1MonacoMonaco1MongoliaUlaanbaatar1MoroccoRabat1MyanmarYangon1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage2New ZealandWellington1NicaraguaManagua1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanKarachi, Islamabad2PanamaPanama City1Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima1PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1Puerto RicoSan Juan1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest, Timișoara2RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk6Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana1Solomon IslandsHoniara1South AfricaPretoria1SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria3Sri LankaColombo1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva3TaiwanTaipei1TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok, Chiang Mai2Timor-LesteDili1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul3TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco12UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VanuatuPort Vila1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City3YemenSanaa1
Who can enter South Korea without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in South Korea?
135 missions, 120 countries.
Emergency: South Korea?
119 (fire department), 113 (counterintelligence), 119 (emergency medical services), 112 (police)
Who can enter South Korea without a visa?
62: Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, and Denmark…