Where can you go with a South Korea passport?
A South Korea passport gets you into 152 of 198 destinations with no paperwork before you fly โ visa-free or a visa issued on arrival. Everything else is below, grouped by what it actually asks of you.
- Visa free114
- Visa on arrival38
- Electronic travel authorisation11
- e-Visa21
- Visa required14
Visa free (114)
Turn up with your passport. Some of these still ask for an arrival card or a tourist registration, but nothing you apply for in advance.
- Albania90 days
- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua & Barbuda180 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia180 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize90 days
- Bolivia90 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Chile90 days
- China30 days
- Colombia90 days
- Costa Rica180 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador90 days
- El Salvador180 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji120 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Georgia360 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Hong Kong SAR China90 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica90 days
- Japan90 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kosovo90 days
- Kyrgyzstan60 days
- Laos30 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lesotho14 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macao SAR China90 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Malta90 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Mexico180 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova90 days
- Monaco90 days
- Mongolia90 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Morocco90 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Peru180 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia60 days
- San Marino90 days
- Sรฃo Tomรฉ & Prรญncipe15 days
- Senegal90 days
- Serbia90 days
- Seychelles90 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Africa30 days
- Spain90 days
- St. Lucia42 days
- St. Vincent & Grenadines90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Taiwan90 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Thailand60 days
- Trinidad & Tobago90 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Tรผrkiye90 days
- Ukraine90 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu120 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Vietnam45 days
- Zambia90 days
Visa on arrival (38)
Issued at the border when you land. Usually a fee and a queue, occasionally a photo โ but no application before you travel.
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Cape Verde
- Comoros45 days
- Djibouti90 days
- Egypt30 days
- Ethiopia90 days
- Guinea-Bissau90 days
- India30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iran30 days
- Jordan30 days
- Kuwait90 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Malawi30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Marshall Islands90 days
- Myanmar (Burma)30 days
- Namibia90 days
- Nepal150 days
- Oman30 days
- Palau30 days
- Qatar30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Samoa90 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Solomon Islands45 days
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Tonga31 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Zimbabwe90 days
Electronic travel authorisation (11)
An eTA is not a visa, but you do have to apply and be approved BEFORE you board. This is the category people most often get caught out by.
- Australia90 days
- Canada180 days
- Cรดte dโIvoire90 days
- Israel90 days
- Kenya90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- Papua New Guinea60 days
- St. Kitts & Nevis90 days
- Suriname90 days
- United Kingdom180 days
- United States90 days
e-Visa (21)
Applied for online ahead of the trip. Faster than a consulate visa, but still an application with a processing time โ leave room for it.
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Congo - Kinshasa7 days
- Cuba90 days
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon90 days
- Guinea90 days
- Iraq
- Liberia
- Libya
- Mauritania90 days
- Nigeria90 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Somalia
- South Sudan90 days
- Syria
- Togo15 days
- Uganda
Visa required (14)
A full visa, usually through a consulate or visa centre. Plan weeks, not days.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Eritrea
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Mali
- Nauru
- Niger
- North Korea
- Sudan
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen
Now pick one and plan it
You know where you can go. The next question is what to do when you get there โ a full day-by-day plan, free, no account.
Plan a trip freeWhere this comes from, and what it is not
Built from the open passport-index dataset, refreshed nightly. This is a planning aid, not legal advice: visa rules change without notice, and the requirement that applies to you can depend on your route, your purpose of travel and how long you stay. Confirm with the destination's own authority before you book.