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C-3 Short-Term Visit

South KoreaShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

For ordinary tourists (C-3-9), a consular visa is needed only if the traveller is not eligible for K-ETA: nationals of K-ETA countries use the K-ETA instead, and nationals temporarily exempted from K-ETA can enter with a valid passport only. Whether a visa is single or multiple entry depends on nationality.

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  • Source is the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles page; it states that required documents may vary by consulate/embassy.
  • No full nationality matrix is given.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

C-3 is a Type C status for temporary stay within 90 days, and the stay is listed as not extendable. The official source does not state visa validity, number of entries or any rolling-period rule.

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  • Rolling-period rule, visa validity and number of entries are not stated.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Tourist-visa applicants at the Los Angeles consulate submit an application form, a photo and the original passport with a copy (valid for more than 6 months); non-U.S. citizens must prove legal long-term stay in the U.S., and Iranian, Syrian and Sudanese nationals must add bank statements or U.S. tax reports. The consulate may request further documents.

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Limits of the record
  • Source is the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles page; it states that required documents may vary by consulate/embassy.
  • Applies to C-3-9 tourist visas filed in Los Angeles; no funds amount, accommodation or insurance rule is stated.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The stay is listed as not extendable. Group tourists using designated travel agencies (C-3-2), invited foreign patients and family (C-3-3) and frequent business visitors invited by a Korean company (C-3-4) can apply online for a short-term e-visa via the Korea Visa Portal. A person in Korea on C-3 may apply at a local immigration office for the F-1-D (workation) visa if they meet its requirements.

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Limits of the record
  • The application route for C-3 applicants outside the listed e-visa sub-types is not stated.
  • The C-3-2 e-visa is stated as implemented only in China and 3 Southeast Asian countries.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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