South Korean Visa is not required for South Africans
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- South Africans who want to visit South Korea can stay there visa-free for up to 30 days.
- Passport must be valid for up to 6 months after date of departure.
- Visa applicants must submit their passport, visa application form, a recent coloured passport sized photograph, and other relevant documents as determined by the status of the applicant.
- Submitted documents would not be returned with the exception of passports, visitors should have prepared photocopies along with the original.
- The Visa must have blank pages.
- South Africans who wish to extend their stay in South Korea past 30 days must apply for a visa.
- Holders of laissez-passers are visa exempt for 30 days.
- Holders of e-visas or e-resident permit are only granted visa free access if they depart from Australia.
- Travelers in transit do not require a visa if the transit takes less than 24-hours.
- Visitors can easily get around South Africa using public transport such as buses or trains; ferries are also available to the surrounding islands, as the public transport system is very efficient.
- The spring and autumn are the best times to visit South Korea as summer and winter are very extreme in the country.
- Visitors to South Korea should take precautions against Japanese encephalitis in the months of June and October.
- South Africans are not expected to take up paid employment for the duration of their stay in South Korea.