Announcement on Temporary Suspension of Visa-waiver and Visa-free entry programs

❍ Temporary suspension measures have been applied to 16 countries/regions* that have a visa-waiver or visa-free entry program with the Republic of Korea as of April 1, 2022.

❍ Accordingly, persons with a passport from the relevant 16 countries/regions, which are subject to the suspension measure as listed below, are required to obtain a visa from a Korean diplomatic mission to enter the Republic of Korea.

16 Countries
Asia (7)	Macau, Brunei Darussalam, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Kuwait, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Americas (3)	Grenada, Panama, Peru
Oceania (6)	New Zealand, Micronesia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tonga

The countries still eligible for visa-free entry are as follows.

(Updated on April 1, 2022, 96 Countries)

□ 50 Eligible Countries

Albania, Andorra, Barbados, Dominica, Guam, Guyana, Holy See, Ireland,

Malta, Mexico, Monaco, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Kitts-Nevis,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Slovenia, United Kingdom,

United States of America, Venezuela, Greece, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany,

Latvia, Romania, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Sweden,

Spain, Slovakia, Estonia, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Croatia, Portugal, Poland, France, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Singapore

□ 46 Additional Eligible Countries(from Apr. 1st, 2022)

Malaysia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Israel, Kazakhstan, Qatar,

Thailand, Turkey, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Brazil, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Uruguay, Jamaica, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Argentina, Honduras, Paraguay, Ecuador, Russia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tuvalu, Australia, Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Morocco, Mauritius, Botswana, Seychelles, Eswatini, Tunisia