Status of the visa can be checked at the Korea Visa portal (visa.go.kr) under the diplomatic office. Visas no longer come in sticker form. You must print them and bring with you to immigration.

“The South Korean digital nomad visa is a great step forward for allowing foreigners to reside in the country,” he says. “South Korea is an overall beautiful country to reside in.

South Korea will soon launch a new visa for foreign nationals who dream of training like a K-pop idol, in a bid to boost its tourism industry back to pre-pandemic levels.

South Korea has also gained notoriety this year for their “K-Culture Training Visa,” which the country announced was in the works at the beginning of this summer.

The number of foreign arrivals in South Korea swelled from a pandemic low of 970,000 in 2021 to 11 million in 2023, the ministry said. In 2019, some 17.5 million people visited South Korea.

According to the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) data, more than 90,000 Australians visited South Korea between June 2022 and May 2023, a leap from the 75,000 visits during the same ...