Recently, South Korea welcomed visitors back. At the same time, their embassy began accepting visa applications. Apart from obtaining a visa, the most challenging aspect of traveling to South Korea is avoiding getting COVID-19 before or after your flight.
The same requirements apply for visas as in 2019. Printing forms on A4 paper is required. All supplied documentation must be verifiable. An employment certificate, for instance, must include the company’s phone number and email address. Emails from personal accounts are not permitted.
There are no current special promotions that give holders of partner credit cards multiple entries. The processing of an application takes five working days, and the Korean Embassy accepts walk-ins from 8:30 to 11 am Monday through Friday. Filipinos can still obtain free Korean visas.
The Korea Visa portal, run by the diplomatic mission, allows users to check the status of their visas.
Stickers are no longer used to issue visas. You must print them and bring them with you to immigration.
The Q-code can be filled out 48 hours before departure. It will ask for details such as your hotel address, phone number, and vaccination status.
Q-code: Tourists who are fully immunized are not subject to quarantine. Those who have finished the two initial vaccinations within 180 days or who have received a third booster shot are considered fully immunized.
The Bureau of Quarantine’s yellow card, which serves as a certificate, is not required for the Q-code. It is sufficient to show the VaxCertPH immunization certificate.
Reverse transmission-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results from 48 hours prior to travel will also be required for the Q-code. Alternatively, you can choose the less expensive quick antigen test, but it must be completed the day before your flight. The results must be provided by a lab that has Department of Health accreditation.
Done in under 15 minutes-
After submitting all the required paperwork, a QR code will be sent to you practically immediately. You will be able to use the expedited lanes in the airport’s quarantine defense area.
You will then enjoy the pre-academic comfort that Incheon airport takes pride in once you have made it through all of this. In less than 15 minutes, you might finish the quarantine area, clear immigration, and receive your checked bag.
South Korea’s government mandates that all visitors undergo another test three days after arrival. At the airport, we finished ours. They offer labs that are close to Incheon Airport via foot. Through Safe2Go, reservations can be made.
The price of a PCR test at the airport can reach P3,500. Even though they claim it will take at least six hours, they will email the results to you in two hours.