Visa Exempted (B-1)

Visa Exempted (B-1)
ACTIVITIES ALLOWED	In principle, B-1 status holders can only engage in permissible activities on C-3 Short-Term General visa and by the visa wavier agreement of their country with Korea. If applicants want to engage in activities other than those allowed by the agreement, they must get a visa appropriate to their intents. * For example, if a Malaysian national wants to come to Korea in order to watch a friendly sporting match, he/she is required to obtain a visa. [Activities Allowed by Each Country] Allowed Activities Countries All permissible activities on C-3 visa (hereinafter referred to as 'C-3 activities') except academic and employment activities Russia, Lithuania All C-3 activities except academic and profit-making activities Dominican Republic All C-3 activities except entertainment activities including sports and employment activities Malaysia All C-3 activities except employment activities Liberia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan, Barbados, Chile, Columbia, Peru, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, England, Portugal, Lesotho All C-3 activities except employment activities Greece, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Spain, France, Hungary, Tunisia All C-3 activities except profit-making, employment and medical activities New Zealand All C-3 activities except profit-making and employment activities Israel, Grenada, Nicaragua, Commonwealth of Dominica, Bahamas, Venezuela, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Haiti, Antigua Barbuda, El Salvador, Uruguay, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Latvia, Rumania, Malta, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Ireland, Czech, Poland, Morocco C-3-4 Business Visit only Brazil All C-3 activities* Mexico, Surinam, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Estonia, Austria, Italy, Finland *Nationals of the above countries can engage in short-term language training, medical activities, etc. except for employment and profit-making activities.
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS	You are eligible to apply for a B-1 Visa Exempted visa if you are A citizen of a country that has signed and ratified a visa wavier agreement with the government of the Republic of Korea. However, please note that once you enter the ROK on the B-1 visa, you are only allowed to engage in activities that are defined in the agreement. Article 7 (Entry of Foreigners) of the Immigration Control Act (1) When a foreigner enters the Republic of Korea, he/she shall hold a valid passport and a visa issued by the Minister of Justice. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any of the following foreigners may enter the Republic of Korea without a visa: 1. A person who obtains permission to reenter or who is exempted from permission of reentry, and who enters the Republic of Korea before the period of such permission or exemption expires; 2. A person who is a national of a country which has concluded the Visa Exemption Agreement with the Republic of Korea, and who is subject to exemption under the Convention; 3. A person who enters the Republic of Korea for international friendship, sightseeing or in the interests of the Republic of Korea, etc., and who has separately obtained an entry permit, as prescribed by Presidential Decree; 4. A person who departed from the Republic of Korea with a refuge travel document issued, and enters the Republic of Korea before the term of validity of such certificate expires.
MAXIMUM LENGTH OF STAY	You are allowed to stay until the period of sojourn, specified in the visa waiver agreement, expires.
VISAS ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHIEF OF MISSION	Not Applicable
ELIGIBILITY FOR VISA ISSUANCE CONFIRMATION	You cannot apply for Confirmation of Visa Issuance for B-1 Visa Exempted and B-2 Tourist/Transit status.
REMARKS                                     󰁾 CONTENTS	Your visa status and period of sojourn are determined at the port of entry 1. Visa Status A. Diplomatic․Official Passport Holder : A-1 Diplomat visa․A-2 Foreign Government Official visa If you enter the Republic of Korea on a diplomatic/official mission with a diplomatic passport, an A-1 Diplomat visa will be issued. If you enter the Republic of Korea on an official mission with an official passport, an A-2 Foreign Government Official visa will be issued. If you are a public/civil servant stationed in the Republic of Korea with either a diplomatic passport or an official passport, an A-1 Diplomat visa or an A-2 Foreign Government Official visa will be issued. If you visit the Republic of Korea for a vacation purpose with a diplomatic passport or an official passport, a B-1 Visa Exempted visa will be issued. B. Ordinary Passport Holder : B-1 Visa Exempted 2. Even if you are a citizen of a country which has signed the visa wavier agreement with the government of the Republic of Korea, you must obtain a visa that most closely matches the purpose of your stay if (A) the length of your stay is going to exceed the period of sojourn specified in the wavier agreement (which is usually 3-months-long) OR (B) you plan to engage in short-term employment or activities which will pay you. Table 1. List of Parties to the Visa Wavier Agreement (As of June 2015) ☞ Please see the table below

◈ Table 1. List of Parties to the Visa Waiver Agreement (signed and ratified by 102 countries as of June 24, 2015) ◈

◈ Table 1. List of Parties to the Visa Waiver Agreement (signed and ratified by 102 countries as of June 24, 2015) ◈

Diplomatic Passport (DP)	Government Official Passport (OF)	Ordinary Passport (OR)	Seaman's Pocket Ledger (S)
102	100	67	21

CONTI -NENTS	COUNTRY	Applicable Passport	Period of Sojourn	Effective Date (yy.mm.dd)	R E M A R K S
ASIA       󰁾Contents	LAOS	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’09.06.26.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	MALAYSIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’83.09.09.
	MONGOL	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’12.12.26.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Visa Fee Exemption(for diplomatic passport holders only)
	MYANMAR	DP, OF	90 DAYS	‘11.04.01.	The passport must have at least 6 months of validity period left until its expiration date
	BANGLADESH	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’83.03.17.	￮ Since July 15th, 2008, visa exemption has been temporarily suspended for regular passport holders
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	VIETNAM	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’99.01.13.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	SINGAPORE	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’82.11.01.
	ARMENIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	‘12.05.22.
	OMAN	DP, OF, Special and Service Passport	90 DAYS	'15.04.11.
	UZBEKISTAN	DP	60 DAYS	’09.06.10.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	IRAN	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’76.12.21.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	ISRAEL	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’95.05.24.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office ※ For those staying for 91 days or more, visa fee exemption will be applied.
	INDIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’05.10.03.
	JAPAN	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’98.12.07.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	GEORGIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	'13.04.01.
	CHINA	DP	30 DAYS	'13.08.18.
		OF	30 DAYS	'14.12.25.
	KAZAKHSTAN	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’07.12.05.
		OR	30 DAYS	'14.11.29.	Cannot exceed 30 days on each visit (total stay of up to 60 days in a 180-days period)
	KYRGYZSTAN	DP, OF	30 DAYS	‘11.05.19.
	CAMBODIA	DP, OF	60 DAYS	’06.12.20.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	TAJIKISTAN	DP, OF	90 DAYS	‘13.01.08.
	KUWAIT	DP, Special Passport	90 DAYS	'15.06.24
	THAILAND	DP, OF	NO LIMIT	’67.10.10.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
		OR	90 DAYS	’81.12.09.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	TURKEY	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’72.05.03.	￮Revised a MOU on March 1st, 1987
	TURK - MENISTAN	DP	30 DAYS	’08.12.06.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	PAKISTAN	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’85.06.08.	※ Since October 1st, 2001, visa exemption has been suspended temporarily for regular passport holders
	PHILIPPINE	DP, OF	NO LIMIT	’70.09.01.	￮C-3-4 visa, valid for 59 days or less will be issued For C-3 visa holders : Visa Fee Exemption
America   󰁾Contents America                                                                           󰁾Contents	GUATEMALA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’03.12.17.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ※ Visa Fee Exemption will be applied to those staying for 91 days or more.
	GRENADA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’91.01.27.
		CREW NOTE
	NICARAGUA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’95.04.08.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’82.03.04.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
	DOMINICA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’90.03.30
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	MEXICO	OR	90 DAYS	’79.04.06.
		DP, OF	90 DAYS	’97.08.01.	￮Visa Fee and Application Fee for Visa Extension are exempted.
	BARBADOS	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’84.03.11.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	THE BAHAMAS	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’88.09.04.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS	’94.11.03.
	VENEZUELA	DP, OF	30 DAYS		￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Visa Fee Exemption(for diplomatic/official passport holders only)
		OR	90 DAYS	’07.12.22.
	BELIZE	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’07.02.08.	※ You can extend the period of stay depending on diplomatic letters from the consulate general from Belize
	BOLIVIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	‘11.04.18.
	BRAZIL	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’92.02.10.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Visa Fee Exemption(for diplomatic/official passport holders only)
		OR	90 DAYS
	SAINT LUCIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’90.03.30.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’90.07.06.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	SAINT KITTS -NEVIS	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’90.03.30.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	SURINAM	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’76.08.03.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	HEITI	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’90.03.21.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	ARGENTINA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’04.07.31.
	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’94.12.29.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	ECUADOR	DP	NO LIMIT	’86.05.29.
		OF	90 DAYS
	EL SALVADOR	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’97.02.14.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	URUGUAY	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’94.01.19.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Visa Fee Exemption (for diplomatic/official passport holders only)
		OR	90 DAYS	'13.01.10
	JAMAICA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’93.11.27.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	CHILE	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’00.07.18.	￮Re-entry permit exempted (For C-2, D-7, D-8, D-9 visa holders only)
		OR	90 DAYS	’04.10.20.
	COSTA RICA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’81.10.22.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	COLUMBIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’81.12.25.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
	TRINIDAD TOBAGO	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’94.10.15.
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	PANAMA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’01.08.09.
	PARAGUAY	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’83.01.01.	￮ Visa Fee Exemption (for diplomatic/official passport holders only)
	PERU	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’82.06.12.	￮ Visa Fee Exemption
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
Europe         󰁾Contents                       󰁾Contents	GREECE	DP, OF	NO LIMIT	’74.05.15.
		OR	90 DAYS	’79.02.25.
	NETHERLANDS	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’70.06.01.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	NORWAY	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’69.10.01.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	DENMARK	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’69.10.01.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	GERMANY	DP, OF	NO LIMIT	’62.01.01.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Re-entry permit exempted : ’97. 4. 14
		OR	90 DAYS	’74.01.24.
	LATVIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’03.06.27.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	RUSSIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’04.11.20.	※ An additional agreement was signed for official passport holders on Dec.31st, 2006.
		OR	60 DAYS	'14.01.01.	Cannot exceed 90 days in a 180-day period
	ROMANIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’96.06.06.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	LUXEMBOURG	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’70.06.01.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	LITHUANIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’02.05.09.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	LICHTENSTEIN	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’79.06.28.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	MOLDOVA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	‘12.07.03.
	MALTA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’93.10.23.
	BELGIUM	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’70.06.01.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	BELARUS	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’08.07.24.	※ Agreement no. 1902
	BULGARIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’94.08.13.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	CYPRUS	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’00.12.16.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
	SWEDEN	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’69.10.01.	￮ Re-entry permit exempted
	SWISS	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’79.06.28.	￮ Re-entry permit exempted
	SPAIN	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’72.04.08.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS	’75.04.18.
	SLOVAKIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’95.07.15.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	ICELAND	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’70.04.01.
	IRELAND	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’89.07.12.
	AZERBAIJAN	DP, OF	30 DAYS	’08.11.21.
	ESTONIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’01.08.18.
	THE UNITED KINGDOM	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’69.12.19.	￮Delete passports in which the nationality code is GBR
	AUSTRIA	DP, OF	180 DAYS	’79.06.25.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
		OR	90 DAYS
	UKRAINE	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’14.09.17.	￮ Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	ITALY	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’75.05.05.	￮Visa Fee Exemption ※ 90 days will be given on a reciprocal basis (2003. 6. 15.)
	THE CZECH REPUBLIC	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’94.11.05.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	CROATIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’01.06.16.
	PORTUGAL	DP, OF, OR	60 DAYS	’79.09.19.	￮Excluding Macau
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	POLAND	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’93.12.24.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	FRANCE	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’67.04.12. (’89.10.01.)	￮ Re-entry permit exempted
	FINLAND	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’74.03.01.	￮Re-entry permit exempted
	HUNGARY	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’91.04.25.
Africa                           󰁾Contents	GABON	DP, OF	90 DAYS	13.08.14
	LIBERIA	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’82.09.23.	￮Visa Fee Exemption
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	LESOTHO	DP, OF, OR	60 DAYS	’71.09.05.
	MOROCCO	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’93.09.01.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over (an additional agreement was signed on August 3rd, 2000)
		CREW NOTE	15 DAYS
	BENIN	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’92.07.01.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Visa Fee Exemption(for diplomatic passport holders only)
	ALGERIA	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’06.08.30.	￮ Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Visa Fee Exemption
	ANGOLA	DP, OF	30 DAYS	‘12.05.25.
	EGYPT	DP, OF	90 DAYS	’98.06.24.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over
	TUNISIA	DP, OF, OR	30 DAYS	’69.08.17.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮ Re-entry permit application fee exempted ￮ If you stay for 30 days or more, extension fee will be exempted (but, you cannot exceed 6 months)
Oceania	NEW ZELAND	DP, OF, OR	90 DAYS	’94.09.30.	￮Diplomatic Officials : until the term of the office is over ￮Not including islands, Niue, Tokelau of New Zealand

(DP: Diplomat, OF: Official, OR: Ordinary)