1. Any foreign visitor wishing to enter the Republic of Korea should have
    a valid passport and a visa.
 

 2. Visitors for sightseeing or transit with confirmed outbound tickets may
    stay in Korea up to 30 days without visas, except the followings. 

      a. Stateless Persons 
      b. Nationals of such countries or regions as follows : 
           ALBANIA, CAMBODIA, CUBA, LAOS, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, BELARUS,
           MOLDOVA, AREMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
           UZBEKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, GEORGIA, MACEDONIA,  
           BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, CHINA P.R, MONGOLIA, VIETNAM, GHANA, 
           INDIA, IRAN, MYANMAR, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PHILIPPINES, SRILANKA,
           PALESTINE 

      c. For further information, contact Korean Embassies or consulates. 

3. Those who plan to stay in Korea for longer than 15 days must obtain 
   a visa for the following countries. 

      For a stay of up to 6 months (or 180 days) 

    Canada 

      For a stay of up to 3 months (or 90 days) 

    Antigua-Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, 
    Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Commonwealth of Dominica, 
    Costa Rica,  Czech Republic,  Denmark, Dominican Republic,
    Elsalvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, 
    Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Liberia,
    Mexico, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, 
    the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan,
    Peru, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, St. Lucia,
    St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Surinam,
    Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago Turkey 
    and the United Kingdom.

For a stay of up to 2 months (or 60 days) 

    Italy, Portugal, and Lesotho 

      For a stay of up to 1 month (or 30          days) 

    Tunisia