What are the procedures for traveling to Korea?

Need a visa. There are two kinds of visas for traveling to South Korea: individual tourist visas and group tourist visas. If you choose not to travel alone with the travel agency, you need to apply for a personal tourist visa yourself; If you are traveling with a travel agency, the travel agency will apply for a group visa.

The application process of individual tourist visa is as follows:

First, the required information

1. Passport: Passport is guaranteed to be valid for at least six months.

2. Photos: It is best to provide 1 recent 2-inch photos (within half a year) with a colored white background, which is different from that in the passport.

3. On-the-job certificate: the company address and telephone number must be indicated. (Provide samples)

4. ID card: clear copy (both sides are clearly copied on a piece of A4 white paper)

5. Certificate of deposit: a copy of the applicant's bank passbook (with a deposit period of more than 6 months and more than 50,000 yuan) or the original certificate of deposit issued by the bank (more than 50,000 yuan). If both husband and wife have property, they can use marriage certificate or household registration book (original and photocopy) to supplement it.

6. Property ownership certificate: a copy of the property ownership certificate (over 70 square meters in Shanghai and over 0/00 square meters in other provinces and cities/kloc).

7. Vehicle production certificate: individual private car vehicle registration certificate or vehicle driving license (copy)

8. Business license: A copy of the business license is stamped with the official seal of the company.

9, retirees need to provide a copy of the retirement certificate.

If all the above materials are ready, you can apply to the local consulate.

If you sign up for a travel agency group tour, you need to prepare a copy of your passport and ID card, apply according to the division of the consular district, and entrust the travel agency in your consular district to handle it.

Extended data:

If the applicant's visa is rejected, the visa fee paid will not be refunded according to the travel agency. The visa is valid for 3 months, and you can stay in Korea for 15 days at the longest, otherwise you need to renew it. If the applicant has been refused a visa by the consulate, he must declare it truthfully, otherwise he will be refused a visa again. Personal visa, the refusal rate of students is higher than that of employees. However, in April, 2007, the Korean government issued a new policy, so that China students can study in tour groups without a visa, which is beneficial for students to travel in groups.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Korea Individual Tourist Visa