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South Korea's latest short-term visa policy 2023

The latest policy for short-term visas in Korea in 2023 is to restore the entry function of visas issued before March 28, 2020 and still within the validity period.

According to the relevant information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to further facilitate the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel, the visa entry function that was issued before March 28, 2020 and is still valid will be resumed from 0: 00 on March 15, Beijing time. Foreign visa agencies have resumed the examination and issuance of various visas for foreigners coming to China. The port visa authorities resumed the examination and issuance of various port visas that met legal reasons. Resume the visa-free entry policy for Hainan, Shanghai cruise ships, Hong Kong and Macao foreigners entering Guangdong and ASEAN tour groups entering Guilin, Guangxi.

The embassies of China in New Zealand, Thailand, the United States, Canada, France, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, South Korea, Panama and Peru all posted this notice on their official websites.

Relevant requirements for entering China

On February 8, 2023, China's national immigration authorities resumed issuing port visas to Korean citizens, and resumed the 72/ 144-hour transit visa-free policy. China's Embassy and Consulate in Korea resumed issuing short-term visas to Korean citizens for business, transit and general private affairs.

Nucleic acid test or self-use antigen kit test within 48 hours before boarding the plane, and those with negative results can go to China; Airlines do not need to check the nucleic acid test certificate and antigen test results before boarding the plane; Adhere to wearing a mask during the flight and do personal protection to reduce the risk of infection. Upon arrival at the port, complete the necessary customs clearance procedures with the health declaration code of the customs.

The customs will conduct sampling tests according to a certain proportion, and test people with abnormal health declaration or symptoms such as fever. Those with normal health declaration and normal routine quarantine at the port can enter the society. Passengers should strictly abide by the local epidemic prevention and control requirements after entering the country.