For international delegates and advisors that require a visa to enter the Republic of Korea, Yale MUN Korea XII will be issuing official Visa letters upon registration completion, which requires that payment for the conference be received in full. The deadline to request an official visa letter from YMUNK XII is September 30th, 2024. Delegates and advisors should apply for tourist visas at the closest local embassy.

Please click here to see whether your country of residence requires a Visa or is exempt under the visa waiver program. 

Basic visa information

Note that Korean Visa and COVID policies may be subject to change. While we will try to keep our information as updated as possible, we recommend that you stay up to date with the policies in case regulations change.

APPLYING FOR THE VISA:

1. International delegates should ascertain if they require a visa to enter Korea using this site.   

2. International delegates should use the Visa Navigator on the Korea Visa Portal to check their visa category.

3. International Delegates should complete registration for the conference as soon as possible and contact their local Korean embassy to apply for their visa immediately afterwards. 

These are some applicable visa categories:

• Short-term General: C-3-1

• Visa-Exempted B-1: Eligible travelers can enter South Korea as a tourist for up to 90 days under the Visa Exemption Agreement. But travelers must be in position of a Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA). The K-ETA application may be completed up to 24 hours before boarding your flight.

ENTRY PROCESS

Travelers to Korea are required to undergo a special immigration process due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TRV/TV_ENG_1_COVID.jsp

• Starting from April 1 2022 Korea has lifted quarantine requirements for vaccinated international visitors. Fully vaccinated travelers those who have a) received two doses of a WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccine (at least 14 days prior to traveling, but within 180 days), or b) received a third (booster) dose of the vaccine.

• International visitors must register their vaccine status on the Q-CODE website before arriving in Korea – a QR code will be provided which you must scan at immigration. When registering, Q-CODE will ask for your personal information (including passport number), entry information (departure country, airline, address in Korea, phone number) and vaccine records.

• Covid testing: All international arrivals to Korea are required to provide a negative PCR test certificate. The test must have been taken within the 48 hours prior to departure.

The time taken for each embassy to process your application may vary. We recommend completing registering for the conference as soon as possible and applying for your visa immediately afterwards.

In order to be eligible for full refund due to visa application issues, we must be notified of your visa’s rejected status prior to November 1, 2024. After this deadline, standard refund rates will apply.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please do not hesitate to reach out to our USG of Delegations, Elizabeth Steeves, at ymunkorea.delegations@yira.org.

Page last updated April 17, 2024