Only two numbers can send a vehicle, and the staffed interpreters behind them cover two languages. 1330 lists eight, four of them 08:00 to 19:00 only.
Topic
Paperwork
Entry rules, registrations and the forms nobody warns you about.
- Korean emergency numbers: which interpreter desk is open at 3amVerified
- Taiwan to Korea: there are two immigration lines, not oneVerified
A Taiwan passport gets 90 days visa-free and no K-ETA until 31 December 2026. Korea also runs an auto-gate scheme for Taiwan that a residence card cancels.
- For Filipinos, Korea dropped the bank statement, not the certificateVerified
Korea's Manila visa centre waived the three-month bank statement. The bank certificate stayed, and the embassy and the centre publish different lists.
- Japan's 90 days in Korea is reciprocity, not a treatyVerified
Korea's foreign ministry prints a basis beside every visa-free nationality. Singapore's reads treaty. Japan's reads reciprocity, and the two do not move alike.
- Korea's visa-free entry for Chinese groups runs to DecemberVerified
The published plan still says the scheme ended on 30 June 2026. It was extended to 31 December, in a Prime Minister readout rather than in the plan.
- Layovers in Korea: the 30-day door and the 24-hour cliffVerified
Staying airside needs nothing. Leaving the airport is several separate schemes, one of which gives visa nationals 30 days, and they split at 24 hours.
- Korea visa from Vietnam: why filing it yourself is the slow wayVerified
Korea's embassy in Hanoi screens an individual tourist application in 16 working days and a designated agency's in 6, and publishes the table that says so.
- K-ETA in 2026: Korea's own pages disagree on who is exemptVerified
The temporary K-ETA exemption runs to 31 December 2026. Which passports it covers depends on which Korean government page you open, and they do not match.
- Jeju's visa-free entry is a permit for Jeju, not for KoreaVerified
Jeju admits most nationalities without a visa for 30 days. The permission covers Jeju only, and a court ruling shows what trying to leave costs.
- Korea's e-Arrival Card: why the K-ETA waiver leaves you filing itVerified
Who must file Korea electronic arrival card, who is excused, and why the K-ETA exemption is the one thing that does not get you out of the form.
- Korea visa from Indonesia: what to apply for and how long it takesVerified
Indonesian passports need a visa, not K-ETA. The embassy says a standard application is collected on the ninth day after you apply, seven for C-3 multiple.
