Business Visitor (General) C-3-4
Person who plans to engage in commercial activities such as market research, business meetings, consultation, signing a contract, or small-scale international trading or an APEC card holder visiting Korea without a visa
You are eligible to apply for this visa if you are a person who plans to stay for a short period of time in ROK for the purposes of market research, liaison works, counseling, signing a contract, or installing/repairing/learning to operate an imported/exported machinery, or other similar reasons
You can apply for a single-entry visa valid for 3 months or a double-entry visa valid for 6 months.
Periods of stay will be granted for up to 90 days for a single-entry visa , and 30 days for a double-entry visa.
① Visa Application Form (Form No. 17), passport, a photo in a standard format, fee
② A document proving the purpose of your business such as a business invitation letter, a copy of Business Registration Certificate or a certified copy of Corporate Register
※ The head of Korean diplomatic missions abroad may request for additional documents depending on the condition of the country of residence/jurisdiction if it is deemed necessary for visa evaluation.
□ You are eligible to apply for a multiple-entry visa valid for 1 year, if you have visited the ROK once and you have no criminal and illegal immigration records.
□ You are eligible to apply for a multiple-entry visa valid for 3 years, if you are
① A permanent resident of any OECD country, a person who has visited any OECD country (excluding the ROK) twice or more in the past four years, or a person who has visited the ROK twice or more
② A public/civil servant, an employee of government-owned company, or an executive or employee of an airline or a shipping company providing services to the ROK on a regular basis
③ A VIP customer of an internationally accepted credit card(Gold or Platinum Card Holder) or a person whose annual income is higher than $8000
④ A person who plans to establish a company working with ROK on the development and sales of resource/energy, or a person invited by a public/private organization to engage in activities such as counseling or signing a contract on resource/energy
⑤ Important figures or interest parties attending international events or conferences upon the invitations of the government of the ROK and public institutions.
⑥ An executive of a corporation or an employee(manager or higher) of a listed company (have been employed for at least one year)
⑦ Media staff such as journalist, producer, editor and others (have been employed for at least one year)
⑧ Professionals (i.e. doctor, lawyer, accountant, assistant professor or higher), and important figures, famous artists, athletes, writers, celebrities and others acknowledged by the head of diplomatic mission
⑨ A person at the age of 55 or older collecting his/her pension
⑩ An international student who graduated from a vocational college or higher in the Republic of Korea
⑪ A spouse, minor child, parents or parents-in-law of a person with a valid multiple Short-Term Visit(C-3) visa holder
□ You are eligible to apply for a multiple-entry visa valid for 5 years, if you have previously received a multiple-entry visa valid for 3 years and you have no criminal and illegal immigration records.
A multiple-entry visa valid for 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years will be issued to an eligible applicant.
Period of stay for this visa will be granted for up to 30 days.
1) Visa Application Form (Form No. 17), passport, a photo in a standard format, fee
2) Additional documents for each case
Case ①: a document proving an applicant is a permanent resident (i.e. permanent residence card) or an applicant have visited the country
Case ②: proof documents for flight/shipping operations(only for an employee of an airline or shipping company) and proof documents for working relations such as proof of employment
Case ③: official documents (i.e. tax payment certificate), credit card record
Case ④: a contract on development and sales of resource/energy signed with a company in ROK , or an invitation letter from a company in ROK, and documents proving the company is in a business of resource/energy
Case ⑤: an invitation letter from a government or public institute
Case ⑥: document of company establishment (only for CEO/president), proof of employment indicating the period employment
Case ⑦: ID card, proof of employment indicating the period of employment.
Case ⑧: a related license or proof of employment, ID card or membership card of an affiliated group (i.e. artist recognized by the head of Korean diplomatic missions abroad)
Case ⑨: documents proving an applicant has received a pension
Case ⑩: degree certificate or certificate of graduation
Case ⑪: proof documents for family relation
※ The head of Korean diplomatic missions abroad may request for additional documents depending on the condition of the country of residence/jurisdiction if it is deemed necessary for visa evaluation.
You are eligible to apply for this visa if you are
A person who has been invited by the local company(inviter) for commercial purpose, with history of entering Korea for more than 3 times as short-term visitor(C-3) visa since Jan. 1st, 2012.
※ She/he must not have any history of illegal stay or criminal case during the period of stay.
You can apply for a single-entry visa valid for 3 months.
Periods of stay will be granted for up to 90 days.
① Visa Application Form, a copy of passport, a photo in a standard format, fee
② An Invitation Letter including the purpose of an invitation and an agreement that guarantees the return of a patient
③ A copy of ID Card of an inviting person
※ If a representative is hired, he/she must submit a Power of Attorney from an applicant, his/her employment certificate and A copy of ID Card.
※ The head of Immigration Office may request for additional documents if it is deemed necessary to review the purpose of entry, validity of an invitation, and qualification of an inviting organization or an invitee.