Update: As of March 2019South Korean Embassy no longer process individual visas. You may refer to this list for the accredited travel agencies. It’s not really hard to obtain a South Korean visa; you just need to have complete and valid documents. We applied for our visa just two weeks before our flight and the standard visa processing is 5 working days upon submission in the SK embassy. (Please note that they do not have/allow rush processing) You can apply to SK visa first before buying your plane tickets since the plane tickets are not required for the visa application. I suggest you apply at least a month before your trip. I initially wanted to be the one to submit our visa application but my mom suggested that we should just go through a travel agency so I won’t have to take a leave from work for the submission and releasing. The South Korean tourist visa is FREE but I paid 1,000 each for agency processing fee. RAKSO Travel processed our application, they’re very efficient and their office is just few steps away from Greenbelt 1. They also offer packaged tours, other visa processing and plane tickets. Here are the contact details: RAKSO Travel 3/F Rico Building, 112 Aguirre St., Legaspi Village, Makati City 1229 Trunk: (+632) 6519001 Loc.251 Fax: (+632) 8936084 Mobile Number/s – SUN: (+63925) 301 3157 / (+63925) 301 3161 GLOBE: (+63917) 889 0811 SMART: (+63999) 886 1410 For visa processing, you can email Ms. Dang at [email protected] Or you can directly go to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to submit your application. Address : 122 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Town Centre, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City Tel. Nos. : (632) 856-9260 Fax : (632) 856-9024 E-mail : [email protected] Office Days : Monday to Friday (closed during holidays in South Korea) Office Hour : 9:00am – 11:00am (filing) 2:00pm – 4:00pm (releasing) According to the SK embassy website, here are the requirements for the tourist visa: (Please check the website from time to time for announcements-- Embassy of the Republic of South Korea) General Requirements
For Employees
For Students
*For the BANK STATEMENT and BANK CERTIFICATE, make sure you attach the OR from the bank. Since my dad is an OFW, we also have to provide the following:
Visa Application Tips
I put $500 for my application for 5-day stay in SK. Ideally; it should be more than $500 - $1,000 dollars for 3-6 days stay. From the blogs that I’ve read, if you’re placing $500 as the estimated travel cost, you should at least have PHP 50,000 in your bank account. (It would be best to have the money in your bank account twice as much as your travel cost). You should not put the exact amount of money you have in your bank account in the cost.
Our visa application was nerve wracking because we applied two weeks before our flight and it came out exactly a week before our flight. I highly suggest that visa application should be at least 1 month prior to your flight. I hope this one will help you with your visa application. Enjoy Korea! xoxo, M
2 Comments
J
6/4/2018 09:54:52 pm
How to send payments to rakso? :)
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Monica
6/5/2018 07:51:28 pm
Hi, you need to go to their office :) I don't know if they accept bank deposit for payments.
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