B : Short-term Stays without Visa

• B-1 : Visa-exempt
  • B-1 : Visa-exemptions
  • Visa-exemptions
    
    In principle, B-1 status holders can only engage in permissible activities on C-3 Short-Term
    General visa and by the visa wavier agreement of their country with Korea. If applicants want
    to engage in activities other than those allowed by the agreement, they must get a visa
    appropriate to their intents.
    
    * For example, if a Malaysian national wants to come to Korea in order to watch a friendly
    sporting match, he/she is required to obtain a visa.
    
    
    [Activities Allowed by Each Country]
    
    
    Allowed Activities Countries
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    All permissible activities on C-3 visa
    (hereinafter referred to as 'C-3 activities')
    except academic and employment activities Russia, Lithuania
    
    All C-3 activities except academic
    and profit-making activities Dominican Republic
    
    All C-3 activities except entertainment activities
    including sports and employment activities Malaysia
    
    
    All C-3 activities except employment activities Liberia, Bangladesh, Singapore,
    Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan,
    Barbados, Chile, Columbia, Peru, Norway, Denmark, Sweden,
    Iceland, England, Portugal, Lesotho
    
    All C-3 activities except employment activities Greece, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland,
    Spain, France, Hungary, Tunisia
    
    
    All C-3 activities except profit-making, employment
    and medical activities New Zealand
    
    All C-3 activities except profit-making and
    employment activities Israel, Grenada, Nicaragua, Commonwealth of Dominica,
    Bahamas, Venezuela, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint
    Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Haiti, Antigua Barbuda,
    ElSalvador, Uruguay, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Trinidad and
    Tobago, Panama, Latvia, Rumania, Malta, Bulgaria, Slovakia,
    Ireland, Czech, Poland, Morocco
    
    C-3-4 Business Visit only Brazil
    
    All C-3 activities* Mexico, Surinam, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium,
    Estonia, Austria, Italy, Finland
    
    *Nationals of the above countries can engage in short-term
    language training, medical activities, etc. except for
    employment and profit-making activities.