Do I need Korean transit visa

I'm a Nepalese citizen traveling to Nepal from Japan and holding the Japanese resident card have 19hours layover in Icheon airport Seoul via Korean Airlines. Do I need a transit visa?

Best Answer

TIMATIC, the database used by airlines, states:

TWOV (Transit Without Visa): Visa required, except for Passengers transiting through Seoul (ICN) with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country within 24 hours. They must stay in the international transit area of the airport and have documents required for the next destination.

So if you stay in the transit area for 19 hours you don’t need a visa. That means you can’t leave the airport to go into the city, a hotel or to re-check your luggage.

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Can I transit through South Korea?

Transit passengers. Passengers originating from the United States who transit through Korean airports (who do not pass through immigration) do not require a negative PCR COVID-19 test and have no quarantine requirement for stays less than 24 hours.

Do Filipinos need transit visa in Korea?

South Korea transit visa for Philippines passport holdersFilipinos do not need a visa to transit through South Korea: Incheon International Airport, Seoul\u2014 for less than 24 hours for. Other airports\u2014 when departing on the same calendar day.

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