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Requirements: Korean Embassy Website
Requirements: Korean Embassy Website
- Completely fill up the printed latest application - Make sure that your passport is valid for at least 6
form that you can download from the Korean months
Embassy website.
- Upon claiming your visa, they will only give back
- Before filling up the form, read the instructions in your passport with the visa in one of the pages.
page 2 carefully.
4. PHOTOCOPY OF PASSPORT
- Avoid erasures; keep your application form neat
and presentable. If it helps, use a pencil first to - A clear photocopy of your passports page 2,
lightly write on the form, then when youre sure the one with all your information and photo.
that everything is correct and complete, write
over them with a pen and carefully erase the 5. ORIGINAL AND PHOTOCOPY OF VALID VISA/S
pencil marks. AND ARRIVAL STAMPS TO OECD MEMBER
COUNTRIES FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS
- Your employers contact number is important.
Just to be sure, if your HR department has more - See the list of OECD member countries here.
than 1 contact number, write them down as well.
- If youve been to Korea in the last 5 years, that
- If you dont have a place to stay yet in Korea, doesnt count.
write undecided for Address in Korea and Phone
No in Korea.
- Dont bother providing a photocopy of the
arrival stamps in your passport (OECD member or
- For Purpose of Entry, if youre going to Korea for not), the consul will just give it back to you.
a vacation, then write down tour or vacation.
6. ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT
- If youll be paying for your own expenses in
Korea, write myself in Who Will Pay For The
- You can ask your HR department for this.
Expense For Your Stay?
- Request for one at least a week or a few days
- For Potential Length of Stay and Potential Date
before you submit your application, the date of
of Entry, make sure that your dates of travel to
issue matters.
Korea are within 3 months of your application,
because a single entry visa is only valid for 3
- Specify with your HR that it needs to have the
months upon the date of issue.
following:
- Dont leave any items blank, put N/A instead.
Date of Issue
Company address
- Dont forget to sign your form and put the date
Employers valid contact number/s
of submission.
(preferably direct landlines to your HR
manager since the embassy will call
2. 1-PC PASSPORT SIZE COLORED PICTURE him/her for verification of your
employment, cell phone numbers are
- Unless youre really good looking, please, dont NOT allowed) and email address
get your picture taken in one of those dingy rush Your job title/position in the company
Your monthly salary - You can request this from your employer as well
Date hired and how long youve been It must have your personal TIN number
with the company
Your travel dates and purpose of travel - If youre applying from January-April 14 (or
Address it to: before the deadline of filing taxes), you can
submit your ITR from last year.
Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the
Republic of the Philippines - Take note that you only need to submit a
photocopy.
122 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Town
Center, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig city 1634, - If youre a recent graduate but employed and
Philippines dont have an ITR yet, just tell it to the consul
when you submit your application. They will see
- The embassy will call your employer/HR manager how long youve been in the company anyway in
within a day or two with the numbers you your COE.
provided. It is highly important that they speak
with someone in your company to prove that ADDITIONAL TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF
youre currently employed and you have regular GETTING APPROVED:
income.
- Only submit the documents listed as
7. ORIGINAL PERSONAL BANK CERTIFICATE requirements. You dont need to include your
plane tickets, itinerary, and confirmation of
- This is NOT the same with a bank statement. booking of your South Korea
hotel/accommodation. - Arrange your
- A personal bank certificate is a 1-page documents in the order as listed above.
document that certifies that you have XXX
amount of money in your personal bank account. - Submit your applications a month before your
trip, just in case there will be delays in the
- You can request for this at the branch where you releasing of your visa (yes, it happens! more on
opened your bank account. What should be that later).
included in your Personal Bank Certificate
according to the new rules: FAQs
- You will need to pay a processing fee of P100 for -You dont have to pay for anything IF you will
this at the bank. In BPI Family Savings Bank, I got stay in Korea for 59 days or less.
my personal bank certificate in just a few minutes,
while at BDO, you will only get it the day after - For those who will stay there for 60-90 days, you
(both based on my own experience). will need to pay P1,800.
- How much do you need in your bank account? 2. Do I need to hire an agency to process my
There isnt really an official amount cited by the application?
Korean Embassy. But in my experience, it depends
on how long youre going to stay in Korea. If youll
- This is not required. You can process your
just be there for 5-7 days like me, having at least
application on your own.
P50,000 in your account will do.
3. Can a representative of our group submit and
8. ORIGINAL OR CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF BANK
claim for us?
STATEMENT/PASSBOOK FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS
Yes. One person can submit multiple applications
- You can request for this at the branch where you
and claim multiple visas.
opened your bank account, like your Personal
Bank Certificate
4. How long do I need to wait to claim my visa?
9. PHOTOCOPY OF INCOME TAX RETURN (ITR) OR
You can claim your visa after 5 days, if you do not
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have OECD member visa/s. If you do have OECD
member visa/s, its only 3 working days. Upon to provide them with her employers contact
submitting your application, the consul will give information, and she was eventually issued a visa.
you a claim stub with the date of release.
4. What are the reasons the embassy denies a visa
5. What time do I need to submit my application? application?
What time do I claim it?
As indicated in their website, the Korean Embassy
Submission of application 9-11 AM; Mon-Fri can deny your application if: