What are the requirements for a 5-year tourist visa to South Korea?

Recently, South Korea announced a new policy to lift the restrictions imposed by the new crown epidemic (suspension of short-term, multiple visas, etc.), which means that tourism can be opened to applications, which is a real joy. What are the requirements for a 5-year visa?

The conditions of issue are as follows:

1. Lecturers in primary and secondary schools and universities (including Junior College universities) who hold the title of teaching assistant or above can issue multiple-entry visas valid for 10 years.

2. Famous artists, artists and athletes recognized by the curator of embassies and consulates abroad

3. Those who have visited South Korea more than three times as tour guides of tour agencies leading group tourists.

4. Those who have records of visiting South Korea

-The record of visa-free entry (including sightseeing landing permit) will not be recognized.

-Entrants with group visas or individual sponsored visas will only recognize entry records before January 28, 2016.

* Implementation Date: July 1, 2016

5. A person who has an annual trade volume with South Korea of more than US $30000 in a private enterprise or a person who has worked as a regular employee for more than two years.

6, can prove that personal assets of more than 2 million yuan (real estate, financial assets and all my enterprises, etc.)

7. Chinese civil servants or holders of official passports

8. Employees of enterprises with investment of more than US $1 million (1 billion won) in South Korea

9. Staff of aviation and shipping companies operating in Korea on a regular basis

10, meet any of the following

1) Universal credit card holders are recognized as high-quality customers by the curators of embassies and consulates abroad through consumption records and credit assessment.

2) Alipay sesame score ≥ 780 high-quality users

3) UnionPay VIP credit card holders (including Platinum Card and Masonry Card)

11. Persons with a monthly income of 5,000 yuan (annual income of 60,000 yuan) or more

12. Persons under 17 years of age and over 55 years of age

13. Four-year university students or graduates

* In order to prevent the submission of false graduation certificates or proof of schooling, you must enter the China Higher Education Student Information Network to print electronic certification materials.

14. Personnel at or above the division level of the top 500 enterprises selected by the China Enterprise Federation or on-the-job personnel who have worked for 6 months (please refer to the http://www.cec-ceda.org.cn)

15, South Korea's domestic apartment hotel (Condominium) membership card (Korean currency 30 million yuan or more)

16. Relatives (spouses, minor children, parents, parents of spouses) of holders of short-term multiple-entry visas (C-3)

※ C- 3-8 visa holder relatives and relatives of persons under 17 years of age or over 55 years of age, four-year university graduates or students who have obtained multiple visas

17. Holders of household registration in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xiamen, Tianjin *, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wuhan, Changsha, Qingdao, and Chongqing

※ Tianjin issued target areas: Heping District, Hebei District, Hedong District, Hexi District, Nankai District, Hongqiao District, Dongli District, Xiqing District, Beichen District, Jinnan District (except Jinghai District, Ninghe District, Baodi District, Jizhou District, Wuqing District and Binhai New Area)

※ the city outside the jurisdiction of the museum, only the area designated by the consulate in the jurisdiction (municipal district)

18, 22 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) member countries have entry and exit records of any country (except group visa)

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, Finland.

These are the conditions for Beijing to apply for a Korean visa for 5 years, and other consular areas can also consult customer service for 5 years. In addition, South Korea has restored the temporary suspension of short-term visit visas: multiple visas issued before April 5, 2020, if they are still valid, do not need to be processed separately and can be used normally. (Effective from June 1, 2022) When you apply for a visa, you can see if your visa page is still valid.