REVISED GUIDELINES ON HOW TO

SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT

As of December 16, 2022

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Revised Guidelines on How to Schedule Your

Appointment will be effective from January 3, 2023
onward.

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea will ABOLISH its

accreditation on the travel agencies, which
exclusively authorizes the accredited agencies to
submit visa applications to the Embassy on behalf of
individual applicants. This abolition will be effective
from January 3, 2023.
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SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT
As of December 16, 2022

Due to the abolition, all travel agencies are allowed to

deliver and submit visa applications to the Embassy on
behalf of applicants. However, travel agencies MUST
secure one appointment slot for each individual
application at the Online Visa Appointment System.
Travel agencies are required to secure the number of
appointment slots corresponding to the actual number
of visa applications that will be delivered by the
agencies. Please note an exception that immediate
family members of an applicant up to FIVE people,
exclusively parents, wife or husband and children can be
included into one appointment slot.

Applicants will not be allowed to CANCEL their

appointments. The button to cancel the appointment at
the Online Visa Appointment System has been
inactivated as of November 18, 2022.
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SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT
As of December 16, 2022

Therefore, you are advised to take an extra caution

when you make a visa appointment via the online
platform.

When you need to cancel your appointment due to

unexpected reasons, please use a tab of “Check
reservation”. You are asked to type “Reservation
Cancellation” in the field of Notes after you click a tab
of “Check reservation.”

Applicants who miss the appointments without

requesting us to cancel their appointments will be
blacklisted. Their access to the online platform will be
denied.
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SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT
As of December 16, 2022

GENERAL NOTICE

Before securing an appointment for submission of your visa

applications, you must determine your visa type by reading
information on visa types, their respective qualifications
and documentation requirements articulated at the Korean
Embassy’s website https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ph-
en/brd/m_3277/list.do Choose the visa type that suits your
situation. Be sure again to carefully read the information on
the documentation requirements for visa application at the
Embassy’s website.

Korean visa applications must be channeled only through

the Online Visa Appointment System. Travel agencies are
allowed to deliver and submit your applications to the
Embassy on behalf of you. Please note that not only
individual applicants but also travel agencies are required to
secure one appointment slot for one visa application.
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SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT
As of December 16, 2022

New slots at the Online Visa Appointment System will

open every last Thursday of the month. Please refer to
the below table for the online appointment schedules
for visa application for the month of January, February,
and March.

Open Date Reservation Period

Dec. 29, 2022 (Thursday) at 9:00am Jan. 3 - 31, 2023 (1 month)

Jan. 26, 2023 (Thursday) at 9:00am Feb. 1 - 28, 2023 (1 month)

Feb. 23, 2022 (Thursday) at 9:00am Mar. 2 - 31, 2023 (1 month)

※ Reservation schedule is subject to change at the Embassy’s discretion

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SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT
As of December 16, 2022

Either an actual individual applicant whose name and

passport number are shown on his or her Reservation
Confirmation or a staff member from a travel agency
will be permitted to enter the Embassy for submission
of visa applications. A travel agency staff member MUST
carry all the Reservation Confirmations of the visa
applications. Please note that each Reservation
Confirmation should be corresponding to its related visa
application in terms of full name and passport number.

Please note that due to a high volume of applications

and consular staffing shortages, wait-time for visa
appointments is much longer than pre-pandemic
times. Therefore, please be reminded that you MUST
BOOK your flights AFTER securing your visas. Please
note that it will take at least FIVE working days to
complete processing your visa applications.
 STEP 1

Visit our online platform to schedule your appointment

at the Korean Government’s website for consular
services https://consul.mofa.go.kr/en/main.do

Please click the Reservation to visit a diplomatic

mission at the middle section titled “Apply for a
consular service.”
 STEP 2
Please click a button of Consent to All Terms and
Conditions of Use and press a button of Confirm.

Afterwards, you (applicants) are requested to fill in the

following fields:
Full Name
Enter your full name shown on your passport
Email address
Authentication Number
You will receive an Authentication Number
through your email after pressing a button of Send
Authentication Number.
Please enter the Authentication Number and press
a button of Verify.
Contact Information
Please enter your mobile phone number.
Press a blue button of Non-Membership Log In
 STEP 3

Please take the following steps carefully.

Select a diplomatic mission
Select “Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the
Republic of the Philippines”

Select “Visa” and then click one button of the

following SIX categories that you apply for. Each
category is allocated to a specific time span on the
following REVISED Time Table for Visa Appointment.
 STEP 3
08:30 - 09:00 Visa (Visa Issuance Number Holders)
The slots are only for the agencies for POEA(E-9),
Seasonal Workers(C-4, E8) and other Visa Issuance
Number holders(D6, E2, E6, E7, etc)

09:00 - 09:30 Visa (Koreans’ Filipino Family Visit)

The slots on this time frame are only for the following
visa types.
Spouse visa for Filipinos married to Koreans
Short-term visit for Filipinos married to Koreans
Short-term visit for Filipino family members
(children, parents-in-law and sisters/brothers-in-
law) of Filipinos married to Koreans
 STEP 3
09:30 - 10:00 Visa (Individual Applicants for Tourism)
10:00 - 10:30 Visa (Individual Applicants for Tourism)
10:30 - 11:00 Visa (Individual Applicants for Tourism)
The appointment slots on this time frame are
only for applicants and their IMMEDIATE family
members, exclusively their parents, husbands or
wives and children (maximum 5 people per slot).
You are required to type all the passport
numbers and full names of the members in the
field of NOTES.
 STEP 3
11:00 - 11:30 Visa (Official Conference, Business,
Study and others)
The applicants for these visa types are required to present and
submit official documents issued by the Korean hosts that
prove the purpose of your entry to Korea, including official
letters of invitation from the Korean institutions or companies
and the Certificate of Admittance.
Short-term employment (entertainers, teachers and
athletes)
Official visits of foreign diplomats and International
Organization officials
Applicants who will attend official conferences, business
activities, sports and cultural events and official training
programs sponsored or hosted by the Korean government
institutions, the Korean business companies and other
Korean official organizations
Studying including language studies
Applicants for urgent visit (humanitarian reasons such as
funerals and urgent medical reasons)
All other types of visa (A3, F4 and others)
 STEP 3
Select the date and time of your visit
Please note that you must choose time for your
appointment in accordance with the above Time Table
for Visa Appointment
Enter the following information in the field of NOTES
Your Passport Number or full names and passport
numbers of your family members
Please type all the passport numbers and full
names when you are to submit all the applications
of your IMMEDIATE family members (parents,
husband or wife and children only).
Name of the agency in case of the worker visa
agencies
Staff designated by the Agency will be allowed to
enter the Embassy for submission of applications.
Process Captcha
Press a button of Make a Reservation
 STEP 4
Please print the Reservation Confirmation or save a
soft copy of the Reservation Confirmation. Please
make sure that the Reservation Confirmation shows
both the full name and the passport number of the
actual applicant.

Please be reminded that you are required to bring a

printed or soft copy of the Reservation Confirmation
when you visit the Embassy on the scheduled date
and time. Also, you will asked to present the copy to
both the security guard and the counter.

Without confirmation of the visa appointment made

through the online system, your visit to the Embassy
will be denied.