Business visa to South Korea - Global Singapore Visa processing centre

A business visa to South Korea is issued for those who are invited to South Korea for business matters and is valid for 3 months (single entry) or 6 months (double entry).

Required documents
Fees
Processing time

Required documents:

Main documents:

Completed and signed visa application form;
1 recent passport-size colour photograph on a white background – can be arranged in our office;
Original passport with at least 6 months’ validity beyond the validity of the visa. Minimum one blank page should be available for stamping the visa;
Original and a copy of a Residence permit for non-Singaporean passport holders (EP, PR, DP, S-Pass). If you are a holder of a new type of long-term employment pass which shows a QR code instead of an expiry date you must provide a printout of the expiry status. You can get it via the Ministry of Manpower’s free SGWorkPass app (available on App Store and Google Play). This printout must show the current date and confirm that the work pass is valid;
Invitation letter from the Korean inviter (faxed/scanned copy);
Certificate for Business Registration (issued within the last 3 months) of the Korean inviter (faxed/scanned copy);
Original and a copy of re-entry permit to Singapore (applicable to PRs only);
Completed and signed Global Singapore visa order form.

Supporting documents:

For Employee: A letter attention to South Korean Embassy from the applicant’s employer in Singapore, stating job title, salary and date of commencement, purpose of trip (issued effective within one month); OR
For Self-employed: The latest printout of biz profile issued by ACRA with an issue date within 1 month.

Fees*:

Single (<90): single entry tourist visa for a stay of no more than 90 days;
Single (>90): single entry tourist visa for a stay of more than 90 days;
Double: double-entry visa (valid for 6 months);
Multiple: multiple-entry visa (valid for 1 – 5 years).

Tourist visa for nationals of Australia

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$112	S$168	S$182	S$210
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$177	S$233	S$247	S$275

Tourist visa for nationals of Austria

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$70	S$198	S$112
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$135	S$163	S$177

Tourist visa for nationals of Azerbaijan

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$112	S$168	S$210
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$177	S$233	S$275

Tourist visa for nationals of Ghana

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$112	S$126	S$140
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$177	S$191	S$205

Tourist visa for nationals of Iran

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$112	S$126	S$168
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$177	S$191	S$233

Tourist visa for nationals of Kyrgyzstan

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$98	S$112	S$140
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$163	S$177	S$205

Tourist visa for nationals of Russia

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$112	S$126	S$168
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$177	S$191	S$233

Tourist visa for nationals of Senegal

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$140	S$168	S$210
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$205	S$233	S$275

Tourist visa for nationals of Tajikistan

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$70	S$98	S$112
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$135	S$163	S$177

Tourist visa for nationals of UK

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$182	S$280	S$308	S$350
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$247	S$345	S$373	S$415

Tourist visa for nationals of USA

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$63	S$63	S$63	S$63
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$128	S$128	S$128	S$128

Tourist visa for nationals of Uzbekistan

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$70	S$98	S$112	S$140
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$135	S$163	S$177	S$205

Tourist visa for nationals of Vietnam

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$28 (C-39) S$42 (others)	S$70	S$84	S$112
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$93 (C-29) S$107 (others)	S$135	S$149	S$177

Tourist visa for nationals of other countries

Fees	Single (<90)	Single (>90)	Double	Multiple
Consulate fee	S$56	S$84	S$98	S$126
Handling fee	S$65	S$65	S$65	S$65
Total	S$121	S$149	S$163	S$191

* All fees and charges are subject to prevailing GST.

Countries with exempted visa fees

Country	Conditions

Spain, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Ukraine, Barbados, Colombia, Peru, Liberia, Dominican Rep.	All visas regardless of the period of stay

Sweden	90 days or less

Israel	91 days or longer

Mongolia	31 days or longer visa for diplomatic or official passport holders 90 days or less visa for regular passport holders

Venezuela	31 days or longer visa for a diplomatic or official passport holders

Australia	Multiple visa under 90 days for short-term commercial visit (C-3-4)

Germany	Student (D-2), Korean Language Trainee (D-4) for a student with an admission to a university (D-4), Intra-Company Transferee (D-7), Corporate/Foreign Investor (D-8), International Trade (D-9), Foreign National of Special Ability (E-7) for a person who engages in marketing.

China	Diplomatic officials and accompanying family (a spouse, minor children, parents, and parents-in-law) : A-1, incumbency: 3 years Diplomatic officials and family (a spouse, children, parents, and parents-in-law) : C-3-1 multiple-entry visa valid for 1 year, with the period of stay of 90 days

Japan, Hong Kong, France	Working holiday (H-1)

U.S.	Diplomat (A-1), Foreign Government Official (A-2), and International Agreement (A-3)

Processing time:

Visa processing time for all types of visas is 4 working days after the lodgement of the documents to the embasse.
Urgent service is not available.