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Indian passport holders need a visa to visit South Korea as tourists. The standard category is the C-3-9 short-term visitor visa, decided by the Korean Embassy or Consulate for your region. Officers look at your travel plan, your finances and your ties to India.
Where to apply: Through the Korea Visa Application Centre or the Korean Embassy / Consulate General that serves your state. Check the official page for your jurisdiction.
Original passport plus a copy of the data page. Guides commonly cite six months of validity; confirm on the official page.
Completed and signed, with a recent passport-size photo on a white background.
Day-by-day itinerary for the stay in Korea.
Round-trip booking that matches the travel plan.
Hotel reservations for each night, or an invitation letter from a host.
Recent personal statements; the period and balance expected should be confirmed on the official checklist.
Recent ITR acknowledgements as proof of income.
Employment certificate and leave letter, business registration, or student proof.
Explains the purpose, dates and funding of the trip.
Check the official page; fees vary by nationality and entry type.
Travel medical insurance: Not listed as a requirement in the sources checked.
The India-specific official checklist could not be retrieved. Korean missions elsewhere ask C-3-9 applicants for a return flight booking and at least one advises against buying the ticket before approval, so a held return reservation matching your travel plan is the sensible document to include.
Get it for ₹708Korean missions elsewhere list a hotel reservation alongside a day-by-day travel plan for tourist applicants. Confirm the India checklist, and include bookings (or a host's invitation) that cover every night.
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Korean missions that publish their C-3-9 list ask for a return flight booking, and Indian applicants normally include one. We could not open the India checklist itself, so confirm the wording before you apply. A held reservation that matches your travel plan is the usual way to meet it.
A hotel reservation or a host's invitation is part of the tourist file at Korean missions that publish their list. Cover every night of the trip so the dates line up with your flights.
Prepare the reservation shortly before you lodge the file so it is still live when the officer checks it. Buy the final ticket only after the visa is granted.
We could not verify the current fee from an official India page, and third-party sites quote very different figures. Check the fee with the Korea Visa Application Centre or the mission for your region before paying.
No official India-specific checklist could be opened; based on Korean MOFA C-3-9 pages of other missions and secondary guides. Fee and processing time unverified.. Last checked 2026-11. We are not a government body and this page is general information, not visa advice. Consulates change their lists without notice, so always confirm on the official page before you apply.
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