Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Norway

1. Qualification

A person who plans to stay for a short period of time on the purpose of visiting relatives, investing in public business, participating in a non-official sport games, attending events or meetings, performing cultural art, engaging in a training, taking lessons, attending a religious ceremony, collecting documents for academic research, or any other equivalent activities can apply for the short-term general visa (C-3-1).

※ Norwegian and Icelandic citizens can visit the Republic of Korea via K-ETA without the short-term general visa.

2. Eligibility criteria for application

You are eligible to apply for this visa if you are

❶ A participant in friendly sporting matches, events or conferences in the ROK, including sports competitions (golf, soccer, etc.) with set cash prizes for finalists.

* Even if the host party provides you with flight tickets and living expenses for your trip, you are eligible for this visa. However, if you receive or will receive monetary compensation exceeding your living expenses other than cash prizes, you are eligible for Short-term Employee (C-4) visa.

❷ A person who is planning for short-term stay to learn and improve technologies or functionalities at government or a company.

- If you receive monetary compensation not exceeding the living expenses, you are eligible for this visa. However, if you receive monetary compensation in return for your work such as learning to use technologies or technical features, you are eligible for Industrial Trainee (D-3-1) visa.

❸ A family visitor for wedding, funeral, nursing, etc.

❹ A person who is planning for short-term visit upon invitation by relatives residing in Korea

❺ A person who is planning for short-term language study

❻ A household assistant, hired by Korean citizen whose living base is located abroad, who needs to enter Korea along with the Korean citizen for humanitarian causes* for short duration (less than 90 days)

※ Humanitarian causes include household assistants giving hands to parenting, nursing, funeral procedure and other activities of a Korean national who recently have given a birth

❼ Spouse and child of those with refugees status for the purpose of family unification in accordance with Article 37 of the Refugee Act

❽ A visitor to Korea for the purpose of engaging in all C-3 activities except Group Tourist (C-3-2), Medical Tourist (C-3-3), Business Visitor(General) (C-3-4), Business Visitor(Agreement) (C-3-5), Business Visitor(Sponsored) (C-3-6), Short-term Visitor(Overseas Korean) (C-3-8), or Ordinary Tourist (C-3-9)

* Those who is planning for for-profit activities or employment should obtain a proper visa for those activities.

3. Required documents

① Visa application form (fill out online, printed, and signed) 

- For how to fill out the visa application form, click here.

② Physical passport (more than 6 months valid) & copy (personal information section with photo)

③ Copy of residence card

④ Proof of strong ties to your country of residence (employment proof, school enrollment, etc)

⑤ Document (or an invitation letter) demonstrating the purpose of entry such as attending an event or taking a training program

※ The document must contain the name, nationality and date of birth of the visa applicant.

⑥ Copy of business registration certificate issued by the Korean inviting institution (if applicable)

⑦ Application fee

4. Please note

❍ Please be informed that it takes about 10 working days to issue a visa after submitting all physical documents to the Embassy. Reservation is required before visiting the Embassy.

❍ The short-term general visa (C-3-1) visa can only be issued as a single-entry visa valid for 3 months. Please do not apply for the visa 3 months before entering the Republic of Korea.

❍ For further information, please visit the Korea Visa Portal (www.visa.go.kr) website.