Entry / Quarantine Measures For Americans Travelling To Korea From the US?
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Entry / Quarantine Measures For Americans Travelling To Korea From the US?
I am an American currently in the US looking to make my way to South Korea. Are there any entry restrictions against Americans using the the visa exemption method to enter Korea? I also have an APEC card if this makes a difference.
Also, if you were an American who entered the country and you're not a long term resident of Korea, what were the quarantine procedures like?
Also, if you were an American who entered the country and you're not a long term resident of Korea, what were the quarantine procedures like?
#2
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
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As a visa exempt, "short term" entry with no alien residence card (aka not registered).....you ABSOLUTELY 1,000,000% must quarantine for 14 days at a government facility. This means they bus you to some hotel somewhere. Many say it's actually very nice, but of course everyone has different facilities and I wouldn't wanna find out haha. Of course they feed you 3 meals a day, too.
You must pay the fee yourself and the total cost is 1,400,000 KRW (around 1150 USD). You must have a phone with working mobile number (some people say they've had a hard time getting a SIM card/pocket WiFi) and install an app to self-monitor and enter results for the govt to check. They visit you periodically to make sure you're staying in the room (also the app has GPS tracking) and if you don't report in the app your temperature etc. twice a day.
This is for ANY foreigner entering Korea. Nationality doesn't make a difference.
You must pay the fee yourself and the total cost is 1,400,000 KRW (around 1150 USD). You must have a phone with working mobile number (some people say they've had a hard time getting a SIM card/pocket WiFi) and install an app to self-monitor and enter results for the govt to check. They visit you periodically to make sure you're staying in the room (also the app has GPS tracking) and if you don't report in the app your temperature etc. twice a day.
This is for ANY foreigner entering Korea. Nationality doesn't make a difference.
#4
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You ask the same question in many different country threads. Is there a point to this or are you just looking to get away for a bit? The big global message, still, is ‘stay at home.’
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#6
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When you mentioned hotels, I thought it wouldn't be so bad. However, I talked to the Korean CDC about this (82-226331339). Unfortunately it's not hotels. It's former business or government training centers. Either in Incheon or as far away as Cheon-an. No choice of location or room.
#7
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No. Americans CAN enter with visa free entry as a tourist. Countries that ban Koreans....Korea now bans those country people from entering (unless they have a Korean residence card). USA never banned Koreans, so Koreans never banned Americans.
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Ive been searching all over the internet on current status of traveling to Seoul but can't find a current answer if I as an American can travel there without a quarantine once I get there. There are cheap $1400 fares non stop from Dallas in July. UK is my first choice but that is out due to a soon to be (soon to be...it's May LOL) 14 day mandatory quarantine .
#9
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Ive been searching all over the internet on current status of traveling to Seoul but can't find a current answer if I as an American can travel there without a quarantine once I get there. There are cheap $1400 fares non stop from Dallas in July. UK is my first choice but that is out due to a soon to be (soon to be...it's May LOL) 14 day mandatory quarantine .
#10
Join Date: Mar 2004
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If the handling of incoming Americans changes particularly with respect to obligatory quarantine, it would be great - and save some inquiries - if someone posted an update here. I really appreciate all the information already posted. Apparently, a few of us are eager to travel there. Again, thank you.
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Quarantine in your choice of place
I saw on the Korean Air website that if you can prove you are related to someone that lives in Korea that you can quarantine there, at their residence, just like a Korean can returning home. 14-day quarantine applies to Korean's too, only they can do it in their own residence.
#12
Join Date: Oct 2018
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I saw on the Korean Air website that if you can prove you are related to someone that lives in Korea that you can quarantine there, at their residence, just like a Korean can returning home. 14-day quarantine applies to Korean's too, only they can do it in their own residence.