[UPDATED on 23rd Feb. 2023] FOR VISA APPLICATION 상세보기|Visa General InformationEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the Swiss Confederation (2024)

PLEASE contact us at least2~3months before the departuredue to the high increase of applications after reading carefully all the related information as below:

* Regarding the required documents, please check the information related to your purpose onVisa Issuance page.

※H-1 (Working Holiday visa) is NOT availableat our Embassyaccording to the bilateral agreement.

※A person who has lost the nationality of the Republic of Korea (except persons who have reported the abandonment of nationality under Article 14)shall report the loss of nationality to the Minister of Justice(국적상실신고). Without this procedure, it's NOT possible to issue a visa. And if you're a dual citizen at birth including Korean nationality, it's mandatory to enter the country only with Korean passport.

https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ch-en/brd/m_20340/view.do?seq=32&page=1

1. Visa application is ONLY available onTuesday and Thursday mornings(9:00~11:30).

2.Please make an appointment in advance either by phone or by email.

3.ValidSwiss Residence permitis required for Non-Swiss national.

◆If you have a citizenship of the designated countriesas belowwithout a Swiss residence permit or have stayed for less than 1 years:

Please apply for a visa to the Korean Embassy or Consulatein your home countryaccording to the policy.

4.You can apply for it1 or 2 months beforeyour departure because of the visa validity(3 months). So please contact us in advance.

Only if your purpose is urgent or essential not to change the schedule for attending a funeral, official duty or business trip, we can consider an exceptional appointment.

Just for the reason you have non-refundable or non-changeable flight ticket, we don't accept any exceptional case.

* If the applicant applies for visa too early before the scheduled travel date and is required to reapply for visa, the applicant is required to prepare a fresh set of documents and make payment for the new application. We will not refund the payment for the first application.

5. Passport must be validover6months.

6.NO EXPRESS VISA SERVICE nor Postal/Online application.Apply only in personthrough a travel agency, by the applicant itself orby someone else.

7.It takes2 weeks (10 working days)to issue a visa.

8. Consular office is situated only in BernNOT in Geneva.

9.The Republic of Korea immigration system does not require visa labels to be affixed to a page in an applicant’s passport anymore. Soapplicants can print out the Visa Grant Notice on the official websiteatwww.visa.go.kr

http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ch-en/brd/m_20340/view.do?seq=14&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=&srchTp=&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm=&page=1

10. Because of the reason above, the Embassydoesn't keep the original passport during the visa process. You can get it back on the spot when you apply for a visa.

11. All the details of documents can be confirmed just on the spot.NOT beforehand.

12. The embassy doesn't let you know the updated information personally. Please check the updated information again on Travel Notice before boarding.

http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ch-en/brd/m_23429/list.do

13.There are some kind of visas that cannot be issued directly at the discretion of Consulate(e.g. long-term work visa over 90-days stay), In this case, you have to submit number of confirmation of Visa Issuance(VIN) issued by immigration regional office in Korea.

14. Documents issued in another country should be attachedwith Apostille or translated and notarized in one language among English, German or French. In addition, it's necessary to submitOriginal documents.

15. Visa fee can be paidonly in cash.

* The person in charge may ask you to submit additional documents.

* The Consulate is unable to guarantee the processing time or Visa approval over the phone.