Korea e-Arrival Card 2026: Who Files, the 3-Day Window, and Q-CODE

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Image generated with ChatGPT for illustration purposes. Last checked: 2026-09-22 · Sources: e-Arrival Card portal FAQ , e-Arrival Card portal: who must file , K-ETA portal notice of 2025-12-23 , Embassy of Korea in the USA notice of 2025-12-29 , KDCA Q-CODE notice board , Incheon Airport arrival procedures · What changed recently: KDCA's 3rd-quarter 2026 quarantine-area list was revised on 2026-09-04, effective 2026-09-07; no change to the e-Arrival Card rules since the portal's 2026-01-08 user-guide notice. Three government forms sit between a foreign traveller and the immigration counter in Korea: K-ETA, the e-Arrival Card, and Q-CODE. Most guides give each a paragraph and stop. This one takes the e-Arrival Card apart screen by screen, because the form is where the practical questions live: which address a transit passenger types, what to enter when the return flight is not booked, and whether the 3-day window means 72 hours or three calendar dates. Every statement bel...
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소개

한국의 이슈와 정보를 정리합니다.

오늘의 이슈부터 문화·맛집·여행·비자·생활·물가·테크까지, 주제는 넓지만 기준은 하나입니다. 한국과 직접 관련된 것만 씁니다.

어떻게 쓰나

기사 요약을 옮기지 않습니다. 공지 원문·법령·공공기관 자료를 직접 찾아 읽고, 서로 어긋나는 곳이 있으면 대조해서 적습니다. 숫자와 날짜는 원문에 있는 것만 옮깁니다.

확인한 것과 확인하지 못한 것을 나눠서 적습니다. 글 끝에 확인하지 못한 것 절이 있는 이유입니다. 모르는 것을 모른다고 적는 편이, 그럴듯하게 채워 넣는 것보다 읽는 사람에게 쓸모 있다고 봅니다.

다루는 범위

  • 오늘의 이슈 — 지금 한국에서 일어나고 있는 일
  • 비자·입국 — 제도와 절차, 바뀌는 시점
  • 생활·행정 — 살면서 부딪히는 창구와 서류
  • 물가·소비 — 실제로 얼마인가
  • 여행·공간 — 어디에 무엇이 있나
  • 문화·한류 — 무엇이 왜 그렇게 읽히나
  • 맛집·로컬 — 동네 단위의 실제
  • 테크·서비스 — 한국에서 쓰는 도구들
  • 사회·제도·교육 — 구조가 어떻게 되어 있나

누가 쓰나

Hello Korea는 박영광 개인이 운영하고 씁니다. 회사나 기관의 의뢰를 받아 쓰지 않으며, 특정 업체를 대신해 홍보하지 않습니다.

사이트는 구글 애드센스 등 제3자 광고를 게재합니다. 광고는 글의 내용과 분리되어 있고, 광고주가 글의 방향을 정하지 않습니다.

연락

사실이 틀렸거나, 원문과 다르게 옮긴 곳을 찾으셨다면 알려 주십시오. 확인해서 고치고 무엇을 고쳤는지 글에 남깁니다.

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