Do Mexico passport holders need a visa for South Korea?

No visa. You do need a K-ETA, Korea’s online travel authorization, applied for before you fly unless Korea’s temporary K-ETA exemption covers your nationality. A valid K-ETA means no arrival card. Without one you file the arrival card, online for free or on paper at the counter. You can be without one under the exemption or because of your age.

Policy

K-ETA

Max stay

90 days

  • The official form is free, on the government’s own site.
  • Automation we built fills in your K-EAC under your supervision. You review it, change anything, and submit it yourself.
  • Your first one-traveler form per country is free. visayes Premium fills in your whole group in one go.
  • Your passport and trip details never leave your device and we have no way to read them. The one exception is the passport photo you choose to scan. It passes through a recognition service once and we keep no copy of it.
Start my K-EAC

Your next step

Check your nationality with the Navigator on www.e-arrivalcard.go.kr first. If you need a K-ETA, apply only on www.k-eta.go.kr or in the official K-ETA app. Korea warns of unofficial sites charging a higher fee.

The Korea e-Arrival Card: what it means for you

A K-ETA is not a visa, and it is not the arrival card either: the two are separate systems. The e-Arrival Card portal says a K-ETA holder with remaining validity is not subject to it, unless entering on a visa, and asks K-ETA holders to keep their purpose of entry and place of stay up to date on the K-ETA website. People excused from the K-ETA file the arrival card, including those excused by age: under 17 or over 65 in the portal’s words, 17 and under or 65 and over in Korean embassy notices.

First time filing it? The full guide covers who is exempt, the exact window, and fixing mistakes: read the Korea e-Arrival Card guide. Ready to fill one in? The Korea e-Arrival Card walkthrough takes you through every box, in order.

Official sources

Compiled by the visayes team. Visa status and maximum stay come from our passport policy dataset, last updated 16 Sep 2026. Entry rules can change without notice and the destination’s own government is always the final word.

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