South Korea: quarantine exemption thanks to Q-Code

Since that day, March 21, 2022Vaccinated travelers can register at the "Q-CODE" system to be eligible for a 7-day quarantine exemption on their arrival in South Korea.

For your information, if a traveler's vaccination history has not yet been registered in Korea, he or she will not be exempt from quarantine until April 1, 2022.

To benefit from this quarantine exemption, travelers will need to present a QR code obtained after completing a registration on the "Q-CODE" system. Registration must be carried out on the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Preventioncov19ent.kdca.go.kr.

What is it exactly? The pre-entry quarantine information system (Q-CODE) is a system set up by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) to shorten quarantine inspection times required for entry into South Korea and to facilitate immigration formalities for foreign entrants.

In addition, the presentation of a negative PCR test result, performed 48 hours before travelThe document must be inserted into the "Q-CODE" system.

Travellers from France and 49 other countries eligible for a short-stay visa waiver in South Korea must always request K-ETA" electronic travel authorization before the trip. This ETA is valid for 2 years and allows multiple stays in the country for tourism, visiting relatives, participating in events or meetings and for non-profit commercial purposes. 🇰🇷

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