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South Korea visa requirements for Vatican City citizens
Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset
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Visa-free
Vatican City citizens do not need a visa for South Korea for up to 30 days.
Entry details
Travelling to South Korea on a Vatican City passport, you do not need a visa for up to 30 days. The Vatican City passport currently ranks #59 of 199 worldwide, with 135 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.
South Korea is moderately open to foreign passports, admitting 110 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #3 with 166 open destinations. This is a mutual arrangement, with visa-free applying symmetrically between the two countries.
In the opposite direction, South Korea citizens travelling to Vatican City face: visa-free for up to 90 days.
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