Mexico to South Korea visa requirements

Mexican ordinary passport holders can visit South Korea visa-free for up to 3 months, but most adult travellers must obtain a K-ETA (Korea Electronic Travel Authorization) before boarding. Mexico is not listed in the current K-ETA temporary exemption countries through 31 December 2026. Mexico is on Korea's K-ETA eligible country list with an allowed visa-free stay of 3 months. Mexican ordinary passport holders can visit Korea without a consular visa for short tourism, visiting relatives, events, conferences or non-commercial business purposes, but most adult travellers need K-ETA approval before boarding a flight or ship. Korea extended the temporary K-ETA exemption to 31 December 2026 for countries/regions that are already exempt; VisitKorea's current visa and travel requirements page lists the exempt countries/regions and does not include Mexico. Therefore Mexican travellers who are not individually exempt should apply through the official k-eta.go.kr website or K-ETA app. The K-ETA fee is 10,000 KRW plus a separate online payment fee, assessment is generally within 72 hours but can take longer, and approval is valid for 3 years or until the passport expires, whichever is earlier. K-ETA is not a visa and does not guarantee entry; Korea Immigration makes the final decision at the port of entry. Individual K-ETA application exemptions include travellers aged 17 or younger or 65 or older on the date of entry, transfer passengers, registered foreigners and visa holders, ABTC holders, UN passport holders, crew and certain official/diplomatic passport holders.