ICDPA 2025 | June 25-27, 2025 | Jeju Island, South Korea
Visa-Free Entry
Visa-free Entry to Jeju: 180 Countries.
(Only 11 countries are required to apply for a visa:
Afghanistan, Cuba, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Macedonia,
Palestine, Sudan, and Syria)
Duration of stay: Up to 30 days
Conditions of entry:
- Those that arrive directly into Jejudo island by flights or
ships.
* A Chinese tourist group arriving at the Incheon International
Airport, who intends to travel to Seoul and Gyeongggi Province
within 12 or 24 hours and then go to the Jejudo island by
transferring to the domestic flight. (Domestic connecting flight) -
(Hereinafter referred to as 'group transit passenger to Jeju)
- For a group transit passenger to Jeju, a person must join a tour
program of Korean travel agents that serve Chinese tourists groups
only and that are designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and
Tourism, and the Chinese travel agents in charge of a group visa
application at the Korean embassy or Consulate General in China.
Also, a group transit passenger must hold a domestic airline ticket
to the Jejudo Island in which a flight departs within 12 or 24 hours
(Source: Korean Immigration Office,
www.hikorea.go.kr)
Invitation Letters
1. The invitation letter will be issued after the successful
registration.
2. Your name must be listed exactly as it appears on your
passport. Any differences between the name on your passport
and the name on your invitation letter or other
documentation could lead to a delay and/or denial of your
visa.
3. Please note ICDPA Conferences and the organizing
committee of the conference are not authorized to assist
with the VISA process beyond providing the Notification of
Invitation Letter issued by ICDPA Conferences and conference
Committee Board. Should your application be denied, ICDPA
Conferences and the organizing committee of the conference
cannot change the decision of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, nor will ICDPA Conferences and the organizing
committee of the conference engage in discussion or
correspondence with the MOFA or the Embassy on behalf of the
applicant. The registration fee cannot be refunded when the
VISA application of individual being denied.
4. It takes around one month for the Embassy to process the
VISA application, please register as early as you can to
make sure you have enough time.