Important manual-based filing notes
These points are drawn from Korea immigration manuals and recurring filing rules that often affect higher-risk nationality pages.
- - Chinese general passport holders should treat consular visa issuance as the default path. K-ETA does not replace the visa requirement.
- - F-4 and H-2 are not general China routes. They depend on overseas Korean eligibility and a document chain proving ancestry, usually with translated and authenticated family records.
- - For marriage, study, or long-stay filings, civil and school documents are often expected to be recently issued. A common practical rule in the stay manuals is a 3-month freshness window unless a document-specific exception applies.
Source basis
Korea Immigration Service (출입국·외국인정책본부)
HiKorea — Korean visa & residency manual
