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South Korea e-Arrival Card · field guide · ~6 minutes

The fields where people get the official e-Arrival Card wrong, in form order.

With the exact regex the official site enforces, the error message it returns, and what you probably did wrong. Pre-check your values in the e-Arrival Card page's local validator before pasting.

§ Fields, in order

13 fields, 4 sections, ~6 minutes total.

All sections Showing 5 of 13
Section 1 · Passport
01

Passport number

Use the passport number on the photo page. No spaces or dashes.

^[A-Z0-9]{6,12}$ max 12
02

Full name

Use the Latin name from your passport.

max 80
Section 2 · Trip
03

Flight number

Use the operating flight number. Codeshares should match the operating carrier.

04

Arrival date

Use the date you enter Korea, in Korea local time.

Section 4 · Contact
05

Email

Use a monitored inbox. Save the confirmation page or QR if the portal shows one.

max 80
§ Error decoder

What the official site says vs. what it actually means.

"Passport mismatch"

Name or passport number does not match the passport scan or airline record.

"Wrong system"

K-ETA, Q-Code, visa status, and e-Arrival Card are separate systems.

"Confirmation not found"

Re-open the official .go.kr portal and check with the same passport/email.

§ After submit

What happens between hitting submit and getting through immigration.

  1. 01

    Confirmation screen

    The official site shows a confirmation on screen. Screenshot it — that's your backup.

  2. 02

    Email arrives

    Within a few minutes from a go.kr address, with the record details.

  3. 03

    At immigration

    Show the e-Arrival Card confirmation if requested. Keep your passport and arrival purpose details consistent with the submission.

  4. 04

    No printout needed

    Screenshot is fine. PDF is fine. Even the email app open on your phone is fine.

  5. 05

    If verification fails

    Rare. Officer looks you up by passport number — your record is already in the system.

§ Full walkthrough

Every field, the in-browser validator, and the full common-errors list.

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Run by Korea Immigration Service. Last verified June 11, 2026. · Archived snapshot

Use the official .go.kr portal. Do not paste e-Arrival Card data into K-ETA, Q-Code, or a visa-service page by mistake.

Tool · Pre-check your fields

Before you paste anything into the official site

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Date you arrive in Korea.
Use YYYY-MM-DD in this local checker.
Confirmation is sent here.
Use the operating flight number.
Use the Latin spelling from your passport.
Use the passport number from the photo page.
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✓ Rules last verified 2026-06-11.

Practical notes

File with the passport and flight you will actually use. If a site asks for a K-ETA or visa fee, you are not just filing the free e-Arrival Card.

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How to Fill Korea e-Arrival Card: Field-by-Field Guide (2026)
entrycardguide. Accessed 2026-06-11.
https://entrycardguide.com/korea/how-to-fill/

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