Korea Visas for Indonesians Coming for Treatment

Which visa an Indonesian passport needs for a beauty or medical trip to Seoul, the C-3-3 medical visa, KVAC fees and documents. Checked October 2026.

Rules checked on 21 October 2026. Confirm with the Korean Embassy in Jakarta or KVAC before you apply.

The short answer: if you travel on an Indonesian passport on your own, you need a Korean visa. For most beauty treatments the ordinary short-term tourist visa (C-3-9) is enough. If your stay may run past 30 days, a family member is coming to look after you, or you will come back for several sessions, the medical tourism visa (C-3-3) is usually the better fit, and Kordy can help you with it.

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Do Indonesians need a visa for Korea?

Yes, as a rule. The Korean Embassy's visa guidance says every foreign visitor needs a passport valid for at least six months from the application date and a valid Korean visa. Indonesia is not on the list of countries that can enter with K-ETA (the electronic travel authorisation for visa-free nationals), so K-ETA does not apply to you.

Three exceptions exist, and none of them suits a typical treatment trip:

  • Group visa-free pilot (2026). From 28 May to 31 December 2026, groups of three or more Indonesian tourists recruited by a designated Indonesian travel agency can enter visa-free for 15 days. Individual travellers are not covered, and the group must arrive and leave together, which does not fit a clinic schedule.
  • Jeju. Indonesians can enter Jeju island without a visa for up to 30 days, but only by flying or sailing directly into Jeju from abroad; a domestic connection through Incheon or Gimpo does not count. The stay is limited to Jeju. A permit to continue to the mainland is granted only for reasons such as a cancelled flight or treatment that becomes necessary elsewhere in Korea (with a doctor's letter), so it is not a route to a planned Seoul treatment. Carry a return ticket and hotel booking.
  • Transit visa-free entry. Indonesians holding a valid visa for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or one of a list of European countries, and transiting Korea on the way there or back, can stay up to 30 days. Useful only if your trip genuinely routes that way.

Which visa fits your trip

Your tripUsually the right visa
Skin treatments, injectables, lasers, Ulthera or Thermage, dental cleaning: a few days to two weeksC-3-9 general tourism: single entry, valid 3 months, stay up to 30 days
Surgery with a 1–2 week recovery (eyelids, breast augmentation), travelling aloneC-3-9 still covers it, as long as the whole stay is within 30 days
Surgery where the stay may pass 30 days, or a family member is coming as your carerC-3-3 medical tourism: valid 3 months, stay up to 90 days, covers the patient and accompanying family
Treatment lasting longer than 90 daysG-1-10 medical treatment, for patients invited by a registered institution, plus family carers
Repeat visits (a course of skin boosters, staged procedures)A multiple-entry C-3, if you meet the criteria: 5 years, 30 days per stay

Choose the visa by your recovery plan, not by the operation date. Your surgeon's fit-to-fly check sets the earliest day you can leave, and that date should sit comfortably inside your permitted stay. For typical stay lengths, see Breast augmentation: recovery and flying home and Under-eye fat repositioning.

A calendar ribbon in three segments of increasing length with a passport above each: a short stay, a medium stay with a patient and a family carer, and a long stay with a hospital; at the end, a looping arrow with aeroplanes for repeat visits.
  1. C-3-9 general tourism. Stay up to 30 days. Enough for most beauty treatments and for a 1–2 week surgical recovery.
  2. C-3-3 medical tourism. Stay up to 90 days, and covers a family member coming as your carer.
  3. G-1-10 medical treatment. For treatment lasting longer than 90 days.
  4. Multiple-entry C-3. For repeat visits, if you meet the criteria: 5 years, 30 days per stay.

Choose by your recovery plan, not by the operation date.

The medical tourism visa (C-3-3)

The C-3-3 visa is for people travelling to Korea for treatment, and for family members (such as a spouse) accompanying them as carers. It is valid for three months and allows a stay of up to 90 days.

For an application at KVAC, the Embassy lists:

  • Proof of your treatment booking at a Korean medical institution.
  • A copy of that institution's registration as a foreign-patient attracting institution with the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
  • Your last three months of bank statements. If you cannot provide them, a written explanation plus either your car ownership certificate (STNK; motorbikes are not accepted) or three months of credit card statements.
  • The standard application form, passport and photo.

Hospitals designated by the Ministry of Justice as excellent patient-attraction institutions (112 of them for October 2026 to September 2027) can also file an electronic C-3-3 visa for you on the Korea Visa Portal. On that route the visa is issued in principle within three days, proof of funds is not required, and a wider circle of relatives can come as carers.

For treatment longer than 90 days, the G-1-10 visa is used instead. Older official guidance gives up to one year; ask the embassy for the current limit. Any visa of 91 days or more also requires a tuberculosis test certificate from an embassy-designated hospital.

Need a medical visa? Kordy can help. We work with your Korean hospital to prepare the treatment confirmation and the registration documents the embassy asks for, check that your booking dates match your recovery plan, and guide you through the KVAC application or, where your hospital is designated, the e-visa route. The embassy makes the visa decision, so no one can promise approval, but a complete file is the best start. Ask us about a medical visa.

Applying at KVAC Jakarta

Visas are applied for at the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC), not at the embassy itself. You can apply in person, through an embassy-designated travel agency, or through a family member.

Six numbered steps along a dotted path: a hospital document with a seal, bank statements, a passport with photo and form, a service counter, a calendar with an hourglass, and an open passport with an aeroplane.
  1. Hospital documents. For C-3-3: proof of your treatment booking and a copy of the institution's foreign-patient registration. Kordy can help prepare these.
  2. Bank statements. Your last three months, or the alternatives the Embassy lists.
  3. Form, passport and photo. Documents must be issued within the last three months.
  4. Submit at KVAC. Lotte Mall Ciputra World 1, Jakarta; submission 09:00–15:00, Monday to Friday.
  5. Wait. Standard applications are ready on the 10th day (holidays not counted); express C-3 within 5 working days.
  6. Collect and fly. Passport collection 12:00–17:00. Apply at least three weeks before your flight.
  • Address: Lotte Mall Ciputra World 1, Unit 5F-05A, Jl. Prof. DR. Satrio No. 1, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12940.
  • Hours: document submission 09:00–15:00, passport collection 12:00–17:00, Monday to Friday.
  • Processing time: standard applications are ready for collection on the 10th day after you apply (holidays not counted), multiple-entry C-3 on the 7th day, and express C-3 within 5 working days including the day you apply. The embassy notes it can take longer.
  • Documents must be issued within the last three months and are not returned. The current KVAC checklist is the version that counts.

Fees from 1 July 2026 (visa fee plus KVAC service fee, cashless):

VisaTotal
Single entry, stay under 90 days (C-3-9, C-3-3)Rp 920,000
Single entry, expressRp 1,430,000
Single entry, stay over 90 days (G-1-10)Rp 1,260,000
Double entryRp 1,430,000
Multiple entryRp 1,770,000

Practical tips: apply at least three weeks before you fly, book flights you can change, and keep the medical booking and your return date consistent across every document.

Before you fly

  • e-Arrival Card. Fill it in free at e-arrivalcard.go.kr from three days before arrival, instead of the paper card. The Immigration Service has warned about fake look-alike sites that charge a fee; the official one is free.
  • At immigration, say plainly why you are here: "tourism and a clinic appointment" is entirely normal. Have your return ticket, hotel booking, appointment confirmation and a Korean contact number ready.
  • Medication: bring it in original packaging with an English prescription or doctor's letter. Some narcotic and psychotropic medicines need advance approval from Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, so start early. Tell your clinic about everything you take, including supplements.
  • Insurance: travel insurance rarely covers elective cosmetic treatment or its complications. Read the exclusions.

Official sources

Rules checked on 21 October 2026. Visa rules change; confirm with the embassy or KVAC before you apply.

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