Korea visa Application Center Korea Visa Application Center in Manila

The processing time for short term visit(C-3) visa will be adjusted as follows:

Effective date : Mar. 17(Tue), 2026

  •︎ Before : 18 working days

  •︎ After : 20 working days

Please Note :  Express application will still take five (5) working days.

Applicants may visit our center on the next working day after receiving the SMS notification.

Please understand that the extension of the visa issuance processing period is an inevitable temporary measure due to the surge in Korean visa applications.

For those planning a trip to Korea, please consider the above processing period and adjust the timing of visa application appropriately and prepare in advance so that there is no disruption to the travel schedule.

Please be advised of the updated Express Visa application fee.

For applications submitted under the Express service, an additional fee of PHP 500 will be applied on top of the standard center service fee of PHP 900, making the total center service fee PHP 1,400.

Processing Time: 5–7 working days

Please note:

• Tourist visa applications are not eligible for Express Visa processing.

• The visa stamp purchase fee of PHP 1,000 is charged separately.