British Embassy in South Korea. Seoul is where you will find the British Embassy in South Korea. We have listed the contact details for the embassy below including telephone numbers, email address, street address and also a map to the British Embassy in Korea.
British Embassy in South Korea
If you wish to visit the UK then you can apply for a business visa or a visitors visa for the UK. If you are married or engaged to a British national then you can apply for a spouse visa, fiancee visa or a partner visa. You can also register a birth at the embassy and renew your passport while in South Korea. Note the visa timeline below as well as when you apply for the UK visa application.
If you lost your passport while in Korea then it will need to be reported to the Korean police. They will issue you with a police case number. You will need to keep this as the Embassy will want this when you apply for a new passport. If you are a tourist then the emergency passport will do. If you live in Korea then you will need to wait on a new passport. The police case number for the lost passport you will need when Korean immigration transfers you Korean visa from the lost passport to the new passport. Likewise see the emergency passport UK as well as the renew british passport while abroad. You can also complete your passport tracking UK online.
See also the British Embassy in Singapore and the British Embassy in New Zealand and the British Embassy in Mongolia.
British Embassy Seoul영국대사관
British Embassy Seoul Sejong-daero 19-gil 24 Jung-gu, Seoul 100-120 South Korea .
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Visa Application Timeline in South Korea, Seoul
| Visits Visas | 5 days | 10 days | 15 days | 60 days | 90 days | Total decisions made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Term Visit (more than 6 months | 66% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 3 |
| General Visit (6 months or less) | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| Business Visit (6 months or less) | 25% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 4 |
| Family Visit (6 months or less) | 0% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 4 |
| Other Visit (6 months or less) | 40% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 5 |
| Points Based System Visas | 5 days | 10 days | 15 days | 40 days | 90 days | Total decisions made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS Tier 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 3 |
| PBS Tier 2 | 83% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 24 |
| PBS Tier 4 | 80% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 47 |
| PBS Tier 5 | 62% | 98% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 58 |
| Other Non Settlement Visas | 5 days | 10 days | 15 days | 60 days | 90 days | Total decisions made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEA Family Permits | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 1 |
| Settlement Visas | 5 days | 10 days | 15 days | 40 days | 90 days | Total decisions made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 0% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 100% | 2 |
