UK help and services in South Korea

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in South Korea. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and South Korea.

Emergency help for British nationals in South Korea

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in South Korea

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to South Korea

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from South Korea

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in South Korea

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in Mali, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in South Korea, including guidance on residency, healthcare, driving and more.

  • Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

  • FCDO travel advice for South Korea. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

  • Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

  • Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in South Korea

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

Birth, death and marriage abroad in South Korea

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in South Korea

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in South Korea.

Trade and invest: South Korea

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in South Korea.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in South Korea, and Korean companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in South Korea.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

  • The Science & Innovation Network in South Korea promotes and facilitates collaboration between the UK and South Korea on key science and innovation themes.

British embassy or high commission in South Korea

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British Embassy in South Korea maintains and develops relations between the UK and the Republic of Korea.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.