This is the weekly meet-up thread. Always be aware of potential risks of meetings strangers online. Be careful and be safe.

To better match yourselves up, you may want to (but not required for now) fill out the following questionnaire:

1. Age, gender, party group, Nationality
2. Purpose of meet up.
3. Length of meet up.
4. Date/potential dates.

Example:

1. M,33, solo traveler, USA
2. Looking for food buddies to try Korean meals that require 2 people
3. Just for dinner, I have plans after
4. Anytime this week, even today is possible

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Weekly CoVid/Entry Exit Korea questions

If your primary topic is related to:-Entry/Exit requirements (K-ETA, Q-code, vaccinations, etc) -CoVid Tests (where to get tests, what tests are required, vaccinations, what happens if I get CoVid, etc)-Predictions (When do you think X will open, what will change, etc)

Please post here. They are not allowed as a stand alone question anymore. All parent comments on this thread must be questions relating to those topics. If you’re one of those people interested in answering these, reply to parent comments. Travelers, try to look over the other questions asked on this week’s thread before asking. While some members don’t mind answering, it gets weary when every week the questions are the same. We understand the rules are constantly changing but try to do some homework first. The idea is to clean up the main page with travel questions about places to go, things to see, and so on and so forth. Cheers and happy travels!

Per user mikesaidyes:

(ADJUSTED FOR RECENT REMOVAL OF PRE-DEPARTURE TEST and Arrival Test)

Entry Requirements - Testing Rules, Documents, Timeline

(FOR Visitors and NOT for Korean citizens or long term residents with ARC)

The Singapore embassy has the most up to date info, better than the American consulates.https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/sg-en/brd/m_2435/view.do?seq=761395&page=1

**The Singapore Embassy link has documents with Testing FAQ, how to use K-ETA and Q-CODE. Look at it and download the PDFs.**

1. K-ETA for visa free entry: http://www.k-eta.go.kr Follow the directions exactly - bureaucracy loves rules. Do as they say and don't take any shortcuts with pictures, etc.
2. Pre-Departure test NO LONGER REQUIRED.
3. Q-CODE Passenger Locator Form https://cov19ent.kdca.go.kr/cpassportal/ .
4. ARRIVAL TEST is no longer required post Oct 1.
5. KOREA DOES NOT REQUIRE DEPARTURE TESTING. The departure testing requirements are set by the country you are going to, NOT Korea.
6. Masks are required on public transit and inside all buildings. Optional outside, but most people still wear them.
7. No entry log, vaccine pass, nothing to enter when you go in anywhere. No curfews or gathering size restrictions.