The first step for students to study in South Korea is to enter the country.
What are the procedures when students enter Korea?
Take a look with us.
1, entry inspection: passport, air ticket, customs declaration form (is implementing the “carrying items orally” declaration system.
Visitors are not required to fill out the form except for purchases of more than $400.)
The entry and exit application forms can be checked on the second floor above ground (immigration control office).
2. Claim your baggage: check your baggage claim number on the electric light indicator board, and claim your baggage on the ground floor (baggage claim area).
Please bring the receipt for your checked baggage in case you lose it.
The bulky baggage claim is between Counter 5 and Counter 6 and 17.
3. Customs inspection: South Korea’s entry channels are green, white and red.
Passengers who have nothing to declare can enter the country through the duty-free channel (green).
Passengers with items to declare should choose the self-declaration channel (white).
Passengers with yellow seals or who require intensive screening should select the designated screening channel (red) for entry.
2, entry requirements 1, entry form before landing to complete the notification sheet has two kinds, one is the entry card is a declaration form, written in English or Korean, not in Korea has a fixed residence students can directly fill in your university.
The ARTICLES ON THE DECLARATION FORM DO NOT TAKE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE EXCEED, PASS THE CUSTOMS WHEN THE ENTRY FORM TO THE STAFF, GO OUT of THE AIRPORT WHEN the declaration form to the staff is OK.
The yellow list is a health check, so you don’t have to check if you don’t have symptoms.
2, about the articles carried by south Korean general supermarkets no draperies, quilt and plate are direct shop, buy directly cover can not accustomed to friends from home and take a sheet of three-piece suit, if the luggage is too heavy of ikea or muji buy can also go to Korea, pay attention to the wallet, the price of the south Korean bedding is not cheap.
After you get off the plane, you can directly connect to wifi at the airport, so you can tell your family that you are safe. Convenience stores in the airport sell transportation cards after you take your luggage out of customs, and the card fee is extra. After you buy the card, you have to charge money into it to use it.
Note: Do not carry large amounts of cash.
3, about landing students after entry, in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Justice of South Korea, during the stay in South Korea to apply for a foreigner landing card, this point do not worry, whether you apply for language school or master’s and doctoral, the school will be unified notification.
Some things to note are:
Remember your visa due date and login in the residential address, need to prepare in advance before the expiry of retained delay the material to the Exit and Entry Administration to delay, if moving or moved out to live from the school the dormitory, change your stranded, must be reported within 14 days, you can report to the Exit and Entry Administration, can also be reported in the center of the residents of your new address,
Address changes must be reported within the specified time, or you will face a huge fine.
1. It is recommended that you exchange some Korean currency in Korea before you go abroad to study in Korea. Because you need to buy basic daily necessities after you go, cash is still very important in the adaptation period of the first few weeks.
But do not need to take too much, one is the domestic exchange rate is low, not cost-effective, but to carry a large amount of cash is not safe, generally with 3000~5000 yuan cash can be.
2. Bank Card Most of the ATMs of banks in South Korea can use UnionPay cards, you can take Korean won at any time, the exchange rate can be checked through the network at any time, most of the malls and shops in South Korea can directly swipe the UnionPay card/VISA consumption, very convenient.
3, conversion plugs, strip South Korea electric socket is not the same with the domestic market, domestic computer, mobile phone charging plugs in South Korea can not directly use, you need to use the conversion plug, while South Korea has sold, but the price is too expensive, and just to not familiar with can’t buy, advice directly to South Korea to study abroad, appliances more words suggest taking a strip, a bit more convenient.
4. Standing medicine It may not be convenient to buy medicine when you are unfamiliar with studying in South Korea at the beginning. It is recommended to prepare some standing medicine to take with you in case of emergency, such as cold medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, diarrhea medicine and so on.
Some students have poor immunity. They may suffer from the symptoms of soil and water clothing when they first go to Korea. It is necessary to take the basic life medication.
