Following the crew change crisis situation, South Korea allows crew changes without 14 days of quarantine, depending on the flight/vessel departure schedule.
Namely, on-signers from the below 49 countries do not need to have visa to enter the country:
- Greece
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Germany
- Latvia
- Romania
- Luxembourg
- Lithuania
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Sweden
- Spain
- Slovakia
- Estonia
- Austria
- Italy
- Czech Republic
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Poland
- France
- Finland
- Hungary
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Liechtenstein
- Iceland
- USA
- UK
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Dominican Federation
- Barbados
- Venezuela
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Malta
- Ireland
- Guyana
- Monaco
- Vatican
- San Marino
- Andorra
- Albania
- Slovenia
- Guam
- New Caledonia
- Palau
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To better facilitate crew change, seafarers(foreigners) may be discharged from the quarantine facility before 14 days under certain circumstances. Matters concerning early discharge is subject to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ internal guidelines for operating isolation facilities. The conditions of early discharge is as follows:
The seafarer must be tested Negative
The departure date of the vessel must be set (departing flight ticket be secured)
Must move to the seaport/airport without stopping by other locations. (the mode of transportation must be secured beforehand by the agent/company)
Must leave the facility within 12 hours of scheduled departure time.
However, it may not be possible to leave the isolation facility in the cases below. A. Cases where the next port is a domestic(Korean) port
B. Cases where the next port is a Chinese port According to the Chinese government’s policy, persons arriving in China must submit a PCR negative certificate issued by a Chinese government-designated hospital, so they are being discharged early. After being discharged after 14 days, an individual examination is required at a Chinese-designated hospital (Visit to a hospital for examination during the facility isolation period is prohibited).
C. Persons confirmed Covid Positive / Close contacts of Covid-positive persons