Visas and entry requirements: North Korea
Prepare your journey to North Korea using official sources.
North Korea
Access is restricted. This is not a tourist visa offer. Consult the competent authority about access restrictions and any exceptional permission; do not assume ordinary tourism is possible.
Sources and review status
Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.
Dates describe an editorial record, not a live check or legal validity. Review is due after 90 days; rules can change sooner. Open the linked source before relying on this guide.
Recorded review date
- FCDO — Corée du Nord, entrée
Recorded review date:
Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.
UK travel advice: check its stated British passport scope; it is not a rule for all nationalities.
Your next checks
- Write down the passport you will use and its type, your country of residence and your planned activities. Residence and interface language do not replace passport nationality.
- List arrival and departure dates, transit stops and entry points. Check each leg separately, including whether you pass immigration during transit.
- Open the official instructions for that profile. Record the required documents, submission window, fees and processing guidance; mark anything the source does not confirm as unresolved.
- If a condition is unclear, contact the competent authority with your passport country, residence, purpose and dates. Recheck before departure and after a passport or itinerary change.
The source guide below is currently available in French.
Corée du Nord : confirmer l’ouverture avant le visa
La source consulaire signale une fermeture à l’entrée générale. Faites confirmer une admission effective pour votre nationalité et votre voyage avant d’engager une procédure de visa.
Conseils d’entrée cités pour le passeport British citizen ; toute autre nationalité nécessite une vérification auprès des autorités compétentes.
- Visa nord-coréen pour le profil britannique documenté.
- Voyage organisé ; pour un déplacement indépendant, parrain et permission du ministère des Affaires étrangères.
- Interroger la représentation nord-coréenne sur l’ouverture et les restrictions actuelles.
- Confirmer l’itinéraire autorisé puis les documents de visa et de transit, notamment via la Chine.
- Une procédure de visa existante ne prouve pas que les frontières sont ouvertes.
- Le FCDO déconseille les voyages non essentiels ; un enregistrement local est prévu pour les visites de plus de 24 heures.
Check your travel profile
Documents to consider
Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.
Check the official entry rules before travelling.
Official sources
Advice from a foreign government may be intended for its own nationals. Check the destination authority's requirements for your passport and circumstances; an advisory is not a universal eligibility decision.
- www.gov.uk ↗Source checked on 2026-09-28
