Korean Mission in Taipei

Korea's presence in Taiwan takes the same representative-office form as Taiwan's in Seoul: the Korean Mission in Taipei, fifteen floors up on Keelung Road beside Taipei 101, performs the visa and consular functions an embassy otherwise would. For Taiwanese travellers the rules are generous — 90 days visa-free in Korea — and the direct flights linking Taipei and Kaohsiung with Korean cities carry one of East Asia's liveliest tourist exchanges in both directions.

Taiwan passport holders visit Korea visa-free for up to 90 days; Korea's K-ETA has run dated exemption windows for Taiwan passports — verify the current requirement at k-eta.go.kr before flying. The mission's visa section (reception 08:30–11:30 and 14:00–16:00 weekdays, extension 351) handles the longer categories — study, work, working-holiday under the Korea-Taiwan scheme, and family visas — plus applications from third-country residents of Taiwan whose passports need Korean visas.

The mission provides passports and nationality services (ext. 309), notarisations (ext. 348), and emergency assistance (after-hours +886 912 069 230) for Korean nationals in Taiwan — businesspeople, students, and spouses across Taipei and the island's tech corridors — with the full consular service set an embassy would carry.

Korea and Taiwan are simultaneously rivals and indispensable partners across the semiconductor world, and the trade between them — chips, components, machinery, chemicals — ranks among each side's largest relationships. The mission's economic section supports Korean companies in Taiwan alongside KOTRA's Taipei operation.

Cross-investment concentrates where the two economies meet: materials, components, and equipment for the chip industry, with Korean content and consumer brands expanding into Taiwan's market in parallel. The mission is the policy-level contact for Korean investors on the island.

Korean businesses in Taiwan work through KOTRA Taipei and the mission's economic division; the informal diplomatic structure changes none of the commercial reality, and the two economies' supply chains interlock more deeply every product cycle.

Taiwan is one of hallyu's most devoted markets, and the traffic runs both ways — Taiwanese food, travel, and culture enjoy real popularity in Korea, and the working-holiday scheme sends young people in both directions. The mission's cultural programming and study-in-Korea fairs feed a steady student pipeline to Korean universities.

Taiwan passport holders planning short trips: check the current K-ETA position at k-eta.go.kr — often the only step beyond booking flights. Visa and consular matters: Korean Mission in Taipei, Room 1506, 15F, No. 333, Section 1, Keelung Road (Taipei 101 station exit 1); phone +886 2 2758 8320–5 with section extensions (visas 351, passports 309, notarisation 348); visa reception 08:30–11:30 and 14:00–16:00 weekdays; email taipei@mofa.go.kr.

K-ETA requirements for Taiwan passports have moved through dated trial-exemption windows — verify at k-eta.go.kr rather than trusting a remembered rule. The mission is a representative office, not an embassy — its practical consular powers cover everything travellers and residents actually need. Section extensions matter here: calling the right one (351 for visas) saves the queue the switchboard cannot.