Booking a tour

The following information tells you how to apply for your North Korean visa! We ask for all documents to be submitted a minimum of 4 weeks in advance of tour departure (in some circumstances this can be shortened so please do contact us if you are unsure).

 

 

	Check your passport is up to date and then fill out the online visa application form which will then be submitted electronically.
	Please scan and email us a copy of the ID page of your passport – please make sure this is the same passport you used for the online application!!!
	Please also send us via email a passport photo ideally in JPG or PDF format. This must be a clear, recent photo and in colour, or the visa authorities will reject it. Make sure you compress files before sending (no larger than 200kb please!)
	Once you have informed us whether or not you require a single room for the trip (see tours page for costs) we will send you an invoice so that you can pay the 50% deposit
	Make sure you have a double entry visa for China. It is possible for the Chinese Embassy in DPRK to issue a tourist re-entry visa but you will need a minimum of 6 months validity in your passport for this as well as a blank page and printed confirmation of all your China hotel bookings and flights. Please note that sometimes the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang will only issue a visa valid for 10 days upon return to China.
	Unless you have specified otherwise, the visa will be issued and collected on your behalf in Beijing – we use the passport copy and photo for this, we do not need your actual passport at any time.

 

 

IMPORTANT – We require travellers on ALL tours to come to our office at 4PM (16:00) on the day before departure for a tour briefing and the final visa preparations regardless of whether you have had the visa issued overseas or not. If you absolutely cannot attend this meeting then please let us know as early as possible and alternative arrangements can be made. We will need about 1.5 hours of your time at this point. This applies to both group & independent tours.