Wow!
Hallyu wave in the Philippines have pushed the embassy of South Korea to make
some changes in the visa application. It has been implemented for 2 weeks
already as of this posting. I came across this while trying to write about our
South Korea trip last April 2018 which I will share one of these days.
Announcement
from the embassy’s (located in Taguig) website goes like this:
“…From July 1, 2018, visa application will be
processed through designated travel agencies only due to increased number of
Korean visa applicants. Total number of visa applicants increased from 90,000
in the year 2015 to 120,000 by the end of 2016. In the year 2017, total number
of visa applicants recorded was around 160,000.
This increase in number of visa applicants caused the
applicants to stand in hot weather outside the embassy for hours to wait in
line for their turn to apply for respective visas. To avoid such inconvenience,
the embassy has designated 35 travel agencies to process Korean visa
application.
