Foreign travelers arriving in South Korea via Incheon International Airport face long waits at immigration processing counters, according to reports from Korea Times and the South China Morning Post. On Friday, queues at Terminal 1 extend beyond the 10 immigration waiting lanes marked by retractable belt barriers, with crowds forming near the entrance. The congestion escalates as roughly 300 to 400 new arrivals enter an already crowded waiting area, contributing to confusion in the check-in and queueing space. Staff including several guides from the Korea Immigration Service’s Incheon Airport office and an airport subsidiary are present, but they are not able to fully relieve the bottleneck. One report says passengers reaching the counters around noon are not processed until after 1:20 p.m., amounting to an 80-minute delay. The long wait occurs after similar disruptions earlier this year during the Lunar New Year holiday from Feb. 16–18, when the overall arrival process for foreign travelers took up to 1 hour and 54 minutes and was described as an “immigration crisis.”
Incheon airport immigration lines for foreign tourists run up to 80 minutes
Foreign travelers arriving in South Korea via Incheon International Airport face long waits at immigration processing counters, according to reports from Korea Times and the South China Morning Post....
- Foreign visitors at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 face long waits at immigration counters.
- Queues extend beyond the 10 designated waiting lanes marked by retractable belt barriers.
- Around 300 to 400 new arrivals enter an already crowded waiting area, creating confusion near the entrance.
- Reported processing delays reach about 80 minutes; passengers arriving around noon are processed after 1:20 p.m.
- The delay follows earlier Lunar New Year disruptions in which the foreign arrivals process took up to 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Foreign travelers arriving in Korea through Incheon International Airport can expect a long wait at the immigration counters. The lengthy queues were apparent at Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday, where foreign visitors stood waiting to clear immigration. The line stretched beyond the 10 waiting lanes marked out by retractable belt barriers. Chaos ensued near the entrance as 300 to 400 new arrivals spilled into an already packed waiting area. Three or four guides from the Korea Immigration Service’s Incheon Airport office and an airport subsidiary were on hand, but they could do little to ease the confusion. As the line stretched, so did the wait. Passengers who reached the immigration counters at around noon were not processed until after 1:20 p.m. That 80-minute wait was not far behind the disruption seen during this year’s Lunar New Year holiday from Feb. 16-18, when the entire arrival process for foreign travelers took as long as one hour and 54 minutes and was described as an “immigration crisis.” The International Civil Aviation Organization, meanwhile,
2 hours agoForeign travellers arriving in South Korea through Incheon International Airport can expect a long wait at the immigration counters. The lengthy queues were apparent at Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday, where foreign visitors stood waiting to clear immigration. The line stretched beyond the 10 waiting lanes marked out by retractable belt barriers. Chaos ensued near the entrance as 300 to 400 new arrivals spilled into an already packed waiting area. Three or four guides from...
4 hours agoForeign travelers arriving in Korea through Incheon International Airport can expect a long wait at the immigration counters. The lengthy queues were apparent at Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday, where foreign visitors stood waiting to clear immigration. The line stretched beyond the 10 waiting lanes marked out by retractable belt barriers. Chaos ensued near the entrance as 300 to 400 new arrivals spilled into an already packed waiting area. Three or four guides from the Korea Immigration Service’s Incheon Airport office and an airport subsidiary were on hand, but they could do little to ease the confusion. As the line stretched, so did the wait. Passengers who reached the immigration counters at around noon were not processed until after 1:20 p.m. That 80-minute wait was not far behind the disruption seen during this year’s Lunar New Year holiday from Feb. 16-18, when the entire arrival process for foreign travelers took as long as one hour and 54 minutes and was described as an “immigration crisis.” The International Civil Aviation Organization, meanwhile,
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