{"question":{"passport":"MCO","destination":"PRK","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"law-of-the-dprk-on-entry-and-exit","url":"https://www.nktechlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/170621-Immigration-Law-%EC%B6%9C%EC%9E%85%EA%B5%AD%EB%B2%95-_KOR.pdf","passage":"외국인은 우리 나라 외무성, 출입국사업기관 또는 다른 나라에 주재하는 우리 나라 외교 및 령사대표기관을 통하여 사증을 발급받고 입출국하여야 한다. … 우리 나라와 해당 나라사이에 무사증제를 실시할데 대한 협약이 있을 경우에는 려권 또는 그를 대신하는 증명서를 가지고 사증없이 입출국할수 있다.","explanation":"Article 19(1) obliges every foreigner to obtain a visa (사증) in advance through DPRK diplomatic, consular or entry-exit organs; Article 19(2) confines the only visa-free route to citizens of states with a bilateral visa-waiver agreement, and no ordinary-passport holder of any roster issuer is covered by such an agreement (the one documented agreement, with China, covers only diplomatic, service and official-ordinary passports). Therefore every ordinary travel document needs advance authorisation.","publisher":"주체 85(1996)년 1 월 19 일 최고인민회의 상설회의 결정 제 68 호로 채택 … 주체 106(2017)년 6 월 21 일 최고인민회의 상임위원회 정령 제 1774 호로 수정보충"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-21","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}