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즉시환급jeuk·si·hwan·geup · Instant tax refund
The instant tax refund: show your passport at the till of a tax-free shop and the VAT comes off the price there, instead of claiming it back at the airport.
15,000원
것The deal
즉시환급 (jeuk·si·hwan·geup) is the on-the-spot version of Korea's tax refund for visitors. The Korea Tourism Organization's guide (updated 20 October 2025) sets the rules: you qualify if you are a foreigner staying under six months (overseas Koreans: two or more years abroad and under three months in Korea); the receipt must be 15,000 won or more; for the instant refund a single transaction must be under 1,000,000 won and your instant-refund total 5,000,000 won or less. The tax is taken off the shelf price as you pay, so nothing is owed to you later.
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Above those limits, or in shops without the instant scheme, you get a refund voucher with your receipt and claim it another way: at a downtown refund counter or kiosk (single transactions up to 6,000,000 won; passport, voucher and a credit card needed), or at the airport after customs has confirmed the goods are leaving. The goods must leave Korea within three months of purchase, unopened and unused (Korea Customs Service). Cooked food, opened items and anything bought at a duty-free shop do not qualify.
하는 법How to
Have your physical passport out before the till; Olive Young's Myeongdong store asks for the passport itself. Say 즉시환급 and the cashier scans it. At Incheon, the customs desk is on the third floor of Terminal 1 near check-in counters E and J, and the refund counters near gate 28 are staffed 07:00 to 22:00 with 24-hour kiosks beside them; Terminal 2's are near counters F and G and gates 225 to 274 (KTO guide). Keep the goods where you can show them; customs may ask.
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즉시환급 부탁드려요.
Instant tax refund, please.
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여권 원본 있으세요?
Do you have your actual passport?
얼마What it costs
| Minimum receipt for any refund | 15,000원 | checked Nov 4, 2026 |
| Instant refund, single transaction must be under | 1,000,000원 | checked Nov 4, 2026 |
| Instant refund, total of all transactions up to | 5,000,000원 | checked Nov 4, 2026 |
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장소 Places · 멋올리브영 명동타운Olive Young Myeongdong TownOlive Young's flagship in Myeongdong, two floors on Myeongdong-gil with testers on every shelf, a tax-refund desk and staff who speak your language.브랜드·매장 Brands and shops · 멋올리브영유행 예감 On the way upol·li·beu·yeongA drugstore chain with a green sign, found on most busy streets in Korea.장소 Places · 멋다이소 명동역점Daiso Myeongdong StationThe twelve-floor Daiso right outside Myeongdong station, where every item is 5,000 won or less and the queue at the till is mostly tourists.장소 Places · 멋유니클로 명동점UNIQLO MyeongdongUniqlo's largest store in Korea, three floors of a hotel on Myeongdong 8na-gil, back in the district since May 2026 with a tax-refund counter and a print-your-own T-shirt corner.
동네 Neighborhoods · 길명동MyeongdongSeoul's main shopping district for visitors, about a kilometre of cosmetics shops, department stores and street carts between Myeongdong station on line 4 and Lotte's main store at Euljiro.
장소 Places · 멋롯데면세점 명동본점Lotte Duty Free MyeongdongLotte Duty Free's main city store on the upper floors of Lotte Department Store at Euljiro 1-ga, where you shop before you fly and collect at the airport.
방법 How-to · 삶티머니T-moneyThe prepaid transport card you buy at any convenience store for a few thousand won and top up in cash; it works on every bus and subway in the country and at the till of the shop you bought it in.
장소 Places · 멋신세계면세점 명동점Shinsegae Duty Free MyeongdongShinsegae's city duty-free shop on floors 8 to 12 of its main department store by Hoehyeon station.
장소 Places · 길1898 명동성당1898 Myeongdong CathedralThe arcade of cafés, shops and a bookshop under the plaza of Myeongdong Cathedral, named for the year the cathedral was finished.
동네 Neighborhoods · 길명동MyeongdongSeoul's main shopping district for visitors, about a kilometre of cosmetics shops, department stores and street carts between Myeongdong station on line 4 and Lotte's main store at Euljiro.장소 Places · 멋롯데면세점 명동본점Lotte Duty Free MyeongdongLotte Duty Free's main city store on the upper floors of Lotte Department Store at Euljiro 1-ga, where you shop before you fly and collect at the airport.방법 How-to · 삶티머니T-moneyThe prepaid transport card you buy at any convenience store for a few thousand won and top up in cash; it works on every bus and subway in the country and at the till of the shop you bought it in.장소 Places · 멋신세계면세점 명동점Shinsegae Duty Free MyeongdongShinsegae's city duty-free shop on floors 8 to 12 of its main department store by Hoehyeon station.장소 Places · 길1898 명동성당1898 Myeongdong CathedralThe arcade of cafés, shops and a bookshop under the plaza of Myeongdong Cathedral, named for the year the cathedral was finished.
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