Designation as an Excellent Medical Tourism Attraction Institution: Requirements and Application

Procedure

Procedure

1. 01

   1. Check eligibility to apply — The applicant must be a medical institution attracting foreign patients or an attraction business operator registered under the Act on Support for Overseas Expansion of Healthcare System and Attraction of International Patients (the Medical Overseas Expansion Act). Under the 2026 public notice, the record of inviting foreigners through medical tourism visas in the previous year must be 30 cases or more, and the standards for the period elapsed since registration and for the actual number of persons attracted are also set by the public notice.

2. 02

   2. Check grounds for disqualification — You cannot apply if there is a recent administrative sanction or a history of an earlier designation being revoked. The period standard is set in each year's public notice, so check it in the original text of the notice.

3. 03

   3. Organize the performance materials — The evaluation gives scores for the illegal stay rate of invited patients and for the invitation and attraction record. The actual number of persons counts the same patient only once, so prepare a list with duplicates removed, and also confirm whether the invited patients have departed from Korea.

4. 04

   4. Apply within the notice period — Submit the application form, the business plan and materials on excellent attraction cases within the period and by the method set in the public notice. A closing time is fixed, so finish the submission by the day before.

5. 05

   5. Management after designation — The designation results are usually announced by public notice in September. Even after designation, the designation may be revoked if illegal stay by invited patients increases, so continue to manage the departure of patients.

Filing route

Filing route

Deadlines & processing notes

Deadlines & processing notes

Fees & official charges

Fees & official charges

Included in the basic fee — Initial document review, required-document guidance, basic form preparation, one filing support and one ordinary supplement.

Conditional success fee — For this service, any conditional success fee may be separately agreed within the lawful service scope and stated in a written engagement agreement. No outcome is guaranteed.

Displayed amounts are starting estimates, not statutory or standard rates. The final fee is confirmed after consultation and document review in the engagement agreement. Government fees and actual expenses may change.

Basic documents

Basic documents

The performance standards and the allocation of evaluation points change with each year's public notice, so first check that year's notice.