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Book a Short-Term Rental in Korea with Your Passport
Verify your identity with your passport, find a space for your dates, and complete your booking on Locaplace.
Verify your identity with your passport, find a space for your dates, and complete your booking on Locaplace.
Planning a month in Seoul, a university program, or a temporary move to Korea? Finding a place to stay starts with practical questions: where you need to be, how long you will stay, and how to book.
On Locaplace, international guests can use a valid passport to complete identity verification and continue with a short-term rental booking. Here is how to get started.
1. Start with your passport
KYC means Know Your Customer. On Locaplace, it is the identity verification step that helps establish who is making a reservation.
For international guests, a passport can serve as the identity document for this process. Have your original, valid passport ready and follow the passport verification instructions in the app. Complete the checks shown and confirm that your verification has been approved before continuing. [3]
2. A growing international community
South Korea's Ministry of Justice recorded 2,783,247 foreign nationals staying in the country at the end of 2025, up 5.0% from 2024. [1] The Ministry of Education and KEDI counted 253,434 international students at Korean higher education institutions as of April 1, 2025, an increase of 21.3% from the previous year. [2]
For someone arriving for a fixed period, the practical question is finding a place for the dates they actually need. A semester, a work assignment, and the weeks before a longer move can each call for different living arrangements.
3. Choose a space around your daily life
Start with your arrival and departure dates, then check the listing's minimum rental period. For location, compare the trip to your campus or workplace, including walking time and transfers.
Look beyond the advertised rent. Review the full cost of your stay, including any deposit, management fees, utilities, or cleaning charges. Check what is included, especially furniture, bedding, Wi-Fi, laundry, and kitchen access. A suitable space should work for both your budget and your everyday routine.
4. Talk through the details in your language
Locaplace supports multilingual use and automatically translated chat, so you can ask the host questions in the language you are comfortable using. [3] Confirm availability, move-in arrangements, and anything the listing leaves unclear.
For example: "I am looking for a furnished studio from March 1 to March 31. Are utilities included, and is late arrival possible?"
Keep the agreed conditions in the conversation so you can refer to them when booking.
5. Complete your reservation
Once you have found a suitable space and completed verification, follow the reservation steps shown in the app. Review the dates, total price, rental terms, and cancellation conditions. Complete the required host approval and payment steps, and check that the booking is confirmed.
Passport verification confirms your identity; the booking confirmation confirms your reservation. Before move-in, make sure you have the address, access instructions, and the host's contact details.
Conclusion
Your passport can be the starting point for your stay in Korea. Use it to complete KYC on Locaplace, choose a space that fits your plans, and confirm the details with your host. Then you can focus on getting ready to arrive.
Sources
[1] Ministry of Justice — Foreign Nationals Staying in Korea, year-end 2025. View the Ministry of Justice statistics
[2] Ministry of Education and KEDI — 2025 Basic Education Statistics, April 1, 2025. View the 2025 Basic Education Statistics
[3] Locaplace — Passport verification and multilingual rental guidance. Read the Locaplace verification and language guide
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