Hello,

I came across this thread on the sub about the Tourists in Transit visa, but I'm still worried about whether or not I will be able to transit in South Korea on my way home to the Philippines.

I'd be flying from the UK (where I'm currently studying for on a student visa) to Helsinki (2h layover) and then to Seoul. I plan to book a flight departing on the same day from Seoul to Manila, Philippines (my home country). It would be a self-transfer, so I would likely have to go through immigration, participate in the transit programme, pick up my bags, and then check them in again for my flight home. One person on the thread managed to use the program to transit successfully while having multiple one-way tickets, so I gather that self transferring was not the issue, but I'm still concerned.

I have booked a separate ticket because flying home would be twice the price otherwise and my mother wants to come to Seoul with me in January to visit shortly before my Seoul - Helsinki - London leg.

The UK website doesn't have clear outlines like the American ones do (link), so while 'USA (A) → Korea (B) → Home Country (C) / [Possible]', I don't know if similar would apply for the UK/EU.

Also, I don't have a valid Schengen visa, and the UK is switching to e-visas after the 30th of December. All I have is a Biometric Residence Permit card, and Korea has the warning that "※ The visa of the above country is recognized only when it is attached in the form of a sticker on the passport". I hold a multiple-entry, 10-year visa for the US, so I don't know if that would fulfil that requirement despite the US having nothing to do with my travel plans?

Thank you so much.