According to an interview with Shin Sang Kyun, First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic Korea in Ulaanbaatar,  published on the news.mn website on 17^th of October, the number of Mongolians who applied for visas to South Korea has increased in recent months.

A total of 34 thousand Mongolians in 2014 applied for visas to South Korea and 56 thousand in 2015. However, in first nine months of 2016, the number of applicants has increased sharply to 47 thousand. This has caused pressure on the consular services of the South Korean Embassy, which has been forced to extend the 'response time' for visa applications from one week to ten working days. The new rule came into effect from 17^th of October.

There are currently some 24,000 Mongolians living in S.Korea; these include married migrants, people working in the manufacturing sector and students.