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 1. Foreign Registration and period |
Foreign Registration procedure
Foreign registration
- Foreigners intending to stay in Korea for more than 90 days after entry
- Acquired foreign nationality by lossing Korean nationality, or where foreigners born in Korea are given
residence status and intend to stay for more than 90 days from the time they are born
- Exceptions to foreign registration - The following are exempt from registering as foreigners
- Those carrying out diplomacy, official missions, agreements and their family members (A-1, A-2, A-3)
- Those undertaking diplomatic, industrial, or other important duties for the national security and their family
members, and other foreigners found to be unnecessary to register as foreigners by the Minister of Justice
- Foreigners from Canada intending to stay for less than 6 months and carry out the following
activities-> Culture/Arts (D-1), Religious Works (D-6), Visit&Stay with family (F-1), Family dependency (F-3), others (G-1)
Registration period
- Foreigners intending to stay for more than 90 days in Korea after entry
→ within 90 days of entry
- Foreigners with permission granted for status to stay or change of status
→ Upon receiving the permissions (immediately)
Example) B-2 (Tourism/Transit) holding Canadian citizens, after five months of stay
, applying for change of their status, must register upon application
[Quotation from SEC] |
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| 2. Document Requirements upon registration as foreigners |
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Common document requirements
- Passport
- Application form for registration as foreigners
 
- 2 color photos (3cm x 4cm)
- Fee: KRW 10,000 (Government Revenue Stamp)
document requirements according to the status
| Status |
document requirements |
| Culture/Arts(D-1) |
·Cultural arts organization certification (a copy of business registration certificate etc) |
| Study(D-2) |
·A Certificate of registration |
| Industrial training(D-3) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate, physical examination certificate, industrial accident insurance certificate (Trainee recommendation center trainee), guarantee insurance (foreign investment industrial trainee) |
| General training(D-4) |
·Certificate of registration (university associated language center), training center establishment related certificates (miscellaneous training) |
| Press Coverage(D-5) |
·Branch office, organizations’ authorization or a copy of business registration certificate |
| Religious Works(D-6) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Intra-company Transfer(D-7) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Treaty Investment(D-8) |
·A Copy of Foreign investment corporation registration certificate, A Copy of business registration certificate |
| Treaty Trade(D-9) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Professor(E-1) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Foreign Language Teaching(E-2) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Research(E-3) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Technological Guidance(E-4) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Profession(E-5) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Arts/Entertainment(E-6) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate, HIV negative confirmation certificate (applicable person only) |
| Specially designated activities(E-7) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Non-professional Employment(E-9) |
·A Copy of Business registration certificate |
| Labor Aboard(E-10) |
·Passenger transportation business registration certificate or goods transportation business registration certificate, physical examination certificate, industrial or injury insurance certificate |
| Visit&Stay with family(F-1) |
·Birth certificate or family registry, household servants of diplomatic and consular personnel in Korea : official’s ID card copy, household servants of investment foreigners: hirer’s foreign registration card copy |
| Residency(F-2) |
·Family register (showing marriage status) of Korean Spouse and a copy of resident registration, spouse guarantee of reference |
| Family dependency(F-3) |
·Spouse or parents’ foreign registration card copy |
| Others(G-1) |
·Documents verifying reasons |
| Working holiday(H-1) |
·Travel itinerary or activity summary, a certificate of incumbency (applicable persons only) |
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※ Overseas Koreans (F-4) : eligible to report of Domestic Residency
※ Permanent residency (F-5) : Same as document requirements upon change of status (permission of status)
[Quotation from SEC] | |
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| 3. Foreign registration card issuance/re-issuance/grant |
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Foreign registration card issuance
- Foreign registration cards are issued at the Immigration Office under appropriate jurisdiction
Foreign registration card re-issuance
- Reasons for re-issuance
- Lost or stolen registration cards
- Damaged registration cards
- Lack of space for necessary items to be displayed
- Changes of particulars of Foreign registration card (name, sex, birth date and nationality)
- Application for re-issuance must be made within 14 days of the above reasons
- Document requirements for re-issuance
- Application form for re-issuance of foreign registration card
- Document stating reason for re-issuance application (where lost)
- 1 color photo (3cm x 4cm)
- Old registration card (where registration card is unusable due to tear and/or wear, lack of space
, or change of details arise as per Article 35 Section 1 of the Act)
- Fee: KRW 10,000 (Government Revenue Stamp)
- Re-issuance location: Immigration Office having the jurisdiction over the place of your stay
Foreign registration card for separate issuance
- Foreigners applicable to the following must receive separately issued foreign registration cards.
- Foreigners who are listed as accompaniments to their parents or legal guardians on their registration
cards, and have reached 17 years of age
- Due to departure or other such reasons of their parents, wishing to issue separated
foreign registration cards.
- Separate applications for issuance of foreign registration cards must be made within 60 days
of reaching 17 years of age.
- document requirements: passport, 2 color photos (3cm x 4cm), foreign registration card
[Quotation from SEC] |
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| 4. Foreign registration card return/carry/present |
Reasons for returning foreign registration cards
- The foreign registration card must be returned to the Immigration Office upon following reasons
- Final departure of registered foreigner
- Where the registered foreigner abandon their foreign citizenship and acquires Korean nationality
- Upon the registered foreigner’s death
- Where the registered foreigner falls into the foreign registration exemption category
Return period for foreign registration cards
- Final departing foreigners, upon departure
- Where Korean nationality acquired, within 14 days since the nationality is acquired.
- The person, spouse, parents, or agent of permission applications
- Korean nationality verification certificate, lost foreign nationality verification certificate
must be submitted with the returned foreign registration card
- Upon death
- Spouse, parents or agent of permission applications. Administrator or owner of the
location, building or land where the death occurs
- Within 14 days of acknowledgement of the death or within 30 days of the death
- Medical report or inquest report, or other death verification documents must be
submitted with the returned foreign registration card
- Penalties will be payable where the registrations are not returned within the specified period
Foreign registration card carriage and/or present
- All foreigners while in Korea, should always carry with you a travel document and an
alien registration card. (Foreigners under the age of 17 are exempt from this duty)
- All foreigners must comply with requests by immigration officers or other such public officers
(including public administrators of city, province, town) to display passports and foreign registration
cards, upon performing their official duties. (registration related duties)
- When asked to present passports and registration cards, penalties will be applied to those
who do not comply with persuant to Immigration Act 27.
[Quotation from SEC] |
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| 5. Reporting changes of particulars of foreign registration card |
Reporting changes of particulars of foreign registration card
When the following causes arise for foreigners who have registered as foreigners, the changes to
the registration details must be reported to the Immigration Office having the jurisdiction
Causes to report for changes of particulars of foreign registration card
- When the name, sex, date of birth or nationality of the foreigners change
- When the passport number, date of issuance or expiry date changes
- When changes to the organizations (or name changes) that Culture/Arts (D-1), study (D-2), general training
(D-4) status foreigners belong to are made
- When changes to the organizations (or name changes) that Press coverage (D-5),
religious works (D-6), Intra-company transfer (D-7), treaty investment (D-8)
, treaty trade (D-9) status foreigners belong to are made
Method of reporting changes of particulars of foreign registration card
- In person or by the agent representing the person may report to the jurisdictional Immigration Office by
submitting appropriate documents
Submission documents upon reporting changes of particulars of foreign registration card
- Passport and foreign registration card
- Application form of Report on changes of particulars of foreign registration card
Notes
- Penalties are payable as found in breach of Immigration Act Article 35, where foreigners registered as
a foreigner does not report to the Immigration Office having the jurisdiction of the changes of particulars
of foreign registration card within 14 days
[Quotation from SEC] |
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| 6. Procedure of Permission for Extension of Stay |
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Procedure of Permission for Extension of Stay
Permission for Extension of Stay
- In case of expiration of permission of stay, the foreigner shall receive permission for extension
of stay if he/she desires to stay continuously in Korea
Application Period for Extension
- The foreigner shall apply before 2 months from the current expiration date to the expiration date.
- In case of applying for the extension after the expiration date, the individual shall pay the penalty
according to Article 25 of Immigration Act.
How to apply for permission for extension of stay
- Principal or principal’s agent shall prepare the required documents (See the documents by the
qualification) to the Immigration Office having the jurisdiction
- To check the documents by the qualification, click the qualification table on the upper part.
[Quotation from SEC] | |
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