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Alien Registration
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If you want to stay in korea more than 90 days,
you are required to register at a local
immigration office having the jurisdiction over
the place of your stay within 90 days from the
date of your entry
※ It is punishable that you stay in Korea more
than 90 days without being registered
See
Exemptions
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To register, you should make an application to a
local or district Immigration office having
jurisdiction over the place of your stay, either
by visiting in person or
by proxy
Note) If an applicant
is under the age of 17, he/she can either get an
Alein Registration card independently, or just get
recorded on his/her parent's Alien Registration
card as a dependent (In this case, his/her
parent's Alien Registration card needs to be
submitted)
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Document requirements are as follows
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Application forms
(Downloadable forms)
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A travel document ex) passport
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2 colour photos (3㎝×4㎝)
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Other documents each category of visa may
require
addtionally
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Fees (10,000 won)
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If your application is accepted, the Immigration
officer in charge will stamp your passport and
issue an Alien Registration card to you
Image of Alien card
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It usally takes 3 or 4 days for the applicant to
get the Alien Registration card
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If you get registered, you are obliged to observe
the accompanying duties below
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To carry the Alien Registration card
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You , while in Korea, should always
carry with you a travel document, an
alien registration card, etc, in case
an Immigration officers during his
official duty asks you to present
either of those documents
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※ Foreigners under the age of 17 are
exempt from this duty
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To apply for re-issuance of the lost or damaged
Alien Registration card
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If your Alien Registration card is
lost or damaged, you should apply for
reissuance of the lost or damaged card
to a local or district Immigration
office having jurisdiction over the
place of your stay, within 14 days
since such events occur
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To report changes of particulars of Alien
Registration card
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You should report changes of
particulars of your Alien Registration
card to a local or district
immigration office having jurisdiction
over the place of their stay, within
14 days since the changes
occur
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To return the Alien Registration card, when
leaving Korea, etc
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You should return your Alien
Registration card to an Immigration
officer, when leaving Korea ,or when
you acquire Korean nationality
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However, you are exmpt from this
duty, if you are
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- A registered foreigner
who has obtained a re-entry permit,
and plans to re-enter Korea within the
period of re-entry given
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- A registered foreigner
who has a multiple visa, or a national
of
Re-entry Permit Waiver countries
and wishes to re-enter Korea within the
period of stay given
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- A foreigner who has
received a refugee travel document,
and wishes to leave just temporarily
and re-enter Korea before the refugee
travel document expires
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