Statutes of the Republic of Korea

No. 26311
Promulgation Date 2015-06-15
Ministry of Justice

ALL

CHAPTER I DEPARTURE AND ENTRY OF NATIONALS

Article 1 (Departure and Entry Inspections)

Article 1-2 (Departure or Entry Inspections Using Informatization Device)

Article 1-3 (Criteria for Prohibition of Departure due to Nonpayment of Fines, etc.)

Article 1-4 (Period of Prohibition of Departure)

Article 2 (Procedures for Prohibition of Departure)

Article 2-2 (Procedures for Extension of Period of Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 2-3 (Examination of, and Decision on, Requests for Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea, etc.)

Article 3 (Procedures for Revocation of Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 3-2 (Preparation and Management of Book of Requests for Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 3-3 (Exclusion from Notice of Decisions, etc. on Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 3-4 (Examination of and Decisions on Objections)

Article 4 Deleted.

Article 5 (Management of Data on Persons Prohibited from Leaving Republic of Korea)

Article 5-2 (Procedures for Emergency Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 5-3 (Procedures for Approval for Emergency Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 5-4 (Preparation and Management of Book of Requests for Emergency Prohibition of Departure from Republic of Korea)

Article 6 (Custody and Notification of Passports, etc.)

CHAPTER II ENTRY AND LANDING OF FOREIGNERS

Section 1 Entry of Foreigners

Article 7 (Issuance of Visas)

Article 7-2 (Online Applications, etc. for Issuance of Visas)

Article 8 (Entry Permits for International Friendship, etc.)

Article 9 (Temporary Suspension of Application of Visa Exemption Agreements)

Article 10 (Issuance, etc. of Entry Permits for Foreigners)

Article 11 (Delegation of Authority to Issue Visas)

Article 11-2 (Period of Preservation of Applications for Visas)

Article 12 (Classification of Sojourn Status)

Article 13 (Management of Data on Persons Prohibited from Entering Republic of Korea)

Article 14 (Requests for and Revocation of Prohibition of Entry into Republic of Korea)

Article 15 (Entry Inspections)

Article 15-2 (Exemption from Obligations to Provide Information about Fingerprints and Faces)

Article 16 (Conditional Entry Permits)

Article 17 (Deposit and Return of Bonds, and Procedures for Being Vested in National Treasury)

Section 2 Landing of Foreigners

Article 18 (Landing Permission for Crew Members)

Article 18-2 (Multiple Crew Member Landing Permits)

Article 18-3 (Criteria for Landing Permission for Tourism)

Article 18-4 (Procedures for Landing Permission for Tourism)

Article 19 (Emergency Landing Permission)

Article 20 (Disaster Landing Permission)

Article 20-2 (Temporary Landing Permission for Refugees)

Article 21 (Extension of Period of Landing Permission)

CHAPTER III SOJOURN AND DEPARTURE OF FOREIGNERS

Section 1 Sojourn of Foreigners

Article 22 (Suspension Orders)

Article 23 (Employment and Sojourn Status of Foreigners)

Article 24 (Reporting by Persons, etc. Employing Foreigners)

Article 24-2 (Technical Training Enterprises, etc.)

Article 24-3 Deleted.

Article 24-4 (Recruitment and Management of Technical Trainees)

Articles 24-5 through 24-7 Deleted.

Article 24-8 (Management, etc. of Foreign Students)

Article 25 (Permission for Activities Beyond Sojourn Status)

Article 26 (Permission to Change or Add Workplace)

Article 26-2 (Reporting Change or Addition of Workplace)

Article 27 (Restrictions on Scope of Activities)

Article 28 (Exception to Methods of Notification)

Article 29 (Granting Sojourn Status)

Article 30 (Permission to Change Sojourn Status)

Article 31 (Permission for Extension of Period of Sojourn)

Article 32 Deleted.

Article 33 (Notice of Departure when Extension of Period of Sojourn, etc. is not Permitted)

Article 34 (Advance Notice of Departure Following Granting Sojourn Status, etc.)

Section 2 Departure of Foreigners

Article 35 (Departure Inspections)

Article 36 (Period of Suspension of Departure of Foreigners from Republic of Korea)

Article 36-2 (Procedures for Suspension of Departure of Foreigners from Republic of Korea, etc.)

Article 37 (Departure of Foreigners from Republic of Korea, Suspension of whose Departure Has Been Lifted)

Article 38 (Delegation of Authority to Permit Extension of Permitted Period of Reentry)

Article 39 Deleted.

CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMS

Section 1 Registration of Foreigners

Article 40 (Registration of Foreigners, etc.)

Article 40-2 (Assignment, etc. of Foreigner Registration Numbers to Persons Exempted from Obligations to Register as Foreigners)

Article 40-3 (Numbering System, etc. of Foreigner Registration)

Article 41 (Issuance of Alien Registration Certificates)

Article 42 (Reissuance of Alien Registration Certificates)

Article 43 (Preparation and Management of Registered Foreigner Cards)

Article 44 (Reporting on Change in Matters of Foreigner Registration)

Article 45 (Reporting on Change of Place of Sojourn)

Article 46 (Return, etc. of Alien Registration Certificates)

Article 47 Deleted.

Section 2 Social Integration Programs

Article 48 (Details and Development of Social Integration Programs)

Article 49 (Designation of Operating Institutions)

Article 50 (Management and Cancellation of Designation of Operating Institutions)

Article 51 (Training of Experts, etc.)

Article 52 Deleted.

Articles 53 through 56 Deleted.

CHAPTER V DEPORTATION, ETC.

Section 1 Investigations

Article 57 (Reporting on Recognition)

Article 58 (Requests for Appearance)

Article 59 (Interrogatories)

Article 60 (Record of Statement of Witnesses)

Article 61 (Inspections and Requests for Presentation of Documents, etc.)

Article 62 (Record of Presented Articles, etc.)

Section 2 Internment

Article 63 (Internment Orders)

Article 64 (Requests for Internment, etc.)

Article 65 (Extension of Period of Internment)

Article 66 (Cancellation of Internment during Period of Internment)

Article 67 (Duty of Head of Internment Facilities)

Article 68 (Notification of Internment)

Article 69 (Objections to Internment)

Article 70 (Decisions on Objections)

Article 71 (Temporary Internment of Foreigners)

Section 3 Examinations and Raising Objections

Article 72 (Examinations and Decisions)

Article 73 (Procedure after Examination)

Article 74 (Deportation Orders)

Article 75 (Objections and Decisions)

Article 76 (Special Cases on Permission to Sojourn)

Section 4 Execution of Deportation Orders

Article 77 (Execution of Deportation Orders)

Article 78 (Internment of Persons in Receipt of Deportation Orders, or Release from Internment)

Section 5 Temporary Release from Internment

Article 79 (Temporary Release from Internment)

Article 79-2 (Criteria for Examination of Temporary Release from Internment)

Article 80 (Cancellation of Temporary Lifting Release from Internment)

Section 6 Recommendations, etc. for Departure

Article 81 (Recommendations for Departure from Republic of Korea)

CHAPTER VI SEARCH OF SHIPS, ETC.

Article 82 (Search and Examination of Ships, etc.)

Article 82-2 (Scope of Ships, etc. subject to Search and Examination)

Article 83 (Search and Entry or Departure Inspections at Places other than Ports of Entry or Departure)

Article 84 (Permission to Embark)

CHAPTER VII RESPONSIBILITIES OF CAPTAINS OF SHIPS, ETC. AND HEADS OF FORWARDING AGENTS

Article 85 (Perusal, Timing, etc. of Submission of Passenger Reservation Information)

Article 86 (Scheduled Arrival or Departure Notice)

Article 87 (Obligations to Report)

Article 88 (Obligations to Repatriate)

CHAPTER VII-2 ISSUANCE OF REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, ETC.

Articles 88-2 through 88-4 Deleted.

Article 88-5 (Issuance of Refugee Travel Documents)

Article 88-6 (Reissuance of Refugee Travel Documents)

Article 88-7 (Extension of Period of Validity of Refugee Travel Documents)

Article 88-8 (Return of Refugee Travel Documents)

Article 88-9 (Treatment of Refugees, etc.)

CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 88-10 (Use, etc. of Personal Information and Data, such as Criminal History Records)

Article 89 (Persons Obligated to File Applications, etc. for Permission)

Article 90 (Fact-Finding Investigations)

Article 91 (Investigation of Movements of Foreigners)

Article 91-2 (Public Officials Belonging to Related Agencies)

Article 92 (Uniforms and Identification Cards of Immigration Control Officials)

Article 92-2 (Exemption from Obligations to Notify)

Article 93 (Relationship to Criminal Procedure)

Article 94 (Revocation and Change of Various Permission, etc.)

Article 94-2 (Procedures for Stating Opinions)

Article 94-3 (Electronic Windows for Civil Petitions)

Article 95 (References)

Article 95-2 (Procedures for Exercising Right to Indemnity)

Article 96 (Delegation of Authority)

Article 97 (Procedures for Entry or Departure Inspections for Travel, etc. between South and North Korea)

Article 98 (Ports of Entry and Departure)

Article 99 (Safekeeping of Temporary Payments, etc.)

Article 100 (Establishment of Due Forms)

Article 101 (Processing of Sensitive Information and Personally Identifiable Information)

Article 101-2 (Re-Examination of Regulations)

CHAPTER IX FINES FOR NEGLIGENCE

Article 102 (Criteria for Imposition of Fines for Negligence)

CHAPTER X ACCUSATION AND DISPOSITION OF NOTICE

Section 1 Accusation

Article 103 (Notification of Results of Dealing with Cases)

Section 2 Disposition of Notice

Article 104 (Procedures for Disposition of Notice)

Article 105 (Procedures, etc. for Payment of Fines)

Article 106 (Delivery of Written Notice)

Article 107 (Provisional Payment of Penalties)

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