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Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans — Article 6 (Reporting on place of residence in Korea)

재외동포의 출입국과 법적 지위에 관한 법률 제6조

(1) A foreign nationality Korean who has entered the Republic of Korea with the status of sojourn as overseas Korean may fix a place of residence in the Republic of Korea and report the place of residence to the head of a local immigration office or alien registration office having jurisdiction over the place of residence. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; May 20, 2014>

(2) When the place of residence reported under paragraph (1) is changed, such change shall be reported to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (including a Gu which is not an autonomous Gu; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article and Article 7) or an Eup/Myeon/Dong in which the new residence is located, or the head of a local immigration office or alien registration office having jurisdiction over the place of new residence within 14 days. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; May 29, 2016>

(3) Upon receipt of a report on the change of the place of residence under paragraph (2), the head of a local immigration office or alien registration office shall notify the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or an Eup/Myeon/Dong in which the new residence is located and, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or an Eup/Myeon/Dong, in turn, shall notify the head of a local immigration office or alien registration office having jurisdiction over the place of new residence, respectively. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; May 29, 2016>

(4) Items to be stated in the report on the domestic place of residence, accompanying documents, and procedures for filing reports, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 14, 2008]

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