(1) The captain of a ship or the forwarding agent that applies for landing permission for alien passengers on board the passenger ship making a tour and operating internationally in the seas of the Republic of Korea and foreign countries for the purpose of tourism pursuant to Article 14-2 (1) of the Act after reviewing whether alien passengers meet the criteria provided for in paragraph (2).
(2) An immigration control official shall consider the following matters when granting landing permission for tourism: <Amended on Jan. 22, 2016>
1. Whether an alien passenger holds his or her valid passport;
2. Whether an alien passenger plans to depart from the Republic of Korea after he or she left a ship for the purpose of tourism and returned to the ship he or she left at the port of call he or she left the ship;
3. Whether an alien passenger falls any of the following and is determined by the Minister of Justice:(a) A person who may enter the Republic of Korea without a visa under the Visa Exemption Agreement, etc.;(b) A person who intends to stay in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province after entering Jeju Special Self-Governing Province without a visa pursuant to Article 197 of the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International City;(c) A national of a country that has entered into an agreement on the mutual attraction of group tourists or has agreed otherwise with the Republic of Korea;(d) A person to whom it is necessary to grant landing permission for tourism in accordance with items (a) through (c);
4. Whether an alien passenger meets other requirements determined by the Minister of Justice in consideration of the national interest, such as promoting international friendship and tourism.
(3) In any of the following circumstances, no immigration control official shall grant landing permission for tourism:
1. Where an alien passenger is subject to prohibition or refusal of entry into the Republic of Korea under Article 11 of the Act;
2. Where the captain of a ship or the forwarding agent is deemed to have failed in managing alien passengers conscientiously considering that the rate of no return to the ship of alien passengers for whom the captain of the ship or the forwarding agent obtained landing permission for tourism in the past surpassed the threshold determined by the Minister of Justice;
3. Where the Minister of Justice deems it necessary not to grant landing permission for tourism in consideration of border controls for the security of the Republic of Korea, the necessity of the management of stay, etc.
(4) Landing permission for tourism becomes void immediately after a ship that alien passengers left departs from the port. The same shall also apply where a period of landing permission is extended.
(5) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to criteria for extension of the period of landing permission pursuant to Article 14-2 (3) of the Act.[This Article Added on May 25, 2012]