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Enforcement Decree of the Immigration Act — Article 43 (Preparation and management of registered alien records)

출입국관리법 시행령 제43조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-06-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) The Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office having jurisdiction over the place of stay shall prepare and keep a registered alien record for each alien under Article 34 (1) of the Act. <Amended on May 8, 2018>

(2) When the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office having jurisdiction over the place of stay grants various permission to, gives notice to, or receives reports, etc. from a registered alien, he or she shall enter and manage the details thereof in the registered alien record. <Amended on May 8, 2018>

(3) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu (including a non-autonomous Gu; hereafter in this Article and Articles 44 through 46, the same shall apply) or Eup/Myeon/Dong shall keep the register of aliens pursuant to Article 34 (2) of the Act and enter and manage the relevant details in the register of aliens upon receiving an alien registration card after an alien first files for alien registration or move to a district under his or her jurisdiction, and when the alien moves his or her place of stay to a district under another jurisdiction or receives a notice of cancellation of alien registration from the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or branch office having jurisdiction over the place of stay, he or she shall cross out the relevant matters with red lines and enter the ground therefor and date in the register of aliens. <Amended on May 8, 2018; Sep. 18, 2018>

(4) Upon receipt of a notice of the cancellation of alien registration, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong shall keep the alien registration card of the relevant alien for one year from the date of cancellation. <Amended on Sep. 18, 2018>[This Article Wholly Amended on Nov. 1, 2011]

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