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Enforcement Decree of the Immigration Act — Article 88-7 (Reissuance of refugee travel documents)

출입국관리법 시행령 제88조의7

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) Where a person issued with a refugee travel document falls under any of the following, the Minister of Justice may reissue a refugee travel document to him or her:

1. Where his or her refugee travel document is lost or missing;

2. Where his or her refugee travel document is damaged and becomes unusable;

3. Where the Minister of Justice deems it necessary to reissue a refugee travel document for other reasons.

(2) A person who wishes to have a refugee travel document reissued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall file an application for reissuance of the refugee travel document with the Minister of Justice, accompanied by documents demonstrating the reasons therefor and a copy of his or her photograph; provided, a person who wishes to have a refugee travel document reissued in any area outside of the Republic of Korea shall file the application with the Minister of Justice through the head of an overseas diplomatic mission. <Amended on Sep. 29, 2016; Dec. 24, 2019; Aug. 5, 2020>

(3) Where a refugee applies for reissuance of a refugee travel document due to the reason referred to in paragraph (1) 2 or 3, his or her application shall be accompanied by the original refugee travel document.

(4) Article 88-6 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures, etc. for reissuing and delivering refugee travel documents; provided, if an applicant is in any area outside of the Republic of Korea, a refugee travel document shall be delivered to the applicant through the head of an overseas diplomatic mission. <Amended on Sep. 29, 2016; Aug. 16, 2022>[This Article Wholly Amended on Nov. 1, 2011][Moved from Article 88-6; previous Article 88-7 moved to Article 88-8 <Aug. 16, 2022>]

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