(1) The Minister of Justice may entrust the following affairs to a corporation, organization, or institution deemed to have expertise in the relevant affairs in accordance with Article 92 (4) of the Act: <Amended on May 27, 2025>
1. Of affairs of issuing visas under Article 7 (1) of the Act, the following affairs:(a) Receiving applications for issuance of visas;(b) Notifying the results of an application for issuance of a visa;(c) Delivering visas issued;(d) Counseling on and provision of information regarding issuance of visas;
2. Receipt of fees under Article 87 (1) of the Act.
(2) When entrusting the affairs pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister of Justice shall select a corporation, organization or institution to be entrusted with the affairs, in consideration of the following matters:
1. Whether sufficient human resources are secured for the performance of duties;
2. Financial soundness;
3. Whether facilities and equipment are available for the performance of entrusted affairs;
4. Expertise in entrusted affairs.
(3) Upon entrusting affairs pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister of Justice shall publicly announce an entrusted corporation, organization, or institution, and entrusted affairs in the Official Gazette or on the Ministry's website.
(4) The Minister of Justice shall determine the period of entrustment of affairs under paragraph (1) for a specified period not exceeding three years, and may extend such period once by up to three years based on the evaluation of operational performance during such period.
(6) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (4), details necessary for, among other things, the criteria, for selecting corporations, etc. to be entrusted with affairs and the extension of entrustment period shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Justice.[This Article Added on Dec. 8, 2020]