(1) An immigration control official may permit the landing of any of the following alien crew members for up to 15 days if an application for landing is filed by the captain of the ship, etc., the forwarding agent or the principal; provided, this shall not apply to an alien crew member falling under any subparagraph of Article 11(1):
1. An alien crew member who intends to land for the purpose of recreation, etc. while the ship, etc. on which he or she serves moors at any port of entry and departure in the Republic of Korea;
2. An alien crew member who intends to transfer to a ship, etc. scheduled to enter any port of entry and departure in the Republic of Korea or to a ship, etc. which moors thereat.
(2) Upon receipt of an application filed under paragraph (1), an immigration control official shall verify the following documents; provided, where any agreement, etc. with foreign countries stipulates that a seafarers’ identity document may substitute for a passport, the immigration control official may verify a seafarers’ identity document, in lieu of a passport: <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>
1. A passport or seafarers’ identity document, where an alien crew member referred to in paragraph (1)1 is a seafarer;
2. A passport and a document prescribed by Presidential Decree, where an alien crew member referred to in paragraph (1)2 is a seafarer; provided, where such member falls under Article 7(2)3, the immigration control official shall verify his or her passport;
3. A passport in the case of other alien crew members.
(3) When an immigration control official grants permission under paragraph (1), he or she shall issue a crewman’s landing permit. In such cases, he or she may impose necessary conditions, such as the period permitted for landing, restrictions on districts within which a crew member can move, etc. on the crew landing permit.
(4) Notwithstanding the latter part of paragraph (3), Article 12 shall apply mutatis mutandis to landing permission for crew member falling under paragraph (1)2.
(5) The head of a Regional Immigration Service may extend the period of landing permission for alien crew granted landing permission, where deemed necessary. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(6) Crew landing permits issued under paragraph (3) may be continuously used in any other port of entry and departure in the Republic of Korea until the relevant ship, etc. finally departs from the Republic of Korea.
(7) Article 12-2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to fingerprinting and photographing of alien crew; provided, this shall not apply where the crew is a seafarer and it is impracticable for him or her to be fingerprinted and photographed in following the procedures for obtaining landing permission.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]