(1) Upon receipt of an application for alien registration under Article 31, the head of the Regional Immigration Service shall issue an alien registration certificate to the applicant, as prescribed by Presidential Decree; provided, if the alien is under 17 years of age, the head of the Regional Immigration Service need not issue such certificate. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(2) When an alien to whom no alien registration certificate has been issued under the proviso of paragraph (1) attains 17 years of age, the alien shall apply for an alien registration certificate to the head of the Regional Immigration Service having jurisdiction over his or her place of stay within 90 days. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(3) The validity period of an alien registration certificate issued to an alien granted the status of permanent residency (hereinafter referred to as a "permanent residency certificate") shall be 10 years. <Added on Mar. 20, 2018>
(4) A person issued a certificate of permanent residency shall have it reissued before its validity period expires. <Added on Mar. 20, 2018>
(5) Matters necessary for procedures for re-issuing certificates of permanent residency under paragraph (4) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Mar. 20, 2018>
(6) The head of a Regional Immigration Service may issue a mobile alien registration certificate having the same effect as that of the alien registration certificate (referring to an alien registration certificate installed in an encrypted form in a mobile communications terminal device under subparagraph 20 of Article 2 of the Telecommunications Business Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) to an alien who has been issued an alien registration certificate in accordance with paragraph (1). <Added on Jun. 13, 2023; Jan. 21, 2025>
(7) The Minister of Justice may establish and operate an information system for the issuance, etc. of mobile alien registration certificates, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Justice. <Added on Jun. 13, 2023>
(8) Matters regarding the issuance, standard, term of validity, cancelation of validity, etc. of a mobile alien registration certificate under paragraph (6) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Justice. <Added on Jun. 13, 2023>[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010][Title Amended on Mar. 20, 2018]