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Immigration Act — Article 34 (Preparation and management of alien registration cards)

출입국관리법 제34조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2026-01-23. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) Upon receipt of an application for alien registration under Article 31, the head of a Regional Immigration Service shall prepare and keep a registered alien record, prepare an alien registration card, and send it to the head of a Si (including an administrative Si established under Article 10 of the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International City, but excluding the Special Metropolitan City and Metropolitan Cities; hereinafter the same shall apply)/Gun/Gu (including a Gu which is not an autonomous Gu; hereafter in this Article and Articles 36 and 37, the same shall apply) or an Eup/Myeon/Dong in which the alien stays. <Amended on Jan. 26, 2012; Mar. 18, 2014; Jul. 24, 2015; Mar. 20, 2018>

(2) Upon receipt of the alien registration card under paragraph (1), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong hall enter the registered matters in the register of aliens to manage such information. <Amended on Mar. 20, 2018>

(3) Matters necessary for the preparation and management of the registered alien record, alien registration cards, and the register of aliens shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]

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