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Immigration Act — Article 36 (Reporting on change in place of stay)

출입국관리법 제36조

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) If an alien who has filed for registration under Article 31 changes his or her place of stay, the alien shall file a moving-in report with the head of the Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong where the new place of stay is located, or with the head of the Regional Immigration Service having jurisdiction over the new place of stay, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, within 15 days from the date the alien moves into the new place of stay. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; Mar. 29, 2016; Mar. 20, 2018; Jun. 9, 2020>

(2) An alien shall present his or her alien registration certificate when filing a report under paragraph (1). In such cases, the head of the Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong or the head of the Regional Immigration Service shall enter details about the change in the place of stay in the alien registration certificate and return it to the alien. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; Mar. 29, 2016>

(3) Upon receipt of a moving-in report under paragraph (1), the head of the Regional Immigration Service shall, without delay, give notice of the change in the place of stay to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong where the new place of stay is located. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; Mar. 29, 2016>

(4) Upon receipt of a moving-in report directly under paragraph (1) or the notice of the change in the place of stay from the head of a Regional Immigration Service under paragraph (3), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong shall promptly request the transfer of the relevant alien registration card from the head of the Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong where the former place of stay is located, along with a copy of the report on the change in the place of stay. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; Mar. 29, 2016>

(5) Upon receipt of a request for the transfer of an alien registration card pursuant to paragraph (4), the head of the Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong where the former place of stay is located shall transfer the alien registration card to the head of the Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong where the new place of stay is located, within three days from the date of receipt of such request. <Amended on Mar. 29, 2016>

(6) Upon receipt of an alien registration card transferred under paragraph (5), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong shall rearrange the reporting person's alien registration card and manage it in accordance with Article 34(2). <Amended on Mar. 29, 2016>

(7) Upon receipt of a moving-in report under paragraph (1), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or Eup/Myeon/Dong or the head of a Regional Immigration Service shall promptly notify the relevant fact to the head of the Regional Immigration Service having jurisdiction over the former place of stay, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014; Mar. 29, 2016>

(8) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), where a person who has been issued an alien registration certificate in accordance with Article 33(6) uses the electronic civil petition window in accordance with Article 12-2 of the Civil Petitions Treatment Act, he or she may include the changed matter of his or her place of stay in the mobile alien registration certificate in lieu of the above matters in the mobile alien registration certificate in accordance with the latter part of paragraph (2). <Added on Jun. 13, 2023>[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]

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