The government tightens the process of moving-in notifications

A neighborhood of multifamily housing in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. Not related to the article. Yoonji Shim Reporter

The government is set to tighten the process of moving-in notifications even for quasi-dwellings, including multi-household houses, dormitories, and multi-living facilities. The residents living in such places have to write detailed addresses with exact building and house numbers, which is to discover households in crisis.

On December 6, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that the revised enforcement ordinance and enforcement regulations of the Citizen Registration Act will be put into effect. Currently, only those living in apartments and other shared housing are required to write building and house numbers when they report their move-in.

Residents of quasi-houses, including multi-household houses, dormitories, multi-living facilities, and senior welfare houses, are not required to write detailed addresses because they are not subject to separate registration. They only need to write their address without building or house numbers.

However, from now on, they will have to write the numbers of their buildings and houses when reporting their move-in. If there is no number for the houses, then they have to write the number of floors. Mayors, county governors, or heads of district offices may take action if the address information is incorrect or needs to be changed.

However, the name or the detailed building numbers of multi-household houses and quasi-dwellings are not legally included in address, so they are not displayed in the original copies of resident registration certificates. Local governments plan to record such information in the form of computerized data. They will utilize the information to find out households that are out of the country’s welfare system by linking the resident registration system with the social security information system. It can also be utilized for mailing and the management of health insurance. The amendment also allows foreigners or compatriots of foreign nationals to issue their own move-in confirmation certificates.

An increasing number of foreigners are purchasing real estate in South Korea, but those without resident registration numbers have been unable to directly apply for the issuance of move-in certificates and have had to delegate the application to a Korean citizen with resident registration numbers.

Now foreigners who have completed foreigner registration and foreign nationals who have declared their residence in the country will be able to directly apply for their move-in certificates by presenting their foreigner registration card or domestic residence declaration certificate.

The Ministry of Interior and Safety plans to collect opinions from various parties and reflect them in the amendment during the period of pre-announcement of legislation, which ends on January 15 next year.

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