In the meantime, the Korean government has granted foreigners the period of stay according to their own standards when permitting stay in Korea, and does not take into account the validity period of the passport.

However, the system is now changed, and the period of stay is granted only within the validity period of the passport that the person has.

The reason is that foreigners have not renewed their passport even on the expiration date of their passport, or have not reported the fact even after receiving a new one after renewal, causing confusion in the government’s foreign management.

For this reason, violators of the Immigration Control Act were mass-produced due to non-reporting of changes in passports.

This is because there is confusion in the government’s foreign management because the passport was renewed and the renewal was not reported. For this reason, violators of the Immigration Control Act were mass-produced due to non-reporting of changes in passports.

Therefore, it is difficult to understand the exact status of foreigners’ stay, so we will inform you of the revised policy as follows.

• 1. Decreased penalties for violation of passport change report
• 2. Manage accurate immigration information by making passport information always current
• 3. Limit the period of stay granted at one time to the expiration date of the passport validity period.
• 4. Even if a person is eligible for a 2-year extension of the period of stay according to the regulations, if the validity period of the passport remains only 6 months, the period of stay is extended by only 6 months

This system is effective from July 1, 21, and the period of stay for foreigners is granted only within the validity period of the passport.

However, permanent residence (F-5), refugee status holders (F-2-4), and humanitarian status permit holders (G-1-6) are classified as exceptions .

When extending the period of stay in Korea, be sure to check the validity period of your passport before proceeding

When a new passport is issued, it must be reported to the competent local immigration/foreigner office within 15 days in accordance with the Immigration Control Act.

In particular, Chinese people are in a very difficult state to extend their passport due to the reservation system at the Chinese consulate, and only those with a very urgent passport expiration date are given priority .

It may be changed later due to the temporary situation of the Chinese consulate, but please be careful if your stay in Korea is short.