POSTECH International Relations
If any of the following incidents should occur to a registered foreigner, it must be reported to the local Immigration Office within 15 days from its occurrence. A registered foreigner’s failure to report the aforementioned incidents within 15 days from the date of occurrence by will be considered a violation of Article 35, 36 of the Immigration Act. As such, he/she will have to pay a penalty fine.
Change in place of residency
When there is a change in name, gender, date of birth, nationality
When there is a change in passport number, date of issue, validity period
When there is a change in organization or entity (including change in name) for which a foreigner is employed on Student (D-2)
Change in occupation or annual income amount (D-7 through D-9, E-1 through E-10, F-2, F-4, F-6, H-2 status)
Items subject to change depending on individual circumstances.
Passport & Foreigner
registration card
Application form
Verifying documents
for the changed matters
Registered foreigners will be allowed to re-enter Korea within 1 year from the date of departure without having to obtain a Re-entry Permit in advance.
You are exempt from applying for the Re-entry Permit if you are re-entering within 1 year after your departure and before the expiration date on your Alien Registration Card (ARC).
If you are intending to re-enter the country after spending more than a year abroad should apply for a Multiple Re-entry Permit. Required documents are at https://www.hikorea.go.kr/info/InfoDatail.pt?CAT_SEQ=7203&PARENT_ID=145
All international students from one of the high-risk countries below for tuberculosis take a medical check-up for tuberculosis upon their arrival in Korea before applying for Alien Registration due to a policy regulated by the Ministry of Justice of Korea.
Nepal, East Timor, Laos, Russia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, India, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Belarus, Mozambique, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Angola, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, Peru