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Application for Permit for Correction of Family Relations Register

□ Submitting an Application for Permit for Correction of Family Relations Register

 ○ An interested person seeking to correct an error or omission in the family relations register of a person with a place of registration can receive a permit for correction of the family relations register by submitting an Application for Permit for Correction of Family Relations Register to the head of an overseas diplomatic office with jurisdiction over said person's address. The submission can be made directly to the Court of Family Affairs or the head of the city, gu, eup, or myeon (including a family relations registration officer of an office for registration of family relations of Korean nationals residing abroad) with jurisdiction over said person's place of registration (Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Establishment, Correction and Adjustment of the Family Relation Register for Korean Nationals Residing Abroad; Article 2 and Attached Template 2 of the Guidelines on the Processing of Family Relations Registration Affairs Based on the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Establishment, Correction and Adjustment of the Family Relation Register for Korean Nationals Residing Abroad).

□ Documents to be submitted

 ○ The following documents must be submitted for an application for a permit for the correction of the family relations register (Paragraph 3 of Article 4 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Establishment, Correction and Adjustment of the Family Relation Register for Korean Nationals Residing Abroad; Article 2 and Attached Template 2 of the Guidelines on the Processing of Family Relations Registration Affairs Based on the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Establishment, Correction and Adjustment of the Family Relation Register for Korean Nationals Residing Abroad).

  - Application for Permit for Correction of Family Relations Register

  - Copy of the Register

  - Copy of certificate of permanent residency (permanent residents only) or a copy of the foreign national register

  - Explanatory statement (required only when applying for a permit for correction of the family relations register)

 ○ Attachment(GOV.KR - Application for correction of family relations register)

  - Certified copy of the judgment on the application for permission for correction of the Family Relations Register (Article 106 of the 「Act on Registration, etc. of Family Relations」)

  - In case of correction by a final judgment, a certified copy of the judgment and a final certificate (Article 107 of the 「Registration of Family Relations, Etc. Act」)

  - Identification of an applicant

 * Please visit GOV.KR(https://www.gov.kr/portal/foreigner/en) for more information regarding Family Relations Register, Also, for the futher specific inquiries related to the correction of Family Relations Register, please contact your local Gu office.

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