The most important duties of the Immigration Office are to issue Alien Registration Cards and permission to stay. It also provides education and information for immigrants.

Various services are provided, such as re-entry permits, extension of short-term stay, permission for extension of the period of stay for people with F-1 visas whose parents were born in Korea, permission for extension of stay for a registered foreign national intending to depart Korea in the near future, and documents regarding foreign employees who have left their worksite without notice as well as other information.

In addition, the service can introduce online business partners to promote investment by foreigners. Public administrative organizations may also share information about foreign nationals.

Consulting services are provided for such things as language, daily life and law, visas and citizenship and many other problems foreigners may have.

A civic organization for helping solve various problems foreign employees may face. It provides consultation on such topics as unpaid wages, changing jobs, immigration, industrial accidents, medical services and welfare, international marriage, fraud and violence, training in Korean, computers or taekwondo, law and safety, and adjusting to life in Korea. Call 1644-0644 on Sundays (1 pm-7 pm) and business days. Call (02) 6900-8000 on Saturdays.

Established to support immigrants with issues of marriage and living in Korea, there are 171 branch offices of the center nationwide. Various services are provided, such as Korean language education for multi-cultural families, information on understanding multi-cultural family culture, family education, consulting, employment, starting up businesses, and translation. It also offers bilingual programs and Korean language courses for children.

Multilingual Support Websites