Birth registration
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You must register a birth within 1 month. Until it is registered the child has no resident registration number, so no child benefits can be claimed.
Deadline
Parental benefit and child allowance are back-paid from the birth month only if you apply within 60 days of birth. Delaying the birth registration puts this deadline at risk too.
📍 Where to go
City, gu, eup, or myeon office (place of birth, family register base, or residence)
⚠️ Things to watch out for
This applies to a child with one Korean parent (Korean national from birth). A child of two foreign parents is not registered in the Korean family register — register the birth at your embassy, and apply to immigration for the child's status of stay within 90 days of birth.
❗ What happens if you don't
A late fee applies (up to 50,000 won by delay period), and until registration the child has no resident number — blocking parental benefit, child allowance, and the First Meeting voucher.
What to bring
Basis
- 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 법률 제44조(출생신고의 기재사항) (법제처 국가법령정보센터) (법제처 국가법령정보센터 — 현행 시행 2026-10-02 판으로 2026-10-05 대조 · 2026 개정은 제14조뿐, 이 조문 그대로)
- 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 법률 제44조(출생신고의 기재사항) 제4항 (법제처 국가법령정보센터 — 현행 시행 2026-10-02 판으로 2026-10-05 대조 · 2026 개정은 제14조뿐, 이 조문 그대로)
This content was checked on 2026-10-03.