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Before you leave it to someone — check that they are a registered agency

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You may submit them yourself. If you want to leave it to someone else, first check that they are an agency registered with the Ministry of Justice (a lawyer or administrative agent).

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📌 Key points

The agencies that submit immigration applications for you are lawyers and law firms registered with the Ministry of Justice, and general administrative agents (행정사), administrative agent corporations, and administrative agent joint offices (Immigration Act Article 79-2, Immigration Civil Service Agency Management Guideline Article 6). What they can submit for you are stay applications such as extending your stay, changing your status of stay, changing your workplace, re-entry permits, and receiving your Alien Registration Card. A naturalization application is not on this list, and if you are 15 or older you submit it yourself (Nationality Act Enforcement Decree Article 25-2).

🔢 Do these in order

  1. Before you leave it to them, ask to see their registration certificate. An agency must hang its registration certificate in the office and must show it if the person leaving the task asks (Management Guideline Article 32 ①, Immigration Act Enforcement Rule Annex 4).
  2. 등록된 곳인지는 하이코리아에서 찾아볼 수 있습니다. 하이코리아 「정보조회 → 기타 조회 서비스 → 출입국민원 대행기관 조회」를 누르면 「출입국민원 대행업무 관련 규정 및 등록 대행기관 현황」 공지가 열리고, 등록 대행기관 명단 파일이 붙어 있습니다. 명단은 매달 새로 올라옵니다.
  3. If you are not sure it is a registered place, ask the local immigration office (출입국·외국인관서) or call 1345. Offices are allowed to post a list of agencies on their website or notice board (Management Guideline Article 39), but not every office does, so asking is the surest way.
  4. Among administrative agents (행정사), a foreign-language translation administrative agent cannot be an immigration agency (Management Guideline Articles 2 and 6). If someone introduces themselves as an "administrative agent (행정사)," also ask which kind.
  5. For Marriage Migrant (F-6) and Permanent Residence (F-5), besides an agency, a family member living in Korea (spouse, direct blood relatives, siblings, and so on, Civil Act Article 779) can also apply and receive on your behalf (Annex to the Regulation on Representation in Applying for and Receiving Various Stay Permits). However, if the immigration office says you must come in person, you must go yourself (Article 4 of the same Regulation).
  6. If you were harmed after leaving it to someone, tell the local immigration office (출입국·외국인관서) and 1345. If an agency makes a mistake and causes you a loss, it must compensate you (Management Guideline Article 33). For legal problems, ask legal counseling at 132.

📍 Where to go

Local immigration office (출입국·외국인관서) · Foreigner Comprehensive Information Center 1345 (no area code)

💻 Do it online

⚠️ Things to watch out for

Be careful if you hear these things. ① They say "Ministry of Justice designated agency" — an agency may only display "Ministry of Justice registered agency" and must not display "designated agency" (Management Guideline Article 32 ②). ② They say it will go well because they know an official — Administrative Agents Act Article 22, item 4 forbids this kind of advertising. ③ They guarantee approval — the immigration office decides approval. Taking on a job with exaggerated or false information is grounds for an agency's registration cancellation or suspension (Immigration Act Article 79-3 ① item 6), and an administrative agent's exaggerated advertising is forbidden by Administrative Agents Act Article 22, item 5. ④ They suggest changing or faking the contents of documents — making or submitting false documents is grounds for an agency's registration cancellation or suspension (item 7 of the same Article), and a naturalization permit obtained by falsehood can be canceled (Nationality Act Article 21). ⑤ They are not an administrative agent but use "administrative agent (행정사)" or a similar name — Administrative Agents Act Article 3 ② forbids this. For someone who is not an administrative agent to make a business of preparing and submitting documents for others is forbidden by Administrative Agents Act Article 3 ①.

See also

Basis

  • 출입국관리법 제79조의2(각종 신청 등의 대행) ① 1~10호 · ② 1~3호 · 제79조의3 ① 6호 · 7호 (법률 제21857호, 시행 2026-10-02 · 법제처 API 원문 대조 2026-10-11)
  • 출입국관리법 시행규칙 제34조 · 제68조의3(대행 업무의 종류) · 별표 4(대행업무처리 표준절차 — 위임인이 요청하면 등록증 제시) (법무부령 제1125호, 시행 2026-09-15 · 법제처 API 2026-10-11)
  • 출입국민원 대행기관 관리지침(법무부고시 제2021-447호, 시행 2021-11-08 · 법제처 행정규칙 현행 확인 2026-10-11) 제2조 1호(기술행정사 · 외국어번역행정사 제외) · 제6조(등록자격) · 제32조 ①(등록증 게시) ②(「법무부 지정기관」 표시 금지) · 제33조(손해배상) · 제39조(명단 「게시할 수 있다」) https://www.law.go.kr/행정규칙/출입국민원대행기관관리지침
  • 각종 체류허가 등의 신청 및 수령의 대리에 관한 규정(법무부고시 제2020-520호, 시행 2020-12-10) 별표 — 결혼이민(F-6) · 영주(F-5): 국내에 거주하는 본인의 가족(민법 제779조 제1항) · 제4조(본인 출석이 필요하면 대리 제한) · 개정이유: 대리인 별표에서 「출입국민원 대행기관」 삭제, 대행기관은 출입국관리법에 따라 대행을 계속
  • 국적법 시행령 제25조의2 ①(신청 · 신고는 본인(15세 이상)이 직접 · 시행 2022-12-20) · 국적법 제21조 ①(거짓 · 부정한 방법으로 받은 귀화허가 취소, 시행 2022-10-01)
  • 행정사법 제3조 ①(업으로 금지) ②(명칭 사용 금지) · 제22조 4호(공무원 연고 선전) · 5호(거짓 · 과장 광고) · 제36조 (법률 제19034호, 시행 2022-11-15 · 법제처 API 2026-10-11)
  • 🔴 쓰지 않은 것: 명단 속 사무소 이름(이름을 실으면 추천으로 읽힌다, D-704 · D-901 — 조회하는 곳만) · 처벌 금액(겁주는 글이 아니라 확인하는 법을 준다) · 특정 사무소 이름 · 연락처 · 수수료
  • 하이코리아 첫 화면 「정보조회 → 기타 조회 서비스 → 출입국민원 대행기관 조회」 → 공지 「출입국민원 대행업무 관련 규정 및 등록 대행기관 현황」(첨부: 관리지침 · 「민원대행 등록기관(2026.09.30. 부)」 xlsx · pdf · 대행기관전용창구 운영현황) — 크롬으로 열어 확인 2026-10-31 · 법무부 정보공개 회신(17804294, 2026-10): 하이코리아에서 매월 현행화 (D-901)

This content was checked on 2026-10-31.

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