Returning Your Residence Card (외국인등록증)
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Once you acquire Korean nationality, you must return your alien registration card — within 30 days of completing your resident registration.
Deadline
The clock starts on the day you complete your resident registration, not the day you acquired nationality.
📌 Key points
A fine applies if you do not return it within 30 days. Attach the proof of Korean nationality acquisition and the proof of loss of foreign nationality to the card. You, your spouse, a parent, or the person responsible for the application may submit it.
📍 Where to go
Immigration counter at the airport or port you depart from, or your local immigration office
⚠️ Things to watch out for
If the procedure is unclear, call 1345.
What to bring
See also
Basis
- 출입국관리법 시행령 제46조(외국인등록증의 반납 등) 제2항 제1호 (법제처 국가법령정보센터, 시행 2025-06-01)
- 법제처 「찾기쉬운 생활법령정보」 — 결혼이민자 > 국적 취득 후 절차
This content was checked on 2026-10-03.