Limited to Overseas Koreans → Including Overseas Koreans, Expansion of Family Masks Overseas Shipping

The Korea Customs Service will expand the eligibility for sending health masks to overseas family members starting this month. Photo by Korea Customs Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The scope of recipients eligible to receive masks sent overseas to family members is being expanded.

The Korea Customs Service announced on the 24th that starting from the 25th, health masks can be sent overseas to overseas Korean family members regardless of nationality.

Overseas Koreans refer to Korean nationals who reside abroad long-term or have obtained permanent residency in a foreign country, as well as people of Korean ethnic descent living and residing abroad regardless of nationality.

Until now, only overseas Koreans with Korean nationality among family members living abroad were eligible to receive masks sent via international mail.

However, going forward, masks can also be sent to overseas Koreans with foreign nationality (including overseas adoptees) and to the parents and children of marriage immigrants, the Customs Service explained.

This measure reflects ongoing public requests from citizens wishing to send masks to family members living abroad, as well as the recent trend of stabilized domestic mask supply.

To send masks to family members overseas, the sender must bring documents verifying the family relationship between sender and recipient (such as a resident registration certificate, family relation certificate, family register, basic certificate, marriage relation certificate, etc.) and the sender’s own ID to the post office counter for verification.

The government has posted Q&A materials regarding the changed criteria on the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Korea Customs Service, post office, UPS, and others.

Meanwhile, the Korea Customs Service reported that from March 24 to June 19, a total of approximately 5,023,000 health masks were sent overseas to family members via international mail.

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