Business Immigration Support Center Extended Until This Year... Expansion and Reorganization

Support for Unified Submission of Quarantine Exemption Applications and Real-Time Progress Tracking Service

Park Ki-young, Deputy Minister for Trade, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 12th that it plans to extend the operation of the 'Comprehensive Support Center for Businesspeople's Immigration' established in August last year until this year and expand its support functions.

The center was established to support Korean businesspeople facing difficulties in cross-country and cross-border movement due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Since December 14 last year, the submission of quarantine exemption applications for businesspeople entering Korea has been centralized from the previous 13 ministries to the center. The ministry increased staff by 10, including one from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Going forward, the center plans to revamp its website to provide a service that allows businesspeople to check the status of their quarantine exemption applications in real time.

From August 14 to December 31 last year, the center handled a total of 19,356 cases, including the reception of quarantine exemption applications, processing and notification of health status confirmations, and support for charter flights.

For domestic entry quarantine exemption applications, an average of 126 cases per day and a total of 1,634 cases were received and processed from December 14 to 31 last year.

Park Ki-young, Deputy Minister for Trade of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, visited the newly opened center on the day.

Deputy Minister Park urged the staff to thoroughly implement COVID-19 prevention measures and to work diligently to ensure uninterrupted support for businesspeople.

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