Direct Setting of 'Past Address Change' Period in Resident Registration Certificates... Minimizing Personal Information Exposure

Introducing 'Large Text Format' for Easier Reading and Writing by Elderly and Others

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] In the future, individuals will be able to select the period for which the "past address change history" recorded on their resident registration certificate and its abstract is displayed, minimizing unnecessary exposure of personal information.

Additionally, when issuing the resident registration certificate abstract for the first time or if the parents are bereaved families of national merit recipients, both parents will be exempt from fees. The font size (from 10pt to 13pt) and the writing space on the application form for issuing the certificate and abstract will also be enlarged and provided, making it easier for elderly people to read and fill out civil service documents.

On the 23rd, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that the Enforcement Rules of the Resident Registration Act containing these details will be enforced starting next month on the 1st.

When applying for the issuance of the certificate or abstract, a direct input field will be added to allow applicants to select the period for displaying the "past address change history" as needed. Previously, the options were either to include the entire history or only the last five years. If seven years of address information was needed, applicants had to select the entire history, which caused address change records exceeding seven years to be displayed unnecessarily.

The Ministry explained, "We have updated the system so that these revisions are reflected not only in the application forms filled out at community service centers but also in applications made through Government24 and unmanned civil service issuance machines."

The scope of fee exemptions will also be expanded. When issuing the resident registration certificate abstract for the first time or if the parents are bereaved families of national merit recipients, both parents will be exempt from fees.

For children whose birth was registered after March 1 of this year, the first application for the certificate abstract will be exempt from fees to accurately verify birth registration details such as the child's name (in Hanja) and date of birth, preventing discrepancies between official records.

Until now, if the parents were bereaved families of national merit recipients, only the older parent received the fee exemption benefit. However, to strengthen respect for national merit recipients, from March 1, both parents will be eligible for fee exemption regardless of age.

Furthermore, as part of institutional improvements for the "large font form introduction," the font size (from 10pt to 13pt) and writing space on the certificate and abstract issuance application form will be enlarged and provided to make it easier for elderly people to read and write civil service documents.

Park Seong-ho, Director of the Local Autonomy and Decentralization Office, said, "Through this revision, we have enabled citizens to exercise their right to self-determination over personal information, which was previously provided from an administrative convenience perspective, allowing information to be provided at the desired level. We will continue to strive to improve the system so that the resident registration system can be used conveniently from the citizens' perspective."

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