'Submission of Family Relation Certificate in Paper' Disappears in Civil Complaint Applications

Exclusion from Documents Submitted by Civil Petitioners

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] From now on, it will no longer be necessary to issue and submit a paper copy of the family relation certificate required for civil petition applications.

On the 27th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Court Administration Office announced that they have agreed to allow civil petitioners to request their own family relation certificates to be used in civil petition processing when submitted to the civil petition processing agency.

This measure follows the revision of the "Personal Information for Joint Use upon Civil Petitioner's Request" notice on the 28th, which added the family relation certificate to the 18 types of personal information subject to provision upon request. There are 181 types of civil petitions, including "Old-age Pension Payment Claims," for which petitioners can request the provision of the family relation certificate.

Until now, to obtain the family relation certificate required for civil petition applications, it was cumbersome to use the Supreme Court's electronic family relation registration system or visit a nearby community service center. However, from now on, if the civil petitioner signs a request for the provision of the family relation certificate when applying at the civil petition reception agency, the Supreme Court, as the information holding agency, will provide it directly to the civil petition processing agency accordingly, and the civil petition processing agency will handle the petition using the provided information.

Seo Joo-hyun, Public AI Policy Officer at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, "We will continue to expand the personal information that individuals can request to enhance the convenience of civil petitioners and strengthen the data sovereignty of the people."

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