Gangnam-gu Nighttime Civil Service Office Changed from Monday to Thursday

Increased Passport Services Lead to Higher Monday Workload Causing Congestion Even in Night Civil Service Office... Changes from July to Enhance Civil Service Convenience

Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jo Seongmyeong) will change the operation of the night civil service office, which was held every Monday, to every Thursday starting in July.

The district has been operating a 'Night Civil Service Office' every Monday from 6 PM to 8 PM for residents who find it difficult to visit the civil service counter during working hours. Among the night civil service tasks, 95% are passport-related, and with the recent increase in overseas travelers, passport-related civil service requests have risen. As a result, Mondays, which already have the highest number of visitors, have become even more crowded, causing congestion in the night civil service office and delays in processing.

Therefore, the district plans to alleviate the inconvenience for visitors by changing the operation day to Thursday. Nearby autonomous districts such as Songpa, Seocho, Seongdong, and Gangdong operate their night civil service offices from Monday to Wednesday, so Gangnam-gu’s Thursday operation is expected to broaden the options for residents visiting night civil service offices.

Meanwhile, the Gangnam-gu night civil service office, where residents can handle family relation registration tasks such as issuing resident registration and seal certificates, passport application and issuance, and birth and marriage registration, processed a total of 1,928 cases in the first half of this year, averaging 84 cases per day.

Jo Seongmyeong, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, stated, “We will continue to provide civil service that reduces residents’ inconveniences and enhances convenience.”

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