Yeosu City to Begin Pilot Issuance of 'Mobile Resident Registration Card' from the 27th

Nationwide Implementation Starting February Next Year

Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Jung Kimyung) announced on the 23rd that it has been selected as one of nine pilot agencies for the 'Mobile Resident Registration Card Service' and will begin issuing mobile resident registration cards from the 27th until February 7th next year.

Any citizen aged 17 or older who has received a physical resident registration card and whose registered address is in Yeosu City can apply by visiting their local community service center. To ensure the latest security technology, reissuance is required every three years.

Yeosu City has been selected as one of the nine local government pilot issuance institutions for the "Mobile Resident Registration Card Service" and will begin issuing mobile resident registration cards from the 27th of this month until February 7th of next year. Photo shows the exterior view of Yeosu City Hall.

The mobile resident registration card can be applied for by choosing either the 'QR Resident Registration Card' or the 'IC Resident Registration Card' method.

The 'QR Resident Registration Card' can be issued immediately and free of charge by photographing a one-time QR code generated at the community service center. However, if you change your mobile phone or lose your physical resident registration card, you must have it reissued.

The 'IC Resident Registration Card' involves replacing your physical resident registration card with one embedded with an IC chip, which can be issued by tapping the IC resident registration card to your mobile phone. In this case, an issuance fee of 10,000 KRW (5,000 KRW for the IC chip, 5,000 KRW for reissuance) applies, but the advantage is that you can have it reissued without visiting the community service center even if you change your mobile phone.

The city plans to issue the IC Resident Registration Card free of charge to first-time applicants aged 17 or older who choose the IC method.

A city official stated, "You can expect a more convenient daily life as identity verification is possible anytime and anywhere without a physical resident registration card," and encouraged active participation from citizens.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to expand the service nationwide in February next year after a two-month pilot issuance period in nine local governments, including Yeosu City.

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