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Apostille Korea handles birth registration for Chinese residents in Korea While consular appointments are backed up, families are missing the 90-day deadline for the alien registration card.
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- 중국, 가나
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Apostille Korea has said it has prepared a service covering birth registration for Chinese nationals living in Korea. After a child is born, both a passport and an alien registration card must be applied for, and failing to apply for the card within 90 days of birth results in a fine. Because consular appointments generally involve a wait of two to three months, preparation needs to start early.
- Half of the two million foreign nationals staying in Korea hold Chinese nationality.
- After a birth, two separate procedures are required: the passport application and the alien registration card application.
- The alien registration card must be applied for within 90 days of the child's birth, and missing the deadline results in a fine.
- The card requires a birth certificate legalised by the Chinese embassy and the child's passport, and notarisation must precede that legalisation.
Ninety days that pass while waiting for an appointment
A Chinese couple working in Korea had a child last March. Once the mother's postnatal recovery was over, they went to the Chinese consulate to register the birth, a month after the child was born. The consulate does not accept cases without a prior appointment, so they secured one only with difficulty through an administrative office, and the earliest available date was 19 July, four months after the birth. The alien registration card must be applied for within 90 days of the child's birth, and a fine is imposed once that deadline passes. Unaware of the rule, the couple ended up paying a fine at the immigration office. Half of the two million foreign nationals staying in Korea are Chinese, and as the number of Chinese workers has grown the number of their children has risen quickly, yet few places explain the administrative steps around a birth in any detail.
Two tracks: the passport and the registration card
Two procedures follow a birth: applying for a passport and applying for an alien registration card. For the passport, the mother, the father and the child must together request an appointment at the Chinese consulate. Appointments generally involve a wait of two to three months, so preparation should begin around the due date and the family must attend on the assigned day. The birth certificate, the parents' identification and an application form are normally submitted, but the papers required change with the parents' marital situation. The requirements differ when both parents are Chinese nationals and when only one of them is, so the family should consult a specialist office or ask the Chinese consular section directly. For the alien registration card, a birth certificate legalised by the Chinese embassy and the child's passport are required, and the certificate must go through notarisation before that embassy legalisation. Apostille Korea said it handles these steps because a problem during the application can lead to the entire set of documents being discarded or returned.
Frequently asked questions
By when must the alien registration card be applied for?
Within 90 days of the child's birth. A fine is imposed once that deadline passes.
How long is the wait for a consular appointment?
Generally two to three months. The mother, father and child must request the appointment together, so preparation should start around the due date.
Can the birth certificate be submitted as it is?
No. The alien registration card requires a birth certificate legalised by the Chinese embassy. Notarisation must be completed before that legalisation.
Source: 브릿지경제 · 2017-08-02