Jeju Shinhwa World Hotels
& Resorts will following guideline from ‘KOREA IMMIGRATION SERVICE,
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE’ for ‘Declaration for lodging registration. Thank
you for your cooperation.
This scheme will be introduced to minimize economic damage and ensure
public safety by having short-term-stay non-nationals’ address
information up to date should an infectious disease or terrorist attack
occurs.
Our immigration Act Article 81 (3) supports the implementation of
this scheme and accommodation facility owners should report
short-term-stay non-nationals’ lodging information when
a) the crisis alert level issued in line with infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act is raised to ‘cautious’ level, or
b) the crisis alert issued in line with Act on Counter-terrorism for the
Protection of Citizens and Public Security is raised to ‘caution’ level
*Alert levels are classified into four levels: attention – caution – alert and serious
If either of the abovementioned situation becomes a reality,
short-term-stay non-nationals should present his/her passport or a
travel document to the owner of the lodging facility where he/she is
staying. Short-term-stay non-nationals are defined as those temporarily
residing in ROK for a period not exceeding 90 days for tourism and
short-term visit.
Lodging facility owners are also entailed with a responsibility to
report short-term-stay non-national guest(s)’ information to the
Minister of Justice within 12 hours of an raised in crisis level as
described above. Lodging facility owners are defined as those who
registered their business as 1) lodging business in line with Public
Health Control Act, b) Tourist accommodation business, City home stay
services for foreign tourists or Traditional Korean housing experience
business in line with Tourism Promotion Act.
They should report their short-term-stay non-national guest(s)’
information to an immigration office in his/her jurisdiction of business
operation by using the attached format sheet via email, telephone or
FAX, until a dedicated system to report this information is set up,
which is expected during the first half of 2021.
This requirement will come into force on 10 December 2020.
