National Court Administration, Family Register Office for Overseas Koreans

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Family Relation Registration for Overseas Koreans

  • The Family Register Office for Overseas Koreans processes reports and applications filed by Overseas Koreans for family registration.

    This office is the registry dedicated to processing reports filed by overseas Korean nationals with overseas diplomatic missions and reports filed directly with the Family Register Office for Overseas Koreans via mail or in person.

    “Overseas Korean national” refers to a citizen of the Republic of Korea residing or staying abroad.

    The Korean Embassy in Japan and the Consulates General of the Republic of Korea in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Qingdao have family relation registrars who were dispatched by the Family Register Office for Overseas Koreans to directly process reports or applications filed by overseas Korean nationals for family registration.