Ship/Passenger plane Inspection

Responsibilities of Captain of the Ship or Forwarding Agent, etc.

Responsibilities of Captain of the Ship or Forwarding Agent, etc.

The Responsibility of the Master Mariner or Common Carrier
  1. To ensure thorough entry & departure check, permission of landing, and prevention of illegal entry, cooperation from the master mariner or common carrier is essential. The following responsibilities and obligations are imposed and requested to be implemented.
General responsibility of common carriers
  • The master mariner or common carrier must observe following regulations.
    - Prevent entry & landing of any individual who is not permitted to enter or land.
    - Prevent boarding of any person who does not have a valid passport (and seaman's identification certificate, if applicable) and necessary visa.
    - Prevent board of any person who did not receive the boarding permission or departure examination.
    - Arrange and place monitoring personnel as requested by Immigration Office to prevent entry, landing or boarding of aforementioned persons
    - Screen the vessels in order to check whether any person hides and attempts the entry or departure, in violation of the related law.
    - Refrain from entering the vessel during the immigration check procedures.
    - Prevent the crew and passengers from boarding/disembarking until departing after the end of checking procedures.
  • The master mariner or common carrier must comply with request for reservation information or data maintained by the common carriers by the Immigration Office officials, if the request is being made to perform any of the following duties.
    - Investigation assignment for a person who violates Immigration Act Article 7-1 (Foreigner's Entry) or Article 12-2-1 (Prohibited offering of vessels etc.)
    - Investigation assignment for a person specified in Immigration Act Article 11-1-2 (Prohibition of Entry) and 11-1-3.
  • The scope of information that can be requested is as follows:
    - Nationality and address
    - Specific time of Reservation / Boarding Procedures
    - Traveling Path & Travel Agency
    - Accompanying passenger & Seat No.
    - Luggage
    - Payment Method of Flight Ticket
Obligation of Preliminary Notice
  • Prior to a vessel's entry/departure from the port, the master mariner or common carrier must submit an immigration notice in advance to the head of Immigration Office or Branch Office. The notification must specify the expected date, time and other necessary information.
  • However, should circumstances be such that prior notification is impossible (such as emergency landing of airplane or ship in distress), it must be made at the earliest opportunity possible.
Report Obligation
  • Upon a vessel's entry/departure from any place (including, but not limited to, a port), the master mariner or common carrier must submit an Immigration Report attached with the passenger list and vessel crew list to the head of Immigration Office or Branch Office in advance, specifying the information designated by the Presidential Decree.
  • The aforementioned Immigration Report must be submitted in the form of standardized electronic document. However, should that not be possible due to the unavoidable causes, they may report to the head of Immigration Office or Branch Office and submit it in paper form.
  • Upon a vessel's entry/departure from any place (including, but not limited to, a port), should the master mariner or common carrier find any individual who does not possess a passport(and seaman's identification certificate, if applicable), he/she must immediately report it to the head of Immigration Office or Branch Office, and prevent the individual from landing.
  • Upon a vessel's entry/departure from any place (including, but not limited to, a port), the master mariner or common carrier must report to the head of Immigration Office or Branch Office on whether there are any individuals on board who did not complete appropriate departure procedures.
Obligation of Repatriation
  • The heads or common carriers must, at their expense, repatriate the following individuals who are aboard the vessel.
    - Those that fail to meet necessary requirements stated in Immigration Act Article 7-1 through 7-4 and Article 10-1.
    - Those whose entry is prohibited or rejected according to Immigration Act Article 11.
    - Those that are not permitted to enter due to reasons attributed to the master mariner or common carrier according to Immigration Act Article 12-4.
    - Vessel crew who landed according to Immigration Act Article 14, and did not get back to the vessel upon departure.
    - Those described in Immigration Act Article 46-5 or 46-6, who received compulsory evacuation order.

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