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Decision on Immigration Offender

Deportation

Deportation
  1. "Deportation" refers to the strongest type of administrative measure for offending foreigners of the immigration act. Not only does it forbid offending foreigners from staying in Korea, but also deports them to land outside Korean borders; regardless of their wishes..
Deportation subjects
   - Foreigner who is subject to Article 46 (1) of the Immigration Act
    1. A person who violates Article 7
    2. A foreigner who violates Article 7-2, or a foreigner who enters the Republic of Korea by such conduct as a false invitation, stipulated in the same Article
    3. A person who has become or is subsequently found to be subject to grounds for prohibition of entry provided in the subparagraphs of Article 11 (1)
    4. A person who violates Article 12 (1) or (2), or 12-3
    5. A person who violates any of the terms or conditions of permission imposed by the head of the Regional Immigration Service under Article 13 (2)
    6. A person who lands without obtaining permission required under Article 14 (1), 14-2 (1), 15 (1), 16 (1) or 16-2 (1)
    7. A person who violates any of the terms or conditions of permission imposed by the head of the Regional Immigration Service or an immigration control official under Article 14 (3) (including cases to which the afore-said provision shall apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 14-2 (3)), 15 (2), 16 (2) or 16-2 (2)
    8. A person who violates Article 17 (1) or (2), Article 18, 20, 23, 24 or 25
    9. A person who changes or adds his/her workplace without obtaining permission, in violation of the main sentence of Article 21 (1), or a person who employs a foreigner or arranges the employment of a foreigner, in violation of paragraph (2) of the same Article
    10. A person who violates a restriction on his/her residence or the scope of activity, or other matters to be observed prescribed by the Minister of Justice under Article 22
    10-2. A foreigner who violates Article 26
    11. A person who attempts to depart from the Republic of Korea, in violation of Article 28 (1) or (2)
    12. A person who violates the obligation to file for alien registration under Article 31
    12-2. A foreigner who violates Article 33-3
    13. A person released after having been sentenced to imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment
    14. Any other person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice, equivalent to one of persons referred to in subparagraphs 1 through 10, 10-2, 11, 12, 12-2, and 13.
Execution of a Deportation Order
  • A foreigner subject to a deportation order will be repatriated to the country of which the person is a national or has citizenship.
Objections to a Deportation Order
  • If a suspect intends to object to a deportation order, the suspect may file a written objection within seven days from the day he/she receives the written order of deportation.

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