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Residence Card Validity Period Renewal (Permanent Resident)

While permanent resident status itself has no expiry, the residence card must be renewed every 7 years (for those under 16, it expires the day before their 16th birthday). The required documents are minimal, there is no fee, and the new card is generally issued on the same day.

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Documents needed

✓Residence Card Validity Period Renewal Application form (download from Immigration Services Agency website)
✓Residence Card (original)
✓Passport (original)
✓Passport-style photo (4cm × 3cm) × 1 — generally not required for applicants under 16, except when the card's expiry date is the applicant's 16th birthday or the day before it
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Steps

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Check the expiry date on your residence card (printed in the upper right). You can apply from 2 months before the expiry date until the expiry date (for those under 16: from 6 months before the expiry date. For cards issued on or after November 1, 2023, the expiry date is the day before the 16th birthday, so the window starts 6 months before that day)

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Download the 'Residence Card Validity Period Renewal Application' form from the Immigration Services Agency website and fill it in

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Prepare a passport-style photo (4cm × 3cm, white background, taken within 6 months before application) — generally not required for applicants under 16, except when renewing a card whose expiry date is the applicant's 16th birthday or the day before it

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Bring all documents to your regional immigration office counter to apply (no fee required)

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Your new residence card is generally issued on the same day

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Important notes

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Permanent resident status itself does not expire, but the residence card has its own expiry date. Losing the card's validity does not cancel your permanent resident status, but failing to renew it may result in a fine

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Application period: from 2 months before the expiry date until the expiry date (for those under 16: from 6 months before the expiry date until the expiry date. For cards issued on or after November 1, 2023, the expiry date is the day before the 16th birthday, so the window is 6 months before that day until that day)

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Card validity periods: 7 years for those 16 and older / for those under 16: the day before their 16th birthday (cards issued on or after November 1, 2023) or their 16th birthday (older cards), whichever comes first within 7 years of issuance

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There is no application fee

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Online applications are not currently available for this procedure. Please visit your regional immigration office in person

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