Ministry of Interior and Safety to conduct nationwide door-to-door inspections through Nov. 9; neighborhood heads to carry official investigator credentials
The Ministry of Interior and Safety announced Monday that it will conclude its non-contact residency verification process and launch door-to-door household inspections starting Tuesday through Nov. 9.
The annual residency fact-check survey, conducted nationwide, verifies whether residents are actually living at their registered addresses so the government can deliver welfare, disaster management and other administrative services effectively.
In-person visits by neighborhood heads and local civil servants will cover households that did not participate in the non-contact survey, as well as those flagged as priority cases regardless of whether they took part.
Priority households include those with residents aged 100 or older, people listed as whereabouts unknown for five or more years, suspected deaths, high-risk welfare-crisis households, and school-age children with prolonged unexcused absences or who have never enrolled.
During the survey period, neighborhood heads will visit registered addresses in person to verify household rosters and must wear and present an official "fact investigator certificate" to identify themselves.
If actual residency cannot be confirmed after a neighborhood head's visit, or if the registered information does not match, local government civil servants will conduct a follow-up investigation.
Where changes to registered information are found necessary, local governments will issue correction notices and follow a public announcement process before making official amendments from Nov. 10 through Dec. 7.
Jang Heon-beom, director general of local administration at the Ministry of Interior and Safety, asked for the public's active cooperation and participation to ensure the door-to-door residency inspections beginning Tuesday proceed smoothly.
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