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Ministry of Justice_Foreign Resident Data (Management of Foreign Residents)

By providing nationality (region) by major category of residence qualifications and by gender, these are statistics as of the relevant point in time (year end), and the original statistics can be found in the Statistical Yearbook on the Immigration Bureau website. You can access it through the URL below. https://www.immigration.go.kr/immigration/1570/subview.do Click on the statistical yearbook for the relevant year - compressed Excel file - Status of foreign residents by nationality (region) and residence qualifications, and the statistical yearbook is published around the end of June every year. The statistics are for all foreigners, including illegal residents and those who have overstayed their stay period.
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Ministry of Justice_Foreign Resident Data (Management of Foreign Residents)

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File Name Ministry of Justice_Foreigner Stay Data (Foreigner Stay Management)_20241231
Classified Public order and safety - Legal affairs and prosecution Retention
Department Department NO
Retention Immigration Control Act, Immigration Records Management and Information Processing Guidelines, Basic Act on Treatment of Foreigners in Korea Collected by
Update Cycle yearly Next Registration Date 2026-11-11
Media Type Text All Rows 400
File Extension CSV Download 4130
Data Limit Keyword Immigration,Registered Foreigner,Resident foreigner,By residence status,Foreign residents
Registered 2025-11-11 Edited 2025-11-19
Provided Download from open data Portal (the original text file registration)
Description By providing nationality (region) by major category of residence qualifications and by gender, these are statistics as of the relevant point in time (year end), and the original statistics can be found in the Statistical Yearbook on the Immigration Bureau website. You can access it through the URL below. https://www.immigration.go.kr/immigration/1570/subview.do Click on the statistical yearbook for the relevant year - compressed Excel file - Status of foreign residents by nationality (region) and residence qualifications, and the statistical yearbook is published around the end of June every year. The statistics are for all foreigners, including illegal residents and those who have overstayed their stay period.
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Payment free Criteria for Additional Costs Case
Scope of License The use permission range limitless
The Public Data Utilization Support Center automatically converts and provides open-format file data of three or more steps open to public data portals into open APIs (RestAPI-based JSON/XML).
To use the open API, you need to sign up for a public data portal membership and apply for utilization. For inquiries about utilization, please contact the Public Data Utilization Support Center.
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Ministry of Justice_Foreign Resident Data (Management of Foreign Residents)

Open API Information Download metadata Provides schema.org based metadata.

Ministry of Justice_Foreign Resident Data (Management of Foreign Residents) Information such as classification and provision of file data information system
Service Ministry of Justice_Foreigner Stay Data (Foreigner Stay Management)_20241231
Classification System Public order and safety - Legal affairs and prosecution Provider
Management Agency Public Data Utilization Support Center Management agency phone number 1566-0025
Basis For Retention Immigration Control Act, Immigration Records Management and Information Processing Guidelines, Basic Act on Treatment of Foreigners in Korea Collection Method
Update Cycle yearly Next Enrollment Date 2026-11-11
Media Type Text Whole Row 400
Extension XML, JSON Application For Use 8
Data Limit Keyword Immigration,Registered Foreigner,Resident foreigner,By residence status,Foreign residents
Enrollment 2025-11-11 Correction 2025-11-19
Form Of Provision Download from open data Portal (the original text file registration)
Explanation By providing nationality (region) by major category of residence qualifications and by gender, these are statistics as of the relevant point in time (year end), and the original statistics can be found in the Statistical Yearbook on the Immigration Bureau website. You can access it through the URL below. https://www.immigration.go.kr/immigration/1570/subview.do Click on the statistical yearbook for the relevant year - compressed Excel file - Status of foreign residents by nationality (region) and residence qualifications, and the statistical yearbook is published around the end of June every year. The statistics are for all foreigners, including illegal residents and those who have overstayed their stay period.
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Payment free Charge Standard And Unit Case
Scope Of Use The use permission range limitless