CHANGWON — South Gyeongsang Province will extend by two weeks the deadline for door-to-door residence registration surveys in Tongyeong and Geoje, two cities designated as special disaster zones after heavy rain damage. The step is intended to ease the burden on public officials and neighborhood chiefs who conduct the survey while recovery work continues.
The province said the deadline for the door-to-door portion of the 2026 residence registration survey in Tongyeong and Geoje will be pushed back 14 days, from Nov. 9 to Nov. 23. The decision followed consultations with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the two city governments. Door-to-door surveys in the rest of the province will end Nov. 9 as originally scheduled.
The residence registration survey is conducted annually by cities and counties under the Resident Registration Act. It checks whether the address on the registration record matches where a person actually lives, and the results serve as baseline data for administrative services and for policymaking by the central and local governments.
This year's survey was carried out remotely through the Government24 app from July 20 to Sept. 7. Door-to-door visits by ward and township officials and neighborhood chiefs began Sept. 8.
The door-to-door survey has two stages. Neighborhood chiefs make the first visit, and if the registration record does not match the actual residence or further checks are needed, a registration official from the ward or township office conducts a second survey.
Households including people aged 100 or older, those whose whereabouts have been unknown for five years or more, suspected deaths, vulnerable welfare recipients, children with long-term unexcused school absences and school-age children not enrolled in school are subject to door-to-door visits regardless of whether they took part in the remote survey.
If the survey finds that the registration record does not match the actual place of residence, the city or county with jurisdiction will correct the registration record on its own authority after procedures such as notification and public announcement. Those subject to registration as having unknown whereabouts can have fines reduced by up to 80% if they report voluntarily.
"Accurate residence registration information is important baseline data for providing welfare and other administrative services," a provincial official said. "We ask residents of Tongyeong and Geoje to check the extended schedule and cooperate with the door-to-door survey."
