Simplification of National Document Submission... Revised Civil Service Processing Law to Take Effect on the 21st

Promotion of 26 Personal Information Joint Use Services Based on Civil Petitioners' Requests

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 20th that the revised Civil Petition Processing Act and Enforcement Decree, which allow administrative information related to the petitioner to be shared during the civil petition process upon the petitioner’s request, eliminating the need to issue and submit supporting documents, will be enforced starting from the 21st.

As a result, civil petitions that were previously unable to share administrative information due to refusal by information-holding institutions can now be shared upon the petitioner’s request, so petitioners no longer need to separately issue and submit supporting documents.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety conducted a demand survey for personal information sharing services targeting all government departments from August 4 to September 1, focusing on 18 types of administrative information that were previously not shareable for some petitions such as income amount certificates and business registration certificates. As a result, 26 petitions including social security benefit applications (and changes) and fishery management entity registrations were selected, and the personal information sharing service upon the petitioner’s request will be promoted for the selected petitions on the enforcement date of the revised Civil Petition Processing Act.

Going forward, the Ministry plans to expand the personal information sharing service by adding four types of documents held by the Supreme Court, including family relation certificates and registration matter certificates. The personal information sharing service will be applied to about 190 petitions for which petitioners previously had to directly issue and submit supporting documents, which is expected to significantly alleviate the inconvenience of document submission for petitioners.

Minister Jeon Hae-cheol stated, “Starting today, the personal information sharing service upon the petitioner’s request will be implemented, guaranteeing that citizens can decide whether to utilize their personal information during the civil petition process, while minimizing the inconvenience to citizens and the social and economic costs associated with submitting and storing supporting documents. We will continue to expand the personal information sharing service to ensure that citizens do not experience inconvenience related to issuing and submitting supporting documents during the civil petition process.”