Seoul City to Further Ease Document Submission
for Youth Monthly Rent Support and Land Compensation Applications
In the future, the process for submitting documents when applying for the Youth Monthly Rent Support program will be simplified, such as no longer requiring the submission of a resident registration certificate.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on June 26 that, in addition to easing document submission requirements for nine projects?where information can be verified through administrative information systems or paperwork can be simplified?out of 136 regulatory reform tasks promoted since the beginning of this year, it has identified two additional projects and will eliminate the related document submission procedures.
Previously, the city had simplified paperwork for moving into startup support facilities, applying for transportation expenses for pregnant women in multicultural families, and executing small-scale expenditures.
This time, the city plans to exclude the requirement to submit a resident registration certificate when applying for Youth Monthly Rent Support (Regulatory Reform Task No. 137). After consultations with relevant agencies and applying for access to information, this change is scheduled to be implemented in the second half of the year.
Additionally, the requirement to submit a certified copy of the land register, which has been mandatory when applying for compensation under the "Seoul Metropolitan City Rules on Compensation for Unpaid Land Incorporated into Roads and Rivers," will be changed to voluntary submission (Regulatory Reform Task No. 138). In the future, when applying for compensation, the responsible official will verify the land register electronically. The city plans to revise the rules and implement the change in the second half of the year.
The city expects that simplifying administrative document submission requirements will reduce inconvenience and burden for citizens, as well as improve the convenience of applying for administrative services and enhance work efficiency.
The announcement of regulatory reform tasks, which the city has been pursuing to eliminate unreasonable practices in citizens' daily lives, concludes the first half of the year with Task No. 138. In the second half, the newly established Regulatory Innovation Planning Office, which will launch on July 1, will take the lead in identifying more in-depth improvement tasks.
Song Kwangnam, Director of Policy Planning for the Seoul Metropolitan Government, said, "In the first half of this year, we were able to eliminate more than 100 inconveniences and unnecessary regulations in daily life through the collective intelligence of citizens and public officials," adding, "We will continue to identify and implement effective improvement tasks aimed at regulatory reforms that citizens can truly feel and administrative innovations that deliver tangible results in the field."
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