January 2-5: Enhanced Response Measures
All Staff to Start Work 30 Minutes Early
The long lines for vehicle registration that have been a recurring sight at the beginning of each year are expected to decrease this year.
The Ulsan Vehicle Registration Office has established the '2026 New Year Vehicle Registration Service Response Plan' and will implement focused measures to minimize inconvenience for citizens, as the number of vehicle registration requests typically surges at the start of each year.
This initiative was prompted by the fact that, regardless of the vehicle's model year, registering a car at the beginning of the year is perceived as advantageous when selling it later as a used car. As a result, the number of registration requests doubles compared to normal periods, leading to longer wait times and repeated issues such as parking shortages, causing ongoing inconvenience for citizens.
To address this, the Vehicle Registration Office has designated January 2 to January 5 of the new year as a 'special service period' and will comprehensively strengthen staff deployment, improve processing procedures, and implement measures to ease parking difficulties.
During this special period, all staff at the Vehicle Registration Office will start work 30 minutes earlier, at 8:30 a.m. instead of the usual 9:00 a.m., to enhance service responsiveness, and will refrain from taking leave, going out, or leaving work early. Lunch breaks will also be shortened from 60 minutes to 40 minutes to minimize service gaps.
Additionally, the method for assigning vehicle license plate numbers will change from personal selection to random allocation. In cooperation with NongHyup (for public bonds) and Kyongnam Bank (for revenue stamps and local tax payments), the start time for related services will be adjusted to 8:30 a.m., further reducing the overall processing time for registration requests.
To alleviate parking difficulties, parking attendants will be stationed at all times, and the office will actively cooperate to allow free use of the Jinjang D-Flex underground parking lot.
An official from the Vehicle Registration Office stated, "We are proactively responding to the surge in vehicle registration requests at the start of the year, focusing on reducing wait times and resolving parking issues," adding, "We will continue to improve services in ways that citizens can truly feel."
As of the end of September 2025, there were 610,723 vehicles registered in Ulsan. The Ulsan Vehicle Registration Office processes an average of 2,416 requests per day, including new registrations, changes, transfers, and seizures, and has collected a total of 101.5 billion won in taxes such as vehicle acquisition tax.
Ulsan City Hall.
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