Uiwang City to Operate Mobile Civil Affairs Office at Obongsan Village Apartments in Gocheon-dong

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City announced that it will operate a mobile civil affairs office starting September 1st to provide administrative convenience to residents of Obongsan Village Apartments in Gocheon-dong (located at 18 Haengbokmaul 3-ro, Gocheon-dong, Uiwang City).

As apartment occupancy begins on August 31st, the city plans to operate the mobile civil affairs office from September 1st to September 25th on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the senior center on the first floor of Building 101 of Obongsan Village Apartments in Gocheon-dong.

The mobile civil affairs office will handle address change registration, issuance of resident registration certificates, and confirmatory date designation services. To aid new residents in settling in quickly, the city plans to distribute information materials on municipal services and guidance needed for residents' daily lives.

A city official stated, "When residents moved into Induk-won Prugio El Centro apartments in November of last year, address change registration through the mobile civil affairs office reached 77.7%, showing that residents' utilization rate of the mobile civil affairs office is increasing. Going forward, we plan to continue operating mobile civil affairs offices for newly built apartment complexes to provide customer-focused customized civil affairs services."

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the mobile civil affairs office will deploy information staff according to social distancing guidelines and conduct temperature checks for residents visiting the office. The office will also operate in compliance with quarantine rules including placement of hand sanitizers and maintaining a 2-meter distance.