Suwon City Provides Passport Reissue Application Service with Single Visit

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-seong] Suwon Special City announced on the 20th that it is providing an online passport reissue application service that allows citizens to receive their passports with a single visit.

Applicants can apply through the Government24 website or KB Star Banking app and then visit the Suwon City Passport Civil Affairs Office to pick up their passport. An existing passport with remaining validity must be brought, or a valid ID if there is no existing passport. The applicant must pick up the passport in person, and the desired pickup agency cannot be changed once selected.

Passport photos must meet the following requirements: △taken within the last 6 months △file size 500KB or less △file format JPG/JPEG △dimensions of 413 pixels width by 531 pixels height (recommended) △recommended resolution 300dpi. Passport photo regulations can be verified on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

The following persons cannot apply: minors under 18 years of age, first-time electronic passport applicants, diplomatic passport applicants such as diplomats, emergency passport applicants, habitual loss offenders, those under administrative sanctions, and those seeking to change their romanized name.

Those with unfulfilled military service can only receive a 5-year valid passport; to obtain a 10-year valid passport after submitting additional documents, they must apply in person.