①This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date (May 16, 2005) on which the provisions of Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 73 of 2004) come into effect.

②Applications for recognition of refugee status, filings of objections against dispositions not to grant recognition of refugee status and against revocations of recognition of refugee status, applications for issuance of a refugee travel document and applications for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document that are being made, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the former Regulation") are deemed to be, respectively, applications for recognition of refugee status, appeals by way of objection against dispositions not to grant recognition of refugee status and against revocations of recognition of refugee status, applications for issuance of a refugee travel document and applications for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document made using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the new Regulation").

③The written application for recognition of refugee status pursuant to Appended Form No. 74, the written objection pursuant to Appended Form No. 78, the written application for issuance of a refugee travel document pursuant to Appended Form No. 80 and the written application for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document pursuant to Appended Form No. 82 under the provisions of the former Regulation are, for three months after this Ministerial Order comes into effect, deemed to be, respectively, the written application for recognition of refugee status pursuant to Appended Form No. 74, the written appeal by way of objection pursuant to Appended Form No. 78, the written application for issuance of a refugee travel document pursuant to Appended Form No. 80 and the written application for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document pursuant to Appended Form No. 82 under the provisions of the new Regulation.

④If a person who filed an application for recognition of refugee status before this Ministerial Order comes into effect is a foreign national without a status of residence prescribed in Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, that foreign national must submit one photograph to the regional immigration bureau at which that application was filed promptly after this Ministerial Order comes into effect.

⑤With regard to the validity of written judgments and written decisions delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the former Regulation, seals of verification placed in passports and certificates of status of residence bearing a seal of verification delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) of the former Regulation, and written notices delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, paragraph (2) of the former Regulation, before this Ministerial Order comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑥With regard to the validity of periods of stay and other conditions attached pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (2) of the former Regulation before this Ministerial Order comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.