Article 61-8-3Obligation of Appearance by the Person Themselves and Notification by a Representative

①If the foreign national is to perform an act set forth in the following items, they must perform it by appearing at the place prescribed in the respective items:

②If a foreign national is under 16 years of age, if a foreign national makes an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or receives the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of the same Article and the date of the application or the date of receipt is the foreign national's 16th birthday, or if a foreign national is unable to perform the act set forth in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph in person due to illness or any other reason, the act must be performed on behalf of the foreign national by a person set forth in the following items (excluding persons under 16 years of age) who lives with the foreign national, in the order of those items:

③In addition to the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, for an act set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii), if a person set forth in any item of the same paragraph (except for a person under 16 years of age), who is living with the foreign national is to perform on behalf of the foreign national upon the request of the foreign national or in other cases prescribed in Ministry of Justice Order, the foreign national is not required to appear in person and perform the act, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).

④Where the legal representative of the foreign national is to perform an act set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) on behalf of the foreign national or in other cases prescribed in Ministry of Justice Order, the foreign national is not required to appear in person and perform the act, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph.