Make the expiration date like resident registration card driver’s license and passport

I went to the bank before and checked my ID, but I replaced it with a driver’s license because my face changes when I get older, but it doesn’t make sense to keep using it without expiration date. It’s 10 years long, but I think it’s right to change it every 10 years. Below is the article.

Sejong = Newsis reporter Byun Hae-jung = The government will push for a plan to have resident registration cards reissued after a certain period of time has passed by with the passport.

Create common standard guidelines to unify the standards and security elements of different identification cards, eliminate under-issued youth cards, and consider integrating them into resident registration cards.

According to authorities on the 19th, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security is discussing with related ministries the results of a study on the reform of the identity verification system proposed by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

This study was drawn by the Institute of Science and Technology at the request of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for two months from October 17 to December 20 last year.

A total of 31 of the 38 OECD member countries, including Korea, operate the national identification system. However, except for Korea, the validity period is introduced to reflect changes in individual appearance due to time and medical development and to prevent forgery and alteration.

In Korea, a resident registration card is not required to be renewed or reissued unless it is lost, damaged, or otherwise requested.

On the other hand, the driver’s license is required to be renewed and reissued at the expiration of the 10-year passport with a basic 10-year military service and within 5 years for those aged 18-37.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety says that it is necessary to periodically update personal information by stating the expiration date along with the issuance date, but a more in-depth review of how long the period will be set considering the cost of taking pictures and reissuing.

An official from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said, “Although there is a need to strengthen the personal identification function, there are difficulties due to internal reluctance, but we will discuss ways to set the expiration date in line with the global trend of strengthening the security and reliability of ID cards.”

It also establishes a common standard guideline that matches different standards and security elements for each ID card in preparation for the upcoming digital transformation and various identity authentication systems. This is to benchmark the United States, which created the Real ID Act REALIDAct in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 and standardized different national identification information and forms for each state.

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology presented the standard for ID cards as 8560mm wide, 5398mm long, and 076mm thick. The photo is 272cm wide, 35cm long, and placed on the left side of the front of the ID card to prevent overlapping when inserting an electronic chip.

In particular, only the photo, name, and gender should be included as essential information on the ID card. The date of birth, address of birth, biometric information, fingerprints, kidneys, eyes, blood types, etc. The issuance date and signature of the issuing agency were optionally included.

In addition, the government will consider ways to increase the efficiency of management by integrating youth identification cards used for identification purposes but with poor issuance performance with resident registration cards.

The youth card was first issued in 2004 and only 182,644 cases, or 214 out of 8,542,000 youth populations, were issued as of 2020.

However, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology suggested that it is necessary to distinguish between adults and adolescents by changing colors or marking them separately because it can cause confusion if there is no difference in resident registration cards.

An official from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said, “The integration of resident registration cards and youth cards is under comprehensive discussion at this stage of establishing standards for identification cards and discovering violations or violations of laws and regulations.”