“SOAR! MISA, NHL! raay tH 5 & iz a Tr T N/ + C1Tt —H.E. AMBASSADOR (as) AS Request for cooperation regarding "Departure Suport ___Program for illegal sojourners" 1. The Ministry of Justice of Republic of Korea extends its highes respect to Your Embassy for the active support and contribution to the development of relationship between Korean and your country. 2. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labor has beer implementing a temporary Departure Support Program(May 6 to Aug. 31, 2010 to encourage the 180,000 illegal workers to volunteer to exit Korea. 3. We hereby ask for your support to promote more participation o illegal stayers in the program and help them understand benefits of voluntary departure: they can avoid fines and the ban on re-entry. [Major Contents of Departure Support Program] = - Self-deporting overstayers : Exemption of fines and entry ban (Nationals subject to the EPS MOU will be eligible for Korean Language Test) x eligibility to re-enter Korea for foreigners who meet the visa requirements. \ | > legal stayers discovered involuntarily : Fines (from Jun. 1, 2010) and entry! ban will be imposed. . | 3 Imposing fines on illegal stayers will remain effective indefinitely. | - Self-reporting employers : exemption of penalties for illegal employment and! | support for replacement workers (for EPS jobs) | > Employers found to have employed illegal stayers will be imposed with | fines amounting to sentencing standards and restriction of foreigner employment for up to three years. __ oe Attached : Departure Support Program Information Document, One copy, (to bi sent separately) End.