[Procedure name]	Confirmation That the Applicant Is Not Subject to Reasons for Disqualification
	(Procedure for customs brokerage)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure required when a customhouse broker intends to engage a person, who passed a qualifying examination for registered customs specialist, in customs brokerage under the title of customhouse specialist

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 31 Paragraph 1 of the Law of Customs Brokerage

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Customhouse broker

[	Time of submission]
-	When a customhouse broker intends to engage a person in customs brokerage under the title of customhouse specialist

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare the following notification, together with documents to be attached, and submit them to the customs office that granted the customhouse broker a permit of customhouse brokerage.

[	Fee]
-	There is no fee.

[	Documents to be attached and number of copies]
-	A photocopy of the certificate of qualifying examination for registered customs specialist
-	An identification or reference
-	A promissory letter stating that the applicant is not subject to provisions of Article 31 Paragraph 2 of the Law of Customs Brokerage
-	A photograph

[	Declaration form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
-	Notification of Customhouse Specialist Confirmation (Customs Form B No. 1320)

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Submitted to]

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Customs office (customs clearance supervisor) having jurisdiction over the area where the customhouse broker obtained a permit of customs brokerage (State the name and address of the person that the customhouse broker intends to engage in customs brokerage under the title of customhouse specialist, year when the certificate of the qualifying examination for registered customs specialist was granted, certificate number, and other data required.)

[	Reception time]
-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. except on holidays for the administrative agencies)

[	Consultation service]
-	For information, contact a customs clearance supervisor.

[	Submission standard]
	A person who falls into any of the following categories of persons is not qualified to become a customs specialist.
-	Ward who is of age, or warrantee
-	Insolvent person who is not rehabilitated
-	Person who was sentenced to imprisonment or severer punishment (with less than three years after the completion of the punishment)
-	Person who was sentenced to a fine or a notification procedure due to a certain crime against customs or a crime of national and local tax evasion (with less than three years after the completion of the disposition)
-	Person who was sentenced to a fine due to a violation of the Law of Customs Brokerage (with less than three years after the completed sentence or discontinuance of the penalty)
-	Person who is prohibited to engage in customs brokerage according to a provision of withdrawing a permit of customs brokerage or a provision of disciplinary disposition (with less than two years after the disposition)
-	Civil servant who was dismissed in disgrace (with less than two years after the dismissal)
-	Person who committed a certain crime against customs (penalty for contraband smuggling, penalty of duty evasion, penalty for export/import without Customs permission, thief who was involved in a crime of import-prohibited goods and penalty of duty evasion, penalty for having lodged a fabricated declaration to Customs) (with less than two years after committing a crime), etc.

[	Standard processing time]
-	In principle, within 15 days after the application is accepted

[	Administrative appeal]

[	Remarks]