NCRC / KAS Website Links.

Plus Related Paperslip Links.

Posted to Paperslip on September 20th, 2025.

Please note that the Korean Government Organization NCRC (The National Center for the Rights of the Child) continues to use the old KAS (Korea Adoption Services) website. KAS is the (now defunct) predecessor to NCRC. Adoptees must use the KAS website to submit their Petition for Adoption Information Disclosure and other requests — including requests to visit NCRC’s temporary storage facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do where ALL former Korean Adoption Agency files are now stored, to NCRC.

For questions about the transfer of ALL Korean Adoption Agency files to NCRC, which began July 19th, 2025 and which will likely be ongoing through the end of 2025, please see:

FAQ

Please note that the KAS website is based on a severely outdated 2016 platform, and that many Adoptees have experienced issues with the website for YEARS. NCRC has never fixed these issues, despite being informed MANY times by Adoptees over the years about the KAS website’s lack of functionality. Supposedly NCRC will update the website around early 2026. We will believe it when we see it.

NCRC / KAS Website Links:

KAS Home Page

NCRC Family Search Email Accounts
*How to contact NCRC by email.
Please NOTE: You cannot submit your Petition for Adoption Information Disclosure request/s to NCRC via email. You MUST submit them through the KAS website. You can follow up with questions to NCRC at their email linked above. However: Please note that NCRC has VERY FEW workers to handle ALL requests by Korean Adoptees around the WORLD. Please do NOT overload NCRC with frivolous questions. Please be sure to organize your paperwork and questions BEFORE you email NCRC. Thank you!

KAS Login Page

NCRC Guidance on the Adoption Information Disclosure Request Process and Visit Reservations

2025 Adoption Information Disclosure Petition Manual

NCRC Notice on Allowed File Types and Upload Size Restrictions (For The KAS Website)

Family Search Bulletin Board

Pro-tip: Use this handy Google trick to efficiently search the KAS website (or ANY) website. Significantly, you can also use this search trick on NCRC’s KAS website:
Type into Google:
site:kadoption.or.kr/en/ + "korea social service" (or any other search term with or without quotes ““)
To get this result.

You can use this Google trick to efficiently search the NCRC / KAS Family Search Bulletin Board by using various search terms with or without quotes ““. Searching the KAS site using Google with the search string we included above will effectively search the entire KAS website, including the Family Search Bulletin Board.

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Notice Board
(NCRC Announcements)

[Notice] Issuance of the “Adoption Verification Certificate” for Adoptees: For Visa (F-4), Restoration of Nationality, etc.

DNA Testing

[Notice] Expansion of DNA Registration Eligibility for Adoptees Without Known Birth Parents (Domestic & Overseas)

[Notice] Issuance of the “Adoption Verification Certificate” for Adoptees: For Visa (F-4), Restoration of Nationality, etc.

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