Table 20 Changes in the estimated number of overstayers by major nationality (place of origin) (People)

Date	May 1 1991	May 1 1992	May 1 1993	May 1 1994	May 1 1995	May 1 1996	January 1 1997	January 1 1998	January 1 1999	January 1 2000	January 1 2001	January 1 2002	January 1 2003	January 1 2004	January 1 2005	January 1 2006
Total	159,828	278,892	298,646	293,800	286,704	284,500	282,986	276,810	271,048	251,697	232,121	224,067	220,552	219,418	207,299	193,745
R.O. Korea	25,848	35,687	39,455	43,369	47,544	51,580	52,387	52,123	62,577	60,693	56,023	55,164	49,874	46,425	43,151	40,203
China	17,535	25,737	33,312	39,738	39,511	39,140	38,296	37,590	34,800	32,896	30,975	27,582	29,676	33,522	32,683	31,074
Philippines	27,228	31,974	35,392	37,544	39,763	41,997	42,547	42,608	40,420	36,379	31,666	29,649	30,100	31,428	30,619	30,777
Thailand	19,093	44,354	55,383	49,992	44,794	41,280	39,513	37,046	30,065	23,503	19,500	16,925	15,693	14,334	12,787	10,352
Indonesia	582	1,955	2,969	3,198	3,205	3,481	3,758	4,692	4,930	4,947	5,315	6,393	6,546	7,246	7,169	6,926
Malaysia	14,413	38,529	30,840	20,313	14,511	11,525	10,390	10,141	9,989	9,701	9,651	10,097	9,442	8,476	7,431	6,822
China (Taiwan)	5,241	6,729	7,457	7,871	7,974	8,502	9,409	9,430	9,437	9,243	8,849	8,990	9,126	7,611	6,760	6,696
Peru	487	2,783	9,038	12,918	15,301	13,836	12,942	11,606	10,320	9,158	8,502	7,744	7,322	7,230	6,624	5,997
Sri Lanka	2,281	3,217	3,763	3,395	2,980	2,783	2,751	3,071	3,734	3,907	3,489	3,730	3,909	4,242	4,209	4,590
Viet Nam	1,061	821	852	869	453	448	231	731	880	1,092	1,550	2,021	2,697	3,582	3,916	4,071
Others	46,059	87,106	80,185	74,593	70,668	69,928	70,762	67,772	63,896	60,178	56,601	55,772	56,167	55,322	51,950	46,237

number of those from Malaysia and Peru has also seen a decrease due to a measure to promote the acquisition of visas, which was taken on June 1, 1993 and then again on July 15, 1995. The number of those from China continued to decrease from 1994 until 2002. Then, it started to increase in 2003 and further increased in 2004, but it has also shown a decreasing trend since 2005. The number of overstayers from the Philippines has been decreasing since 1998, but it increased in 2003 and 2004. However, it saw a slight decrease in 2005 and, then saw a slight increase again in 2006, showing repeated increases and decreases. The number of those from Indonesia had steadily increased since May 1, 1991, but has been on the decrease since 2005.

## (2) The Number of Overstayers by Status of Residence

The statistics of the estimated number of overstayers by status of residence before their status of residence had expired showed the following: the largest number of overstayers had the status of residence of “Temporary Visitor” (134,374) accounting for 69.4% of the total. The second largest number had the status of residence of “Entertainer” (10,052 accounting for 5.2%), followed by “College Student” (7,628 accounting for 3.9%), “Pre-college Student” (7,307 accounting for 3.8%), and “Trainee” (3,393 accounting for 1.8%). The number of those who were granted “Temporary Visitor” has been on the decline since May 1, 1993, decreasing by 5,043 (down 3.6%) from January 1, 2005, while the number of those with the status of residence of “Pre-college Student” has also been decreasing since May 1, 1994, dropping by 1,199 (down 14.1%) from January 1, 2005. The foreign residents with the status of residence of “Entertainer” started to increase on January 1, 2002, and kept increasing,