[Guide to National Health Insurance for Foreign Nationals]

■ Conditions

ㅇ Those who are completed the alien registration and fall under the following category
- Company insurance: Employers or employees whose company covers the insurance
- Local insurance: The following status of sojourn holders, their spouse and children under 20, except for those who are
- under company insurance

※ Eligible status of sojourn: F-2 (residence), F-5(permanent residence), D-1(Culture and art) ~D-9(Trade management),
-- E-1(Professor) ~E-5(Special profession), E-7(Special activity) ~E-8(Training employment), F-1(Korean spouse and
-- children among the status of visit and cohabitation)

■ Procedure and required documents

ㅇ Company: Employers apply for the insurance with required documents.
ㅇ Local: Visit nearby insurance office and apply with alien registration card and passport.

■ Insurance imposition and payment

ㅇ Company

- Salary * Company insurance rate (Employer pays 50% out of the insurance fee)
- Insurance bill is taken from the salary.
- Insurance payment duty starts back from the time of employment (applied retroactively).

ㅇ Local

- When you have income: income * Company insurance rate
- When you do not have income: Average local insurance fee at the late of the previous year (students are deducted 30%)
- Prepayment plan by each 3-month period (However, Holders of F-1, F-2, F-5 pay monthly just as the Korean nationals.)
- Insurance payment duty starts back from the time of employment (applied retroactively).

■ Benefits

ㅇ Applied the same as Korean nationals

Alien Registration

1. When and who should apply

( 그림 )

Alien Registration Procedure ( 외국인등록 절차도 ) Applicant

When to apply < 등록시기 >

• Within 90 days of arrival
• At the time when a foreigner received the status of sojourn or the changing status of sojourn

Required documents < 첨부서류 >

• Alien Registration Form (Download the form)
• Passport
• 2 color photographs (3 X 4 cm)
• Additional documents by the status of sojourn (Visa type)
• A fee of 10,000 won

Where to apply

A local immigration office or government office

Issuance of Alien Registration Card

Stamp on the passport that says ‘Alien Registration Completed.’  

Who should register ( 외국인등록 대상 )

■ A non-Korean who plans to stay in Korea for over 90 days after his or her arrival

■ A non-Korean born in Korea who wants to extend his or her stay to over 90 days after the granting date of the status of
-- sojourn, or a non-Korean who will be staying in Korea for more than 90 days after his or her arrival by receiving a
-- permission for status

■ Alien Registration: Exceptions

- The following foreigners are exempted from the alien registration.

 ● Officials and their family who are covered under diplomacy, public service, and agreement (A-1, A-2, A-3)

 ● Those who handle an important work for diplomacy, industry, and defense, and their family, and foreign nationals who
---- the Justice Minister specially consider it necessary to exempt from the alien registration

 ● Canadian nationals who wish to stay less than 6 months and belong to the following status of sojourn → Culture and
--- art (D-1), Religion (D-6), Visit and cohabitation (F-1), Accompanying (F-3), and Others (G-1)

When should register

■ A non-Korean who plans to stay in Korea for over 90 days after his or her arrival → Within 90 days of arrival

■ A non-Korean who received the status of sojourn or the changing status of sojourn → At the time when received the
-- status (right then)

● Example: When a Canadian national who holds B-2 (travel pass) visa wishes to change the status of sojourn after
-- staying 5 month in Korea, he or she should apply for the alien registration at the time of application to change the status
-- of sojourn.

Required documents for alien registration

Common documents to submit

■ Passport, Alien Registration Form, 2 color photos (3×4 ㎝ ), A fee of 10,000 Won (Government revenue stamp)

Alien Registration Form (Download the form)

• Passport
• 2 color photographs (3 X 4 cm)
• Required documents by the status of sojourn (Visa type)
• A fee of 10,000 won

Additional documents to submit (by the status of sojourn)  

 Status of Sojourn (Visa type) [Documents to submit]

Culture & Art (D-1): A document that proves Culture and Art Organization (a copy of Korea ’s certificate of business registration, etc)

Studying (D-2): Certificate of student to a school

Industrial training (D-3): a copy of Korea ’s certificate of business registration, certificate of health, accident insurance receipt ( for a trainee who is recommended by a trainee recommendation organization), guaranty insurance (for a trainee by an oversea investment)

General training (D-4): Certificate of student to an institute (College attached language training), related document regarding the establishment of training organization (other training)

Reporting (D-5): certificate of branch office establishment or a copy of the certificate of business registration

Corporate investment (D-8): a copy of the certificate of foreign-invested company registration, a copy of the certificate of business registration

Residency (D-7), Religion (D-6), Trading Management (D-9), Professor (E-1), Conversation Teaching (E-2), Research (E-3), Technical Guidance (E-4), Specialized Profession (E-5), Non-specialized Employment(E-9), Special Activities (E-7): a copy of the certificate of business registration

Arts Promotion (E-6): a copy of the certificate of business registration, a confirmation certificate of HIV test negative response (only to those who are in the category)

Crew (E-10): Certificate of passenger carrier business license or Certificate of freight transportation registration, certificate of health, accident insurance receipt

Visit and cohabitation (F-1): Certificate of birth or a copy of family register, Home assistants of public officials to Korea : a copy of the public official’s ID,

Home assistants of high investment foreigners: a copy of employer’s alien registration card

Residency (F-2): Family register (marriage status), spouse’s personal reference

Accompany (F-3): A copy of spouse or parent’s Alien Registration Card

Others (G-1): Documents that proves the reasons

Travel Employment (H-1): Travel itinerary or activity plan, or certificate of employment (corresponding person only)

※ Residence (F-4): Persons who should report their address

※ Permanent residence (F-5): Good for the documents that are already submitted at the time of changing (granting) the
-- status of sojourn  

Alien Registration Card: Issuance, Reissuance, Handing-over

Issuance of Alien Registration Card

■ Alien Registration Card is issued by the local immigration office.

● Find your local immigration office.

Reissuance of Alien Registration Card

■ Reasons of reissuance

● When you lost your Alien Registration Card

● When your Alien Registration Card is damaged

● When you want to add the necessary information

● When your information (name, sex, date of birth, and nationality) is changed

■ You should apply within 14 days when the reasons of reissuance occur.

■ Required documents for reissuance

● Application for Reissuance of Alien Registration       

● Written explanation of the reasons for reissuance (when you lost)

● 1 color photo (3×4 ㎝ )

● Old Alien Registration Card (When it is damaged, when you need space for more information, when you change your
-- information in accordance with the law 35 section 1)

● A fee of 10,000 won (government revenue stamps)

■ Reissuance place: Local immigration office

Separate Issuance of Alien Registration Card

■ The following aliens should receive Alien Registration Card separately.

● A foreign national who is 17 years old whose name is registered as a company on the Alien Registration Card of his
--- or her parent or custodian.

● A foreign national who wishes to receive an Alien Registration Card due to his or her parent’s departure from Korea and
-- other reasons

■ Application of separate issuance of Alien Registration Card should be made within 60 days from the date of becoming
-- 17 years old.

■ Required documents: Passport, 2 color photos (3×4 ㎝ ), Alien Registration Card

Returning Alien Registration Card

Reasons of returning Alien Registration Card

■ You must return the Alien Registration Card to the immigration office when you have the following reasons.

● When the registered foreign national leaves Korea permanently

● When the registered foreign national quits the original nationality and acquires Korean nationality

● When the registered foreign national is dead

● When the registered foreign national belongs to the exceptions of the alien registration

When the Alien Registration Card should be returned

■ When you leave out of Korea permanently

■ Within 14 days from the date you acquire the Korean nationality

● Spouse, parent, custodian, or yourself should return the card with the documents of acquiring Korean nationality
- and quitting the original nationality.

■ When deceased

● Spouse, parent, or custodian should return the card with the documents of diagnosis or death certificate that prove the
-- fact of death within 14 days from knowing the fact or within 30 days from the date of death

■ When the Alien Registration Card is not returned within the due period, a negligence fine is imposed.

Carrying and Submission of Alien Registration Card

■ Foreign national residents of Korea should always carry their passport, visa, or alien registration cards. (However,
-- this rule does not apply for foreign national residents who are under 17 years old)

■ Foreign nationals should present to show their passport and alien registration card when they are requested as
-- immigration officials or authorized officials (including Si, Gun, Gu registration officers) handle their jobs
-- (registration related).

■ If you fail to present to show your passport and alien registration card when you are requested, you are obliged to pay
-- penalty under the immigration law 27.