Foreigners who have lived in Korea for a long period of more than 6 months, or are planning to live in Korea, are obliged to enroll in Korean health insurance.

Below, we will upload the legal provisions related to this, but for the reason that the laws and regulations are more difficult, we will also upload some reference texts.

When to obtain qualifications for regional health insurance in Korea

① As a foreign resident, etc., a person who falls under Article 109 (3) of the Act (a person who cannot become a member of the workplace) shall obtain the status of a regional member on the day falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Foreigners who have registered as residents, Koreans who have reported their residence, and foreigners who have registered as aliens are eligible for residence in culture and arts (D-1), industrial training (D-3), coverage (D-5), religion (D-6), Presiding (D-7), Corporate Investment (D-8), Trade Management (D-9), Job Search (D-10), Professor (E-1), Conversational Guidance (E-2), Research (E-3) ), Technical Guidance (E-4), Professional Occupation (E-5), Arts Performance (E-6), Specific Activities (E-7), Non-professional Employment (E-9), Sailor Employment (E-10), Visiting Cohabitation (F-1), Residence (F-2), Companion (F-3), Overseas Koreans (F-4), Permanent Resident (F-5), Marriage Immigration (F-6), Others (G-1) ) (Limited to those who have been granted humanitarian permission under the Refugee Act and those designated by the Corporation), tourism employment (H-1), and visit employment (H-2) ( approximately before the status of residence) . ) If you have lived in Korea for more than 6 months: The day after the 6th month . However, if you are staying abroad on the next day of the sixth month (limited to the case where the period of stay outside the country does not exceed 30 days), the date of entry into the country after that will be considered.

2. In the case of any of the following items, the date of entry into Korea

end. F-6 (marriage immigrant) status of residence

I. On the next day after the day of departure from abroad (limited to cases where a foreign national or a foreigner who has not expired in the third period of residence leaves Japan and stays abroad for more than one month), a person who has lost the qualifications of a regional member is deemed to have left the country 6 If you re-enter the country within a month as (in the case of foreigners staying period is not limited to characters which have shut down), taking into account the period of stay abroad if you pay the insurance premium calculation

3. If a person who loses his/her status as a regional member after the end of the period of stay has been re-qualified without leaving the country after the end of the period of stay: the day he/she has been granted the status of residence
4. The day after the day when the subscription period ends. However, if an application for qualification is made pursuant to Article 4-2, Paragraph 4, it shall be the date of application.
5. The day the job subscriber loses his or her dependent status
6. The date of birth (limited to newborns with a foreign national or foreign national or foreign national who is a domestic resident eligible before the date of birth)

When to lose the status of regional health insurance for Korea Health Insurance

② Local residents, foreign nationals, etc. who are regional subscribers, lose their qualifications on the day they fall under any of the following subparagraphs: <Revised July 11, 2019>

1. Day after the day of death
2. The day the job enrollee became a dependent
3. The day following the end of the period of stay under the Immigration Control Act
4. The day following the date on which the deportation order under the Immigration Act was issued. However, if an objection is filed under Article 60 of the Immigration Control Act, it shall be the day following the date on which the decision to review under Article 60 (2) of the same Act is finalized.
5. The day the local subscriber applies for exclusion from enrollment pursuant to Article 109 (5) 2 of the Act . However, if a local subscriber who has not paid the insurance premium or a local subscriber who has not passed 14 days since the first payment of the insurance premium meets the requirements of Article 4-2, Paragraph 1 and applies for exclusion, it shall be the date of obtaining the qualification.
6. The day after the day of departure from overseas (limited to cases where overseas residents or foreigners who have not expired in the third period of stay have left Japan and stayed abroad for more than one month)
7. If the householder who has a householder’s status of residence (D-2) or general training (D-4) has delinquent insurance premiums, it is the first day of the month following the month in which the due date is due . However, this is not the case when the delinquent insurance premium is paid by the end of the month to which the due date falls.

Required documents for local subscribers

Common documents
○ Documents that can confirm family relations, marital and divorce facts (limited to household members)
○ Documents that can confirm the level of income and property

• Certificate of income amount, certificate of pension payment
• Rent contract for land and rent, building ledger, land ledger
• Car registration certificate
• Business Certificate of Closure, Business Certificate of Closure
• Documents proving the fact of the dissolution (retirement) issued by the Income Payment Office
• Receipt of receipt (deprecated)

Overseas Koreans
○ Resident Registration Card or Resident Registration of Foreign Residents
○ Certificate of the Family Relations Register (limited to household members)
○ Certificate of admission or enrollment (for international students)

Overseas Koreans (F-4)
○ Domestic residence notification
certificate ○ Entrance certificate or enrollment certificate (for international students)

Study abroad (D-2) / General training (D-4)
○ Alien registration
certificate ○ Entrance certificate or enrollment certificate

Religion (D-6)
○ Alien registration certificate
○ Send order

Permanent Resident (F-5) / Marriage Immigration (F-6)
○ Alien Registration Certificate
○ Documents that can prove that you are a disabled person in accordance with the 「Disability Welfare Act」, etc.

Other status of residence: ○ Alien registration certificate

As described above, Korean laws are stipulated.

For more detailed health insurance subscription, loss, benefits, etc., please use the separate consultation application section