Foreign Employees Now Have Three Month Wait to Qualify for Health Insurance in Korea

If you are traveling to Korea for work, the government has now implemented a three month waiting period to qualify for health insurance:

Foreigners entering Korea for employment purposes will have to wait three months to get health insurance, as will overseas Koreans.

In the past, foreigners and overseas Koreans could register for health insurance on the first day they entered the country, but from Oct. 1 they will have to wait.

The Health Ministry says the relevant law has been amended to prevent people from entering country under false pretenses to enjoy health insurance benefits and leave soon afterward.   [Chosun Ilbo]

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