National Health Insurance General Information
- Date
- 2021/04/12
- Writer
- 사이트매니저
- Hit
- 1778
Any international students who is staying
in Korea holding a specific visa (listed below) is subject to a mandatory
subscription to National Health Insurance from March 1, 2021. According to the
National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), the generic
cost for international students is around KRW 43,490 ($40); the exact cost will
be available on your monthly bills. Once you enroll, you can receive various
benefits including dental and oriental medical treatment, health checkups, and
pregnancy and childbirth-related medical expenses as the Korean citizens
receive.
Enrollment
Time
Visa Type |
Enrollment Time |
Overseas study (D-2), Elementary/Middle/High school students
(D-4-3) |
First entry ® Alien
registration date |
Re-entry Re-entry date |
|
General training (D-4) |
Six months after the entry date |
Overseas Korean students and foreign
nationality Korean students |
On the date of admission into a school
(if a copy of the proof of enrollment is submitted) |
No
action is required from studnets, as they are automatically subscribed to
health insurance by the NHIS.
Payment
·
Monthly contributions for
international students for 2021: KRW 43,490 (for those who subscribe on March
1) comprising.
·
Due Date: The payment for
the next month is due by the 25th of the current month (pre-payment)
(Example)
Payment for April 2021 ® payable by March 25,
2021 (billed around the 10th of each month)
·
Payment method: Automatic
transfer (bank account, credit/debit card), website, NHIS bank branch, and bank
Billing
Health insurance bills are sent to the
temporary placeof residence reported to the immigration office orbranch office.
If you want to change your temporaryplace of residence, you must report the
moving-innotification to the si/gun/gu office of the newtemporary place of
residence or the immigration officewith jurisdiction over the new temporary
place ofresidence. If you apply for the electronic billing service,you can
receive health insurance bills via email orsmartphone.
·
How to apply for
electronic billing service: Call (033-811-2000), NHIS website, NHIS branch
office
Insurance
benefits
Various benefits are available, including
dental and traditional Korean medical treatment, health checkups, and pregnancy
and childbirth-related medical expenses (National Haengbok Card)
The above is inapplicable to non-covered
items, such as treatment for diseases that do not affect work or daily life
such as plastic surgery.
Penalty
·
Restriction on health
insurance benefits: health insurance benefits at medical care institution are
unavailable form the first day of the month following the payment deadline
until the payment is fully paid.
·
Restriction on visa
extension: If your missing-payments are accumulated up to KRW 500,000 (KRW
100,000 for other collection arrears), your stay in Korea may not be extended
by the Korea Immigration Office.
Contact
NHIS Website:
https://www.nhis.or.kr/english/index.do
Call: 1577-1000 (Korean), 033-811-2000
(English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Uzbek)