Life Support
Provides information on services that will help you make a living, including life support and childcare support.
Multicultural Family Support Centers
Multicultural Family Support Centers
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Multicultural Families (marriage immigrants, spouses, children, children who entered Korea midway) |
Multicultural Family Support Centers provide family education, counseling and cultural services for multicultural families, to support the adaptation of immigrant women to Korean society in their initial stages of settling, and to help multicultural families lead stable family lives. |
http://mfsc.liveinkorea.kr |
Ministry of Gender Equality and Family |
National Basic Living Security System
National Basic Living Security System
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How to Register |
Inquiry |
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Supports the following allowances: Living (regular living benefit), housing, education, childbirth and funeral. |
Submit an application to the local '-eup' or '-myeon' office or '-dong' residential center.
Social welfare service and allowance (change) application
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Health and Welfare Call Center 129 |
Ministry of Health and Welfare |
Emergency welfare support
Emergency welfare support
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How to Register |
Inquiry |
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- Person who is married to a Korean citizen
- Person who is divorced or widowed from a Korean citizen and is taking care of the lineal ascendants and descendants of Korean nationality
- Person recognized as a refugee under Article 76-2 of the 'Immigration Control Law'
- Person who is a victim of a fire, crime, or natural disaster without the person's attributable reasons
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Living allowance, medical allowance, housing allowance, social welfare facility use allowance, other allowances (fuel, electricity, childbirth, funeral) |
City (-gun or -gu) office of the local residential area, public health and welfare hotline 129 |
Health and Welfare Call Center 129 |
Ministry of Health and Welfare |
Childcare Cost Support for Children from Multicultural Familie
Childcare Cost Support for Children from Multicultural Familie
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How to Register |
Inquiry |
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Multicultural children who are 5 year old or younger in accordance with the Multicultural Families Support Act |
Provides child support regardless of the household income and asset level |
Apply for child support at the local '-eup' or '-myeon' office or '-dong' residential center. |
1577-5432 |
Ministry of Health and Welfare |
Childcare Cost Support for Children from Multicultural Families
Childcare Cost Support for Children from Multicultural Families
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Contents |
How to Register |
Inquiry |
Related Departments |
Marriage immigrants, multicultural families and others |
Information for multicultural families, guide and linkage to institutions, life interpretation service (10 languages) |
Consultation via phone (24hours) |
1577-5432 |
Ministry of Gender Equality and Family |
Living Support
Living Support
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Telephone Number |
Description |
National Health Insurance Service |
1577-1000 |
Provides consulting service for health insurance (Weekdays: 09:00-16:00) |
Korea Legal Aid Corporation |
132 |
Provides free legal consulting service (Weekdays: 09:00-18:00) |
Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations |
1644-7077 |
Provides legal consulting on civil, criminal, and domestic cases (Weekdays: 10:00 - 17:00) |
Interpretation Service (BBB Korea) |
1588-5644 |
Connects service requests, foreigners and BBB volunteers through a 24-hour interpretation service |
KT Together Call Center |
080-008-0100 |
Addresses wire/wireless communication complaints and provides consulting on living (Weekdays: 09:00-19:00) |
120 Dasan Call Center |
120 |
Provides information on everyday life, tourism information, public transit information and reservation services (09:00-22:00 year-round) |
* Source : Danuri (The multicultural family support portal site)