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[willneverteachagain]

anyone know what happens if you apply for the korean pension from canada? It's been a year since I applied and all I got was a letter 3 months ago that it was still being "investigated".

What the hell are they investigating for a year?

[willneverteachagain]

no one has done this?

could use some advice her homer or realreality

[lulu144]

i'm going through pension stuff now in the sticky and i just read somewhere it can take like a year, or in your case more if you apply from canada.

[willneverteachagain]

i tried to check the sticky but all i found was that it could take up to a year but i can't find out why.

what is the federal government doing for a year? the request isnt that hard. I tried to apply with the forms i printed from the korean pension office website and some guy from seould emailed me and said that i didnt apply correctly and that he couldnt help me and is mailing my forms back, which he did

[lulu144]

i know just regarding the applying from canda thing

[Bramble]

I applied before I left Korea. Went back for a visit six months later and the money was in my account. Spent most of it.

[ttompatz]

[willneverteachagain]

They are required to pay quarterly. Check with the pension office to ensure your employer:
a) enrolled you
b) submitted your and his contributions correctly.


my employer told me that i was enrolled and i believed him without calling the office. 2 years ago, no one at the pension office spoke english i heard so i didnt bother to call. Would have been the same situation when i tried to call the gas company. Yes hello I have a problem with my bill does any speak english there, click, call back, say the same thing, they heard english again and hung up on me again. i was pissed off that day that a huge gas company cant hire an employee to deal with customers who may not speak korean

[yingwenlaoshi]

Sound like your employer didn't forward any money to the pension office.

[schwa]