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Adobe
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Location: SK
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 Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:17 am Post subject: Pension exemption and South Africans. |
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This was on the board a while back, does anyone have a Korean and English version i can print and show my coteacher/admin? There is confusion on thier part as to my pension status. (my coteacher didn't understand the info i had with me in regards to South African exemption.)
Thanks for your help.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: Re: Pension exemption and South Africans. |
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| Adobe wrote: |
This was on the board a while back, does anyone have a Korean and English version i can print and show my coteacher/admin? There is confusion on thier part as to my pension status. (my coteacher didn't understand the info i had with me in regards to South African exemption.)
Thanks for your help.
Adobe |
Did you look on the pension website for the specifics?
http://www.nps.or.kr/
I couldn't find information on treaty with South Africa.
http://www.nps.or.kr/jsppage/english/agreement/agreement_01_01.jsp#btn02 |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:58 am Post subject: |
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It's on that site.
Click on "National Pension scheme" on the left, and then click on "Foriengers and lump-sum refund' on the sub-menu. About 3 paragraphs down it says "Who is exluded from coverage"
"Those nationals whose country does not mandatorily cover Korean citizens under its pension scheme.
=> Under this rule, only the nationals from the following 17 specified countries ※ do not have to enroll
and pay the NPS contributions.
※ the Republic of South Africa, Nepal, Maldives, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia,
Armenia, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt, Tonga, Pakistan, Fiji, Cambodia, Singapore "
However, this is just in English, I have NO clue how to navigate the Korean site, and the PDFs I've downloaded have this same infomation in English (again, I can't navigate the Korean page).
When I explained this to my PS, they seemed to understand - I guess I'll know for sure when I don't see a pension deduction on my payslip come the 25th. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for that. |
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Adobe
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Location: SK
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Ttompatz and otherside thanks for the advice. Showed my coteacher the website(nps) but that didn't seem to register with her. Any further advice appreciated...
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| Adobe wrote: |
Ttompatz and otherside thanks for the advice. Showed my coteacher the website(nps) but that didn't seem to register with her. Any further advice appreciated...
Adobe |
You can always call the pension office during business hours @1355 from any landline phone.
They also have a phone number (in Seoul) for foreigners posted on the English page. |
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Adobe
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Location: SK
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:39 am Post subject: |
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Thanks ttompatz, is there a english translation service(phone wise) for those of us in the sticks?
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TeeBee
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:46 am Post subject: |
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The NPS has a pdf guide for foreigners hidden somewhere on their website. You can find a copy here: http://safkorea.wordpress.com/downloads/
It's called "Korean pension guide for foreigners". The first page is in Korean, the second in English. SA is listed as the first country which is exempt from pension fund payments.
I printed this out and showed it to my co-teacher. Problem solved. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| This country needs an enema. |
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