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The job that I have been at for 2 years (soon leaving) has not paid into the national pension program. I am moving to a new job in Korea which has both national pension and national health insurance.

I am already aware that at my new job that I will get nailed with having to pay back money for the national health plan.

This is my underatanding of what will happen if I claim the pension money:

I go to a government pension office and and claim it. I fill out some paperwork, arrange to pay my half of the money and then my boss gets a bill for the other half which he is required to pay.

Correct???

I also wonder if there is any other paperwork to bring to the pension office (such as my work contract). The reason I wonder about bringing the work contract is because it shows my salary. I can't imagine that the pension office would simply take my word for it because I could just make up any amount. My salary for year 1 was 2.1 and for year 2 it has been 2.2. I'm thinking that my ARC, passport (which shows the work visas) and the contracts should be sufficient.

As an aside, I am on good terms with my boss and I would prefer to remain on good terms after I leave. If he asks me about this down the road (I will probably never have any contact with him again anyway but you never know) I will pretend to be annoyed at having to pay the money and swing it as us having a mutual rant against the pension office. In other words I will plead ignorance.

There must be at least a few of us in this situation......

Thanks!!!!

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