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hypnotist · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Location: I wish I were a sock

Sorry to hear this - I was an occasional lurker on your blog and you brightened up this board (and Seoul, no doubt) with your presence. All the best.

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Good luck.

From the National Pension Corporation Website
Lump-Sum Refund
If you want to apply for Korean benefits under the Social Security Agreement, you must visit one of the Korean National Pension Corporation offices or Social Security offices in another contracting country in person. If you have a registered seal (�ΰ��) in Korea and a certificate of that seal (�ΰ��), you can apply for the Korean benefits by mail.
1. Eligible Persons
You or your survivor(s) can apply for a Korean Lump-sum benefit under the Social Security Agreement if you

- have the nationality of the country with which Korea has concluded a totalization agreement, and
- have no other Korean pension benefit rights, and
- have reached age 60, or
- have become covered by one of other public pension schemes, or
- have finished work in Korea and are going to emigrate or have emigrated from Korea permanently, or
- die
Exercising this right may forfeit any rights to future benefits from Korea or another contracting country.

2. Required Documents
Application Form (Canada/U.S./Germany)
ID card (Alien Registration Card/passport)
Airline ticket which shows your emigration from Korea (in the case of an application for the reason of emigration)
Certificate of your work and pension coverage of other public pension scheme (in the case of an application for the reason of being covered by another public pension scheme)
Bankbook
If you want overseas remittance, an Application for Overseas Remittance and a bank statement or void check which shows your name and account number are required.
National Pension Corporation
http://www.npc.or.kr/social/index_en.html
Lump-Sum Refund Payments
http://www.npc.or.kr/social/main_en.html?code=s_01_en.html#q7

Forms for Downloading (from the National Pension Corporation)
http://www.npc.or.kr/social/main_en.html?code=s_07_en.html

susmin · Joined: 04 May 2003

I am American and I just left korea at the end of May. It was very easy to get my pension. I just went to the pension office with my alien card and my plane ticket. i also had a letter form th school but they did not even ask for that. You can have them wire the money to a U.S> bank account or send it as a check. I got a check and the sent it through ..oh I cannot remember the name. Anyway, I got it a little over a month after I left. It was in dollars drawn on a bank in New York. You should have no problem.

pollyplummer · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Location: McMinnvillve, Oregon

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Polly,

I really wish youthe best of luck in whatever comes next in your life.

Anyone,

At the risk of committting a small thread hijacking here, does anyone know about claiming pension funds from long ago? Or checking to see how much I might have in a pension? Could I get this information armed only with the passport I was using at the time?

PolyChronic Time Girl · Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Location: Korea Exited

Damn, Pollyplummer...sucks you're leaving. Sad

Good luck to ya. Sorry we couldn't have another outing....I was looking forward to slinging back some alceehol with you. Are you going back to Oregon...if so, I'm insanely jealous. Have fun with Taco Bell and Starbucks heaven! Keep on posting. Very Happy

taejonguy · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, Korea

so where can I find this blog?

pollyplummer · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Location: McMinnvillve, Oregon

It can be found here:

http://misscoffey.blogspot.com

or by clicking the www button next to my profile.

Today's entry includes a detailed description of the position that will be open for my replacement.

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

That's a huge loft you got, pollyp. I have a loft too but like you I don't sleep up there. Too hot in summer. I have a little couch that turns into a futon in the living room. I like to fall asleep watching TV, which is also on the main floor (not worth buying a second TV in Korea). And the stairs are so narrow I think trying to get down them in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom would result in my eventual death.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Good-bye, Polly, and I hope you and your boy (that still sounds like "your son" to me) will enjoy the visit to Guruland (Insadong, the palaces, etc.). Bring money, expect crowds, and when the street vendor rolls his cart over your foot, kick him in the nuts with your other one. Wink

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

Good times Polly; always enjoyed the humour and wit of your posts. Don't forget to give your ARC card to immigration at the airport.

Once I left a job early and, before I left the school, the WJN asked for the ARC card. Then, at the airport immigration wicket they asked for the card. They phoned the boss, found out he had the card, but still fined me 100,000 won.

I had changed all my won into baht for Thailand, so had to rush around with the Japanese airline stewardess to get won to pay immigration. She had a radio and was in communication with the pilot. Finally I got to the plane which had been held up for 20 minutes, and only because of this.

I don't think Korean immigration cared when the Japanese stewardess pleaded with them to cut some corners, what with the international rivalry. It was pretty funny. I came running toward the plane and the guard reached for her gun instinctively, then it was up and away. Off to Thailand for a month, and for the first time.

Mindmetoo and falling asleep watching TV. Do you know how well read that Mindmetoo is? He reads a lot, apparently, and good books. Just too many to fit in during TV commercial breaks maybe.