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son of j · Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Location: South Korea

hi

my daughter is ready to start some Korean kindergarten and I have been told that the Korean government pays for the monthly fee for school.
when i went to enroll her at the school, the director said she wasn't qualified because she wasn't born in Korea.
however, my foreign friend has a girl in school right now and she was born in Germany. the govt. pays for that girl's school fee...
so i'm wondering if anyone else out there has a child who was not born in Korea but who is getting subsidized schooling?

thanks!

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 2:49 am Post subject:

Thats an odd response you got...

Check with the relevant government departement who deals with these subsidies, some schools may not know about them.

For the record, our son when he attended daycare and kindergarten was elligible for a subsidy. However, my wife is Korean so that may be different from a fully foreign child.

bobrocket · Joined: 26 Jan 2011

Our daughter was born overseas, Korean mum, to get the benifits we had to register her birth here, now she has two passports, there was lots of advantages for us but we couldn't get anything without her having a Korean birth certificate.
From what I understood, 1 parent has to be Korean and one foreign, with the child being able to provide a birth certificate (Korean).

Ramen · Joined: 15 Apr 2008

time to throw out all korean students studying in the u.s. Razz

son of j · Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Location: South Korea

as it turns out, the official word is that ONE of the parents must be a Korean national to qualify for free schooling...

oh well.....

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:22 am Post subject:

bobrocket · Joined: 26 Jan 2011

There is some subsidies available to foreigners, 2 x forgien parents, for what we saw you have to have a resident visa though, it's income tested and varied depending on the area you live in, i didn't really ask much as it wasn't relevant for us but if your happy reading Korean I can scan and send, just pm your email, no problem to pick up a copy.

bobrocket · Joined: 26 Jan 2011

son of j · Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Location: South Korea

thanks bobrocket, but we're here on an E1 visa and don't plan on settling down in korea with a resident visa.
luckily they pay me well here..... Smile

and little local kindergarten is good value for kid and parent alike!

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

My daughter is in kindergarten and, if memory serves, only part of the fees are subsidized by the government.

thrylos · Joined: 10 Jun 2008