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My understanding is that as of Jan. 1 2006, all FT's are required to enroll in the national health insurance program. However, on the NHIC home page under the link, "The Guide for Long-Stay Foreigners and Overseas Koreans," there is one statement that confuses me. What does it mean when they say you must have "intentions to stay...for MORE THAN one year" ? Is that a requirement for enrollment? Here's the full passage:


Article 2(Target Groups of Coverage)

A. Foreigner
1. A foreigner who has intentions to stay in the Republic of Korea for more than one year with the Status of Sojourn D-1(culture/Art), D-2(Student), D-3(Industrial Trainees), D-4(General Trainees), D-5(Residence Report), D-6(Religious Worker), D-7(Intra-Company Transferees), D-8(Treaty Investor), D-9(Treaty Traders), E-1(Professors), E-2(Teaching Foreign Languages), E-3(Research), E-4(Special Technology Instruction), E-5(Special Occupations), E-7(Other Particular Occupations) and E-8(Industrial Trainees Employment) and her/his spouse and children under 20(F-3)