Nationals of the following countries and foreigners with the following visa types may claim their lump-sum refund regardless of the country of their current residence.

Nationality (A→Z)

a-z

Austria	social security agreement
Australia	social security agreement
Belize	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 6 months
Bermuda	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Belgium	social security agreement
Bulgaria	social security agreement
Bhutan	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year
Cameroon	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year
Canada	social security agreement
Colombia	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Czech Republic	social security agreement
El Salvador	Minimum Insured Period is not required
France	social security agreement
Germany	social security agreement
Ghana	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Grenada	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year
HongKong	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Hungary	social security agreement
India	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Indonesia	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Jordan	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year
Kazakhstan	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Kenya	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Malaysia	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Philippines	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Poland,	social security agreement
Romania	social security agreement
Saint Vincent and Grenadine	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year
Slovakia	social security agreement
Sri Lanka	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Sudan	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Switzerland	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Thailand	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year
TrinidadandTobago	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Tunisia	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Turkey	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Uganda,	Minimum Insured Period is not required
United States	social security agreement
Vanuatu	Minimum Insured Period is not required
Zimbabwe	Minimum Insured Period should be Over 1 year

Visa Type

Regardless of the nationality, in cases where a foreigner, who has been covered under the National Pension Scheme with the status of sojourn of E-8 (Employment for Training), E-9 (Non-professional Employment), or H-2 (Visiting Employment), returns to his/her home country (Effective from May 11, 2007)
If a person had stayed in Korea with 2 or more types of status of sojourn, only the contributions paid during the insured period with those status (E-8, E-9, H-2) are returned.

Applying before departing from Korea (for applicants in Korea)

The insured person has to visit one of our local offices with the following documents

Required documents

• - An application for Lump-sum Refund (This form is available at any local office.)
• - Passport of the insured person
• - Alien registration card of the insured person
• - Proof materials of the insured person’s bank account (such as a bank statement, voided check, or bankbook showing the applicant’s name and account number, etc.)
• - Flight (or ship) ticket (the date of departure has to be within a month from the date of application)

Applying after departing from Korea (for applicants outside of Korea)

* Application by mail from abroad
The applicant has to fill out the forms and send them with the required documents. Before mailing the application, the applicant needs to have the whole application notarized by a notary public and then apostilled (or attested by the local Korean consulate)

Required documents

• - An application for a Lump-sum Refund
• - A copy of the passport of the insured person
• - Proof of the insured person’s bank account (such as a bank statement, voided check, or bankbook showing the applicant’s name and account number, etc.)

In the case of overseas remittance: application for overseas remittance is additionally required.

The Forms

• - An Application for Korean Benefits    
  ※ A national who is from a country which has a social security agreement with Korea has to fill out and
  submit the form titled “Application for Korean Benefits under the Social Security Agreement.”
  (Please refer to the Social Security Agreement Section)
• - An Application for Overseas Remittance    

You can apply for lump-sum refund by visiting the Regional offices
* Send it to the Regional offices by mail