There are 4 different types of insurance (National Pension, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, National Health Insurance and Employment Insurance) that Korean companies cover for their Korean employees obligatorily in Korea. Only two types of insurance: Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance and National Health Insurance are mandatory for foreign employees. However, if a foreign employee either works over 80 hours per week or has an employment contract with a Korean company, he/she meets the qualification of receiving all four insurances.

No, it’s completely free. From matching you with the right Korean company, holding and connecting online interviews to sponsoring visa/immigration, all these processes will be covered by Contact KOREA.

Usually, there is no work on Saturdays and Sundays and national holidays will be taken off as well. However, depending on each individual’s companies’ conditions, you might be asked to work during weekends or holidays. You will be compensated according with either extra pay or by earning extra off-days to use later on. But again this is according to your company and may vary according to each company. You will either get paid extra or earn off-days to use later on.

< Korean Legal Holidays >

(1) Every Saturday and Sunday.

(2) Official Holidays

Every time a new job is registered, it will be on the board under “Find Jobs” on Contact KOREA’s website. You can visit the website frequently, keeping up with the new job openings that you are interested in, and be able to apply for an interview for the specific job openings. There will be no email notifications or other additional contacts from Contact KOREA. Furthermore, if you have any question about how to request interviews with Korean companies on our website, please visit “Notice” > ”How to use our website” > “How to search for any job openings in Korean companies” on our website. You can get more details about using our website there.

 
Furthermore, if you have any question about how to request interviews with Korean companies on our website, please visit “Notice” > ”How to use our website” > “How to search for any job openings in Korean companies” on our website. You can get more details about using our website there.

A Working hour is the time that you stay at work without a break such as lunch. The standard working hours that we consider is 40 hours per week so that working hours per day is 8 hours. However, once you come to an agreement with a company, it would get extended up to 12 hours per week. You have the right to take a 30 minutes break if you work for 4 hours and an hour break for 8 hours of working.

Yes, there are many educational institutes that help foreigners learn Korean. The Korean Migrants' Center is a place where foreigners can take different levels of Korean classes for free. In addition, Korean language courses are available at some universities or public institutes for free or with charge.

[Please contact the "Korean Migrants' Center" at 02-6900-8000 or check out the website http://www.migrantok.org/english/]

[List of Korean Language Schools]

Korean is the official language of Korea. However, you won’t have much difficulty getting around because of language barriers in Korea, since all the public signs and information are in English or other foreign languages.

If you get hired by a Korean company through Contact KOREA, you will get an E-7 visa, which is for special occupations, such as Engineering, Computer programming, Management, and etc. In this case, your family members will get F-3 visas as well (Family Dependent Visa) which allows long-term stay in the country legally. You can apply for these visas at the Korean embassy or Korean consulate.

[If you have any questions, feel free to contact “Hi Korea” at : 1345]

After signing an employment contract, if you face overdue wages, unfair dismissal, or any other unreasonable treatments, you can get help from many different organizations like the Korea Foreigners Human Right Protection Legal Committee and human right policy of Ministry of Labor and will be protected under laws in Korea. Phone consultation will be available in English and Chinese as well so that you can get help without speaking and knowing any Korean.

[Related phone numbers that you can call : 02)502-9457 / 1544-1350 / 1588-9327]