As previously informed, in accordance with the Korean Government’s regulation, any foreigner or overseas Korean who has stayed for six months or more in Korea is subject to the statutory subscription to the National Health Insurance Service(NHIS) from July 16th, 2019, onward.

HOWEVER, the pre-notice of legislation for NHIS required application has been made by the Korean Government as of following: Korean Government is planning to POSTPONE the statutory subscription to the NHIS until February 28, 2021 for the holders of Study (D-2) and General Training (D-4) visa ONLY. The holders of Study (D-2) and General Training (D-4) visa cannot join NHIS from Jul 13th 2019 to Feb 28th 2021.

As international students studying in Korea, you must be insured at all times even if the required application of the NHIS has been postponed. For your convenience, Ajou University provides a coverage with KB insurance company for international students.

Additional information related to NHIS regulation will be forthcoming when we receive it from the Korean Government.

[ Link for Pre-Notice of Legislation made by the Ministry of Health and Welfare ]
http://www.moleg.go.kr/lawinfo/lawNotice/lawNoticeInfo?ogLmPpSeq=54672&mappingLbicId=0&announceType=TYPE5&pageIndex=1&rowIdx=1

[ Contact ]
 A. KB insurance (in charge of Ajou Univ.) :  02-6900-5027
 B. NHIS Call Center
     ( 1577-1000 (Dial 7 for Foreign Language Service)
     ( 033-811-2000 (English, Chinese, Vietnamese service available)