Guide for Exemption Application

How to be Exempt from Chinese Pension(old-age pension) Contributions

• If you are mandatorily covered by the Korean National Pension Scheme, and you would like to be exempt from paying contributions (Old-Age Pension) to pension system of China, you must get "a Certificate of Coverage under Social Security Agreement" from the National Pension Service of Korea and submit it to a Chinese Agency.
• 1. A request for a Korean Certificate of Coverage
  • If you are an employee, your employer must request a Korean Certificate of Coverage.
  • If you are self-employed, you yourself must request a Korean Certificate of Coverage.
• (1) Who requires a Korean Certificate of Coverage?
  • An employee who is sent to work in China within a certain period of time by an employer
  • A self-employed person who permanently resides in Korea and temporarily resides in China
• (2) How to request a Korean Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement?
  • The employer or self-employed person must request a Korean Certificate of Coverage by visiting the National Pension Service of Korea with the required documents or sending the required documents to the National Pension Service of Korea by mail or fax.
  • National Pension Service, Center for International Affairs, 6^th Floor, Kukmin-Yeonkum Building, 180, Giji-Ro, Deokjin-Gu, Jeonju-Si, JEONBUK STATE, 54870, Korea
    - Fax (063)900-3404
• (3) Required Documents
  • "Application for Certificate of Coverage under Social Security Agreement"
  • Documents to confirm the employee's detachment such as a Detachment Order.
  • "Application for Certificate of Coverage under Social Security Agreement" is available on our website -> Social Security Agreement -> Forms or you can get them by visiting NPS's regional office and by copying the form in the manual brochure at the NPS.
• 2. Submission of the Certificate of Coverage to china Agency
  • In China, since a concerned agency determines and notifies the insured person's pension contribution amount based on the declared content of the workplace, an employer of that workplace is normally responsible for applying for the exemption from coverage by submitting an original copy of the Korean Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement to the Chinese Agency.
  • If a contributor has already paid contributions for the previous exemption period, within a certain period, he/she is able to request a refund according to the interior procedure. However, in some cases, there could be limitations on the period regarding retroactive exemptions or refunds, so we recommend that you request the exemption allowing a suitable amount of time.

How to be Exempt from Pension Contributions

• If you are mandatorily covered by the Chinese pension system, and you would like to be exempt from coverage under the Korean National Pension Scheme, you must get a Certificate of Coverage under the Agreement from the authorized Agency in China and submit it to the National Pension Service.
• 1. A request for a Certificate of Coverage from china
  • If you are an employee, your employer must request a Certificate of Coverage from an Agency in china If you are self-employed, you must request a Certificate of Coverage by yourself.
• (1) Who requires a Chinese Certificate of Coverage?
  • An employee who is sent to work in Korea within a certain period by an employer
  • A self-employed person who permanently resides in China and temporarily resides in Korea
• (2)How to request a Chinese Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement?
  • After contacting the Chinese Agency by phone or fax, you must request a certificate with the required documents according to the agency's procedures.
• (3) Issuing Agency of Chinese Certificate of Coverage
  • Social Insurance Administration of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security
    (中華人民共和國 勞動和社會保障部 社會保險事業管理中心)
    (adress 地址：北京市 東城區 和平里 中街12?，郵編：100716)
    (Tel. 86 10 8421 6419, 系：8422-6021, FAX（）: 8421-6422)
    (www.mohrss.gov.cn)

• 2. Submission of the Certificate of Coverage to the National Pension Service of Korea
  • If you are a worker, an employer in Korea (if self-employed, you yourself) must submit an "application of exemption" as well as an original copy of "Chinese Certificate of Coverage", and a copy of your identification to the International Center or the regional office by visiting or by sending a registered letter. (Because an original copy must be submitted, a facsimile or a copy of the Certificate will not be accepted)
  • If you submit a Canadian Certificate of Coverage, you are exempt from Coverage under the Korean National Pension for the period shown on the same Certificate. If you have already paid contributions before you submit your certificate, the amount of the contributions already paid can be transferred to your due contributions or refunded. However, in accordance with the regulations of the National Pension Scheme, the right to request a refund of over-collected amount becomes valid only for up to 5 years from the day following the processing of a qualification change, therefore, we recommend that you request the exemption within the required period.
  • ※ Information here on our website is a general guide. You can get more information at the International Center of the NPS or any regional office of NPS.