Guide for Exemption Application

How to be Exempt from Mongolia Pension Contributions

• If you are mandatorily covered by the Korean National Pension Scheme, and you would like to be exempt from coverage under the Mongolian pension system, you must get "a Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement" from the National Pension Service of Korea and submit it to the Mongolian 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 under the Social Security Agreement?
  • A Korean employee who works in Mongolia within a certain period (for less than 5 years)
  • A Korean self-employed who works in Mongolia within a certain period (for less than 5 years).
• (2) How to request a Korean Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement?
  • The employer in Korea or self-employed person must request a Korean Certificate of Coverage by
    1) visiting the National Pension Service of Korea with the required documents or by
    2) 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.
  • The "Application for Korean Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement"is available on our website → Social Security Agreement → Forms or you can get it by visiting the NPS's regional office and by copying the form from the manual brochure at the NPS.
• 2. Submission of the Certificate of Coverage to the Mongolian Agency
  • To apply for exemption of coverage, your employer must submit a Korean Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement to the State Social Insurance General Office of Mongolia.
  • Korean workers who work in Mongolia are exempt from coverage under the Mongolian pension system for 6 months. However, because they are mandatorily covered under the Mongolian pension system after those 6 months and contributions once paid cannot be refunded, it is recommended that you request exemption within a suitable amount of time.

How to be Exempt from Pension Contributions

• If you are mandatorily covered by the Mongolian pension system, and you would like to be exempt from coverage under the Korean pension system and employment insurance system, you must get a Certificate of Coverage under the Agreement from the authorized Agency in Mongolia and submit it to the National Pension Service.
  
  In addition, Mongolian nationals working in Korea under the Korean Industrial Training System or the Employment Permit System are exempt from coverage under both the National Pension Scheme and the Employment Insurance Scheme only when they request exemption by submitting a Mongolian Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement to the National Pension Service of Korea.
• 1. A request for a Mongolian Certificate of Coverage
  • If you are an employee, your employer must request a Mongolian Certificate of Coverage.
  • If you are self-employed, you yourself must request a Mongolian Certificate of Coverage.
• (1) Who requires a Mongolian Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement?
  • A Mongolian employee who works in Korea within a certain period (for less than 5 years)
  • A Mongolian self-employed who works in Korea within a certain period (for less than 5 years)
• (2)How to request a Mongolia Certificate of Coverage under the Social Security Agreement?
  • After contacting the Mongolian Agency by phone or fax, you must request a certificate with the required documents according to the agency's procedures.
• (3) Issuing Agency of Mongolia Certificate of Coverage
  • State Social Insurance General Office

• 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 the "Mongolian 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 Mongolian Certificate will not be accepted)
  • If you submit a Mongolian Certificate of Coverage, you are exempt from the Korean National Pension contributions and the Employment Insurance contributions 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 a over-collected amount is valid only up to 5 years from the day following the processing of a qualification change, therefore, we recommend that you request 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.