Application for Korean Benefits under the Agreement

If you have periods of coverage in Korea and Poland but don't have enough periods of coverage under the Korean pension system to qualify for Korean old-age pension benefits (age of 60 or age of 55 for the early old-age pension), you may be able to qualify for Korean benefits by totaling Korean and Polish periods of coverage.

• Please refer to the following details about requirements for entitlement classified by types, eligible persons, the method of filling out the forms and required documents.
• A claimant must submit an "Application for Korean Benefits under Social Security Agreement" to the NPS in Korea or to the relevant Agency in Poland.
  For the employed or self-employed : Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)
  - For farmers : Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS)
• At the time of applying for benefits by mail, we recommend that you are fully aware of the requirements for the Benefit Application by contacting the NPS by phone. In this way, you will ensure the proper preparation of the documents and avoid any unnecessary delays in payments.
• You can download the form of "Application for Korean Benefits under the Korea-Poland Social Security Agreement"from our website or get it at the NPS's regional office, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea Abroad, or the relevant Polish agency.

Old-age Pension

• 1. Eligible Persons
  If you meet the following conditions for the benefits by totaling Korean National Pension periods of coverage and Polish periods of coverage, you may be able to apply for the Korean old-age pension under the Social Security Agreement.

Eligible Persons

Type	Totalized period of Coverage	Age of the first benefit payment	Other Cases
Full Old-age Pension	20 years or more	age of 60 (55)	less than 65, not engaged in income-earning activities
Reduced Old-age Pension	from 10 years to less than 20 years	age of 60 (55)	less than 65, not engaged in income-earning activities
Active Old-age Pension	10 years or more	age from 60 to 65 (55-60)	engaged in income-earning activities
Early Old-age Pension	10 years	age of 55	less than 65, not engaged in income-earning activities
Special Old-age Pension	from 5 years to less than 10 years	age of 60 (55)	regardless of income-earning activities

• 2. Filling out the Application Form and Required Documents
  If you want to apply for an old-age pension, you must fill out Part A (General information), Part B (Application for an Old-age Pension), Part I (To be signed by the applicant) on the "Application for Korean Old age, Survivors and Divided pension and Lump sum benefit under Korea-Poland Agreement on Social Security"and submit it with the following required documents.

• [ Required documents ]
• Your ID such as Alien Registration Card, together with your passport or just your Resident Registration Card
• A copy of your Korean bank account information
  • ※ If you want overseas remittance, you must fill out the Overseas Remittance section Part G (Method of Payment of Benefit) and submit a copy of your foreign bank account information.
• In the case of Early Old-age Pension
  • - If you are an employee: an Employment Contract (Verification of Employer) or a Receipt for Earned Income Tax Withholding (Record of your salary or bank account where your salary is deposited into, etc.) is also required.
  • - If you are an employer: a Certificate of Suspension or Cessation of Business, or documentation to confirm suspension or cessation is also required.
• If you have any dependents supported by you,
  • - Documents to confirm your family relations: a Family Relations Certificate (a copy of Household Resident Register), a copy of the Registration of Korean National Residing Abroad, verification of residence, verification of de facto marriage status, etc.
  • - Documents to confirm your dependence status: a Certificate of Studentship, a Certificate of Holding Office, a Certificate of Medical Care, a copy of the Certificate of Business Registration, a copy of the Building Registration Certificate, documents to confirm special reasons for living separately, a remittance statement of the financial institution (communications and portal services), etc.
  • - Documents to confirm your disability: a medical report of disability under the Agreement (a Polish medical report is acceptable)

※ If you have a certificate of disability registration falling under the 1st or 2nd degree based on the Korean Welfare of Disabled Persons Act prior to the date on which reasons of payment occur (e.g., the date when an old-age pensioner reaches pensionable age, when a disability pensioner has finished his/her medical treatment or a year and a half have passed since the first medical examination, or in the case of survivor pension, when the person who is/was a contributor dies), it is considered a document of verification of disability.

Divided Pension

• 1. Eligible Persons
  If you had lived with your ex-spouse for 5 years or more while your spouse was paying contributions, and your spouse is a beneficiary of old-age pension under the social security agreement, you may apply for a divided pension if you meet the following conditions for the benefits.

• [ You are entitled to the payment of benefits ]
• (1) When you become 60 years of age after having divorced an Old-age pensioner.
• (2) When you divorce an Old-age pensioner after turning 60 years of age.
• (3) When your ex-spouse acquires Old-age pension entitlement after you become 60 years of age.
• (4) When you become 60 years of age after your ex-spouse has acquired Old-age Pension entitlement.

• 2. Filling out the Application Form and Required Documents
  If you want to apply for a divided pension, you must fill out Part A (General information), Part C (Application for a Divided Pension), Part I (To be signed by the applicant) on the "Application for Korean Old age, Survivors and Divided pesion and Lump sum benefit under Korea-Poland Agreement on Social Security"and submit it with the following required documents.

• [ Required documents ]
• Your ID such as Alien Registration Card, together with your passport or just your Resident Registration Card
• A copy of your Korean bank account information
  ※ If you want overseas remittance, you must fill out the Overseas Remittance section Part G (Method of Payment of Benefit) and submit a copy of your foreign bank account information.
• If you are a Korean national: documents to confirm your divorce such as a Family Relations Certificate (Certificate of Marital Relations), etc.
• If you are a foreign national or a Korean national living overseas: documents to confirm the periods of marriage and occurrence of divorce such as a certificate of marriage, a certificate of residence report of overseas Korean nationals, or a confirmation of residence.

Disability Pension

• 1. Eligible Persons
  If you have periods of coverage in Korea and come to be disabled while you are covered under the Polish pension system, you may apply for the Korean disability pension under the Social Security Agreement.
• 2. Filling out the Application Form and Required Documents
  If you want to apply for a disability pension, you must fill out Part A (General information), Part D (Application for a Disability Pension), Part I (To be signed by the applicant) on the "Application for Korean Invalidity benefits under Korea-Poland Agreement Social Security"and submit it with the following required documents.

• [ Required documents ]
• Your ID such as Alien Registration Card and Passport, or just Resident Registration Card
• A copy of your Korean bank account information
  ※ If you want overseas remittance, you must fill out the Overseas Remittance section Part G (Method of Payment of Benefit) and submit a copy of your foreign bank account information.
• Documents to verify your disability history
  • - Documents sent by the Polish agency in relation to your disability (Medical report for disability, X-ray, CT or MRI film, etc.)
  • - A Medical report that verifies disability (This form was established under the social security agreement between Korea and Poland. It is to be used if the documents from Poland are not sufficient)
• If the accident occurred while you were working
  Documents to confirm whether you are eligible for compensation under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, the Labor Standard Act or the Seamen Law
• If you receive compensation from a person who caused you harm, you need the related documents
  • - The decision of the court or a copy of the settlement reached with the person who caused your disability
• If you have any dependents supported by you,
  • - Documents to verify your family relations: a Family Relations Certificate (a copy of Household resident register), a copy of the Registration of Korean National Residing Abroad, Verification of Residence, Verification of de facto marriage status, etc.
  • - Documents to confirm your dependence status: a Certificate of Studentship, a Certificate of Holding Office, a Certificate of Medical Care, a copy of Certificate of Business Registration, a copy of the Building Registration Certificate, documents to confirm special reasons for living separately, a remittance statement of the financial institution (communications and portal services), etc.
  • - Documents to confirm your disability: a medical report of disability under the Agreement (a Polish medical report is acceptable)

Survivor Pension

• 1. Eligible Persons
  A surviving dependent of the person who meets the following conditions can apply for a survivor pension.

• [Surviving dependents are entitled to the payment of benefits ]
• (1) When a person with insured periods under the Korean National Pension Scheme dies while he/she was covered under the Polish pension system.
• (2) When a person with total insured periods of 10 years or more under the Korean and the Polish pension systems dies after losing insured status.
• (3) When a person with total insured periods of less than 10 years under the Korean and the Polish pension systems dies due to disease or injury that occurred during the insured period within 2 years after the first medical examination which is made during the insured period or within 1 year after that person's insured status was discontinued.
• (4) When a person who is a beneficiary of the old-age pension or the disability pension with 1st or 2nd degree of disability under the Agreement dies.

• 2. Filling out the Application Form and Required Documents
  If a person wants to apply for a Survivor Pension, he/she must fill out Part A (General information), Part E (Application for a Survivor Pension), Part I (To be signed by the applicant) on the"Application for Korean Benefits under the Korea-Poland Social Security Agreement" and submit it with the following required documents.

• [Required documents]
• Your ID such as Alien Registration Card, together with your passport or just your Resident Registration Card
• A copy of your Korean bank account information
  ※ If you want overseas remittance, you must fill out Overseas Remittance section Part G (Method of Payment of Benefit) and submit a copy of your foreign bank account information.
• Documents to confirm the beneficiary's death
  • - a Family Census Register, a medical report of death, a confirmation of the corpse, a certificate of death
• Documents to verify your family relations: a Family Relations Certificate, a Certificate of Marital Relations, a copy of the Registration of Korean National Residing Abroad, Verification of Residence, Verification of de facto marriage status, etc.
• Documents to confirm your surviving dependence status: a Certificate of Studentship, a Certificate of Holding Office, a Certificate of Medical Care, a copy of the Certificate of Business Registration, a copy of the Building Registration Certificate, documents to confirm special reasons for living separately, a remittance statement from the financial institution (communications and portal services), etc.
• Documents to confirm disability: a medical report of disability under the Agreement (a Polish medical report is acceptable)
• Documents to show the result of the first medical examination
  • - a medical report of death, a confirmation of the corpse, a certificate of death and other documents to confirm the first medical examination. (if a Korean national dies in Korea, a report for health insurance medical examination and treatment, etc. is required)
• If the accident occurred while working
  • - documents which verify whether you are eligible for compensation under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, the Labor Standard Act or the Seamen Law
• If you receive compensation from a person who caused you harm, you need the related documents.
  • - the decision of the court or a copy of the settlement reached with the person who caused your disability.

Lump-sum refund

• 1. Eligible Persons
  If you are a Polish national and meet the following conditions, you may apply for a lump-sum refund under the agreement. However, once you have received a lump-sum refund, the insured periods concerned can be totalized for the Korean or Polish pension systems.

• [The following persons are entitled to the payment of benefits]
• (1)A Polish national with less than 10 years of totalized insured periods under the Polish and Korean pension systems who reaches 60 years of age, provided that he/she is not eligible for the old-age pension.
• (2) A Polish national who loses his/her insured status under the Korean National Pension Scheme and returns or plans to return to Poland, provided that he/she is not eligible for the old-age pension.
• (3) A surviving dependent of a Polish national who died with totalized insured periods less than 10 years under the Polish and Korean pension systems (only when this surviving dependent is not entitled to the survivor pension).
• (4) A surviving dependent of a Polish national who died with more than 10 years of insured periods under the Polish and Korean pension systems, but only when this person is not eligible for the survivor pension due to the non-payment of contributions.

• 2. Filling out the Application Form and Required Documents
  If you want to apply for a lump-sum refund, you must fill out Part A (General information), Part F (Application for a Lump-sum refund), Part I (To be signed by the applicant) on the Application for Korean Benefits under the Korea-Poland Social Security Agreement and submit it with the following required documents.

• [ Required Documents ]
• Your ID such as Alien Registration Card, together with your passport or just your Resident Registration Card
• A copy of your Korean bank account information
  • ※ If you want to receive overseas remittance, you must fill out Overseas Remittance section Part G (Method of Payment of Benefit) and submit a certificate of your foreign bank account information.
• For an application made because of leaving Korea
  • - before leaving Korea: a copy of an air ticket
  • - after leaving Korea: a copy of your passport (including proof of the immigration exit stamp dated after you discontinued your Korean insured status) or Certificate of The Facts Concerning The Entry & Exit
• For an application made because of death
  • - Documents to verify your family relations: a Family Relations Certificate, a copy of the Registration of Korean National Residing Abroad, Verification of Residence, Verification of de facto marriage status, etc.
  • - Documents to confirm your dependence status: a Certificate of Studentship, a Certificate of Holding Office, a Certificate of Medical Care, a copy of Certificate of the Business Registration, a copy of the Building Registration Certificate, documents to confirm special reasons for living separately, a remittance statement of the financial institution (communications and portal services), etc.
  • - Documents to confirm disability: a medical report of disability under the Agreement (a Polish medical report is acceptable)

※ Other information regarding the lump-sum refund is available on our website -> National Pension -> National Pension Scheme -> Foreigners and Lump-sum Refund

Application for Poland Benefits under the Agreement

• 1. Eligible Persons
  If you are eligible for the Polish pension by totaling the periods of coverage under the Korean and the Polish pension systems, you are able to apply for Polish benefits.(However, conditions of benefits vary depending on the type of benefits.)
• 2. Filling out the and Submitting the Application Form
  A claimant can apply for Polish pension benefits by contacting the Korean National Pension Service or through the following social security agency of Poland.

• Social Insurance Institution(ZUS) :
  - ZUS Branch Office in Łod? (www.zus.pl)
• Agricultural Social Insurance Fund(KRUS) :
  KRUS Regional Branch in Cracow - Local Office in Nowy S?cz
  (www.krus.gov.pl)

※ Information here on our website is a general guide. You can get more information from the relevant agency in Poland.