Child Care Subsidies for Multicultural Families
Eligibility- Child care subsidies for multicultural families are provided to the children of multicultural families, defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Support for Multicultural Families Act, who are preschoolers under the age of six (the Ministry of Health and Welfare, refer to 2023 Child Care Services).
- A child who was not born between an immigrant by marriage (including those who have attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea through acknowledgement or permission for naturalization) of a multicultural family, defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Support for Multicultural Families Act, and a person who has attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea under Articles 2 through 4 of the Nationality Act, but between an immigrant by marriage of a multicultural family and his/her former spouse shall be entitled to child care subsidies only if the child lives with the multicultural family as a family member. The child shall have the nationality of the Republic of Korea in order to be entitled to child care subsidies.
- Where a child entitled to enter school (born between January 1 and December 31, 2016) defers entry to school, he/she may receive child care subsidies for children under the age of six. In case of a deferral of entry to school, child care subsidies for preschoolers under the age of six are provided only once, and the period of support for the Nuri Curriculum shall not exceed three years.
Selection criteria- Child care subsidies are provided regardless of the guardians' income levels.
- A child who was born between an immigrant by marriage (including those who have attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea through acknowledgement or permission for naturalization) of a multicultural family, defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Support for Multicultural Families Act, and a person who has attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea under Articles 2 through 4 of the Nationality Act shall be entitled to child care subsidies regardless of whether the child lives with the multicultural family.
- However, children shall not be entitled to multicultural child care subsidies if an immigrant by marriage falls under any of the following cases:
· Where a male immigrant by marriage who was born while his lineal ascendants had stayed abroad with no intention of residing in the relevant country permanently, and became a person with multiple nationalities by obtaining a foreign nationality has become a foreigner by renouncing the nationality of the Republic of Korea with the intention to evade military service;
· Where a male national of the Republic of Korea has become a foreigner by obtaining a foreign nationality and losing the nationality of the Republic of Korea with the intention to evade military service;
· Any Korean with foreign citizenship, defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans, who has resided in a foreign country for less than 15 years.
- A child who was not born between an immigrant by marriage (including those who have attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea through acknowledgement or permission for naturalization) of a multicultural family, defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Support for Multicultural Families Act, and a person who has attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea under Articles 2 through 4 of the Nationality Act, but between an immigrant by marriage of a multicultural family and his/her former spouse shall be entitled to child care subsidies only if the child lives with the multicultural family as a family member. The child shall have the nationality of the Republic of Korea in order to be entitled to child care subsidies.
Documents to be submitted- When evaluating the eligibility of applicants, their family relations, etc. are checked via Social Security Information System Haengbok-e eum (family lookup and family relation register). If such information is unable to be checked via Haengbok-e eum, an applicant shall submit evidential documents in person.
- An immigrant by marriage who intends to apply for child care subsidies shall submit a marriage relation certificate and alien registration certificate.
※ A report card of the place of residence of a Korean with foreign citizenship or documents such as a certificate of employment, etc. proving that the applicant is exempted from alien registration under Article 31 (1) of the Immigration Control Act may substitute for a foreigner registration certificate.
- Among immigrants by marriage, any Korean with foreign citizenship (those who have submitted a report card of the place of residence and some registered foreigners), defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans, shall prove that he/she had stayed in a foreign country for at least 15 years, by submitting a certificate of the entry into and departure from Korea.
- Any person who has attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea through acknowledgment or naturalization under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Support for Multicultural Families Act shall submit a marriage relation certificate and other basic certificates.
- In cases of a multicultural child who is not living with the multicultural family, the child's basic certificates, certificate of family relations, his/her parents' marriage relation certificate, basic certificates and certificate of the entry into and departure from Korea (foreigners or those who have attained the nationality of the Republic of Korea through acknowledgement or naturalization) shall be submitted.