Some foreigners and marriage immigrants receive employee training with the National Tomorrow Learning Card

The Korean government is operating the National Tomorrow Learning Card system so that people who are preparing for a job or trying a new job after losing their job can receive employee training.

Basically, only citizens who have acquired nationality can participate in this program, but foreigners with F-6 marriage immigration, F-5 permanent residency, F-2 residence, D-7 intra-company transferee, D-8 business investment, and D-9 trade management visa can receive vocational training by issuing a National Tomorrow Learning Card.

F-6 marriage immigrants can participate in this program without any other conditions, but other foreigners must have a history of employment insurance to participate.

○ Application details

 ① Basic support of 3 million won (with own expense) + additional support of 1 to 2 million won depending on income level, can be reissued after 5 years

 ② Payment of training incentives

○ Subject to additional support target

 ① Those who are employed as fixed-term, dispatched, part-time, daily workers

 ② Persons who are working in the company subject to priority support

 ③ Workers in employment crisis areas and special employment support industries

 ④ Persons with 60% or less of median income (2 million won) as of the current year

○ Application rate

 ① General Participants: 45~85%

 ② National Employment Support System Types I and II (specific classes): 80~100%

 ③ National Employment Support System Type II (young people and middle-aged): 50~85%

 ④ Work incentives recipients: 72.5~92.5%

○ Training incentives

 Up to 116,000 won per month. A foreigner who has an attendance rate of 80% or higher and meets one of the following two requirements is paid ①Unemployed taking 140 hours or more of training course ②Self-employed (up to 360,000 won per month)

 *For training incentives application, contact the training institution you are taking

○ Find available training courses

 www.hrd.go.kr/hrdp/ti/ptiao/PTIAO0100L.do

○ Application process

 For issuance of the National Tomorrow Learning Card and course registration, visit the job center directly or apply online or mobile through HRD-Net.

○ Application documents

 ① Marriage immigrants: Alien registration card, family relationship certificate

 ② F-5, F-2, D-7, D-8, D-9: After submission of alien registration card, screening

  *Employment insurance purchase history is automatically searched

○ System and qualification inquiries: Ministry of Employment and Labor 1350

Reporter Hasung Song