Service links four key documents through public MyData system; recipients can apply online or via mobile app
The National Pension Service launched an eligibility verification service for overseas pension recipients on Oct. 30, using the Ministry of Interior and Safety's public MyData system, and urged recipients to make use of it.
The National Pension Service conducts annual checks on all overseas recipients — including those living abroad and foreign nationals — to verify their survival status and any other changes in their circumstances. Until now, recipients had to obtain and submit supporting documents themselves, either from within South Korea or from abroad, creating a significant administrative burden.
Under the new service, recipients subject to eligibility verification can simply submit an application, after which the National Pension Service retrieves the necessary documents directly through the public MyData system.
The service links four categories of bundled information: domestic residence registration certificates, alien registration certificates, entry and exit records, and overseas Korean resident registration extracts. Recipients will no longer need to gather and submit these documents on their own, substantially reducing the time and cost involved.
Recipients who wish to apply can visit their nearest National Pension Service branch or submit an application through the agency's website or its mobile app, "My National Pension."
"This service relieves overseas recipients of the burden of obtaining and submitting complex documents, while also allowing us to process eligibility verifications more quickly through real-time digital data linkage," said Jeong Tae-gyu, pension director at the National Pension Service. "We will continue to drive innovation in administrative services that people can actually feel, tailored to the public's needs."
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