How Foreign Workers Join or Leave Korean Employment Insurance

Eight checks on employment-insurance Form 1-3

1. Confirm the route and filer: this form implements the optional/full-application routes cited on the form. The employer or qualifying subcontractor checks the foreign worker’s intent and submits it to KCOMWEL; the worker should not assume it is a universal self-filed form.
2. Choose one action and verify coverage: mark either enrollment or withdrawal, never both. Confirm the worker’s residence status and exact treatment under Act Article 10-2 and Decree Article 3-3. An enrollment application normally takes effect the next day under the rule; verify the actual decision.
3. Business and agency identifiers: enter the workplace management number and, when applicable, subcontractor number. Complete insurance-administration-agency number/name only when an authorized agency handles the filing; do not guess internal identifiers.
4. Applicant identity: enter English name, Korean spelling, sex, foreign registration number, nationality, birth date and residence status from current records. Dark fields and the final processing box are for staff, not the applicant.
5. Employment facts: verify hiring date, KECO 2025 small-category occupation code, weekly prescribed hours and daily-worker status. If hours vary, the instructions say to enter average weekly prescribed hours; a daily worker means employment for less than one month.
6. Remuneration: calculate expected average monthly remuneration from the projected remuneration and months during the year. Current-year and conditional previous-year totals are completed only for withdrawal and use statutory remuneration excluding non-taxable employment income; reconcile them with payroll records.
7. Declarations and signatures: date the application and obtain the applicant signature. Complete workplace name, phone, address and representative signature; add agency details and representative signature only when applicable. Applicant attachments are listed as none and the fee is none.
8. Consent, processing and proof: consent lets KCOMWEL verify foreign-registration facts administratively; without it, the applicant submits the certificate. The form shows five-day processing through receipt, review, approval and system entry. Keep the filed copy and notification, including approval, nonapproval reason and qualification/enrollment-withdrawal date.

Example only — do not submit: Lan T. tells her employer that she wants the full employment-insurance application. The employer confirms with KCOMWEL that her residence status and work arrangement use Form 1-3, marks enrollment only. The example then copies the workplace number, hiring date, KECO 2025 code, average weekly hours and payroll-based average remuneration, and leaves withdrawal-only annual totals blank. Lan verifies her identity, consents to administrative-data sharing and signs; the employer completes and signs its section, files with KCOMWEL, and keeps the result. Replace every fact and amount with verified records.