Helpful information for E-9 Filipino workers in Korea

While helping an E-9 Filipino holder in Korea, I found many useful information that might be helpful to other Filipinos too.

1. If you need any information related to visa, you can call Korean Immigration Contact Center.

    Press 1345. It has 18 language services. If you want to talk to a Filipino you can press 18.

2. Regarding tigicum (I don’t know how to spell it right) we contacted Samsung Fire &Marine Insurance (02-2119-2400) Then, a Korean answered it. I asked if I can talk to a person who knows how to speak English then she asked me if I am a Filipino. When I said yes, she said she will transfer my call to a Filipino. Then the line was cut. Few minutes later someone called me, a Filipino representative from Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.

3. For the calculation of tigicum, we went  to Incheon Support Center for Foreign Worker. We met Ms. Catherine Lee who is a counselor for Filipino workers in Korea. You can reach Ms Catherine Lee in this number: 032-431-5757.

Incheon Support Center For Foreign Worker

12F 636-3 Nonhyun- Dong, Namdong-Gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea

Other support centers in Korea are located at:

Seoul- Tel. 1644-0644

Uijeongbu- Tel. 031-8389-111

Cheonan- Tel. 041-411-7000

Daegu- Tel. 053-654-9700

Gimhae – Tel. 055-338-2727

Changwon- Tel. 055-253-5270

The Support Center for Foreign Workers offer several services such as:
     - Counseling service for foreign workers in connection with work-related difficulties.
     - Free interpretation service for workplace change or job seeking.
     - Counseling service for foreign workers concerning difficulties in adapting to a life in Korea.
     - Guidance of any formalities for official report (Immigration Office/Job Center of Moel)
     - Guidance of overdue wage/ severance payment claim
     - Guidance of Return Cost Insurance, Casualty Insurance, National Health Insurance, 
        National Pension, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance and Employment Insurance.
     - Guidance of schedule and application reception of Employment Training for H-2 visa 
        holders.
     -  The services are free of charge.

For more information you can call their hotline:
    for english: 1577-0071 5 + *
    for filipino: 1577-0071 4 + *

Or you can visit their website: http://www.hugkorea.or.kr/


All the information above is based on my experiences and fliers that I found in the Support Center for Foreign Workers in Incheon.