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This is interesting, as I've heard the exact opposite from friends in Seoul. Is this a new law or s.th. tied to a specific income limit? Out of my group of fri
by OSButler 11y ago
This is interesting, as I've heard the exact opposite from friends in Seoul. Is this a new law or s.th. tied to a specific income limit?
Out of my group of friends, none of them were able to afford day care and had to make plans accordingly. It was either by getting help from the grandparents, if the family was living close by, or by the mother quitting her job and looking after the child(ren) until they would go to school or kindergarten.
- ddoolin 11y agoThere's two situations in which you can receive gov't subsidies: 1. Foreigners married to Koreans (multicultural families; 다문화가족), or 2. Low-income/asset families I'm not sure which applies to my family. Either could be as we are #1 but sorta #2 as well since I'm not employed nor maintain perm. resident visa status in Korea so my income doesn't really count. I would encourage the people you know to look into it if they're multicultural families. http://southkorea.angloinfo.com/family/toddlers/childcare/ http://southkorea.angloinfo.com/family/toddlers/childcare/
- OSButler 11y agoThank you for the additional information! My guess is that they would not fall under the 2. category if the spouse continues working, so that they may not be eligible for it then. The 1. category would not be an option for them, as they are all Korean/Korean couples. However, I will pass this on to my friends just in case they weren't aware of the 2. category already, as the high day care costs topic has come up quite often.