Guidebook for Living in Korea
Danuri
Danuri provides basic guide to Korean life and latest multicultural community news in 13 languages.
Marriage Migrants
- Support for Korean language education and self-help groups (Multicultural Family Support Center)
- Guide to life in Korea, counseling, and emergency support (Contact: 1577-1366)
- Support for vocational training and employment (New Job Center for Women)
- Immigration and permission for stay/naturalization (Contact: 1345)
- Guide to acquiring driver's license and international driving permits
Children/Youth
- Support for children/youth language development
- Support for children/youth immigrants
- Support for children/youth participation in international communication
- Support for children/youth's education from multicultural families
- Support for parenting children/youth from multicultural families
Multicultural Families
- Education support for families, counseling, and translation/interpretation services
- Operation of websites and apps for multicultural families
- Social welfare services (health insurance system, medical aid system, use of medical institutions and health centers, national basic livelihood security program, national pension system, emergency welfare support, self-reliance projects, support for single-parent families, etc.)
- Special housing supply support for multicultural families
Customized guidance service for multicultural families (Danuri Helpline: 1577-1366)
Provision of comprehensive customized services according to the life cycle of immigrants (including marriage migrants) and multicultural families,
as well as counseling and emergency support for immigrant women victims of violence
Eligibility
- Immigrants (including marriage migrants), multicultural families, related organizations, etc.
Services Offered
- Counseling for victims of violence and link to emergency support activities
- Operation of emergency shelters
- Provision of living information
- Simple interpretation and three-way calling services
- Counseling for married couples and families
- Legal consultation linked with the Korean Bar Association
Service Hours and Locations
- Service hours: Available 24/7 (Outside Seoul: Automatically connected to the hotline after 6 PM)
- Headquarters (Seoul) hotline: 1577-1366
- Gyeongnam Support Center (Busan): 051-508-1366
Available in 13 Languages (direct counseling by specialist counselors for immigrant women)
- Vietnamese, Chinese, Tagalog, Khmer, Mongolian, Russian, Japanese, Thai, Lao, Uzbek, Nepali, English, Korean
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