Persons with disabilities can receive three types of disability cards according to their wishes: disability registration card, disability welfare card, and disabled integrated welfare card. Today, we will look at the Disabled Welfare Card, which provides exemption from public charges and various discounts.
■Types of Disabled Cards
▶Disability registration certificate: Disability registration certificate without credit or debit card function
▶Welfare card for the disabled: Registration card for the disabled with credit or debit card function
▶Integrated Welfare Card for the Disabled: The Integrated Welfare Card is a welfare card with a highway toll discount card added to the disabled welfare card.
Disabled Welfare Card Benefits 장애인복지카드
Exemption from purchase of urban railway bonds when purchasing a vehicle 좋은뉴스
◇ Eligibility: Exemption for non-commercial passenger cars for prosthetics, vans with 15 seats or less, and small trucks (less than 2.5 tons) registered under the name of the disabled or with one guardian living with the disabled on resident registration.
◇Contents of support
Exemption from obligation to purchase urban railway bonds (applicable to special cities and metropolitan cities where subway construction is in progress)
◇Inquiry: Apply to the vehicle registration agency of the competent city/gun/gu office (inquire to the salesperson of the car sales company)
◆Cultural activity expenses
◇ Eligibility: Benefits are provided to one guardian accompanying a registered disabled person or a severely disabled person. However, rental performances at national and public theaters are excluded from the discount)
◇Contents of support
– Free admission: Forbidden City, Royal Tomb, National and Public Museums and Art Galleries, National and Public Parks
– 50% discount on admission: National and public performance halls (excluding rental performances) and public sports facilities
– Public sports facilities: community gym, swimming pool, tennis court, ski resort, etc.
– Present disability registration card (welfare card)
Reduction of parking fees at public parking lots
◇Subject: Registered disabled people: self-driving vehicles with disabilities, vehicles ridden by disabled people
◇Contents of support
– It is different for each local government, but in most cases, 50% reduction
– You need to check the ordinances of the local government where you live
– Present disability registration certificate (welfare card)
◆Railway and urban rail fare reduction
◇ Eligibility: Registered disabled people (one guardian accompanying a disabled person with a severe degree of disability among registered disabled people)
◇Contents of support
– 50% discount on KTX, Saemaeul, Mugunghwa, and commuter trains
– Persons with mild disabilities among registered persons with disabilities
– 30% discount on KTX and Saemaeul trains (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
– Mugunghwa, 50% discount on commuter trains
◇Common for registered disabled people: 100% discount on urban railways (subway, train), presentation of disability registration card (welfare card)
Wire communication fee reduction
◇ Target: Registered disabled people, welfare facilities for the disabled, welfare groups for the disabled, special schools, child welfare facilities
◇Contents of support
– Local calls: 50% reduction in monthly call charges
– Long-distance calls: 50% reduction in monthly call charges (up to KRW 30,000 per month)
-Internet phone: 50% reduction in monthly call charges
◇ Mobile phone charges: 30% reduction within the limit of 10,000 won per month
– 114 guide fee exemption
◇30% discount on monthly high-speed internet fees
– In the case of groups, 2 lines are reduced (groups for the hearing impaired, etc. provide an additional 1 line for fax), no overlapping exemptions for local/local calls and internet calls
Apply to the telecommunications company
Reduction of mobile communication charges
◇Eligibility: Registered disabled people, welfare facilities for the disabled, welfare organizations for the disabled, special schools, children’s welfare facilities, recipients of disability (child) allowance, and recipients of disability pension.
◇ Details of Support: Subscription fee waiver, basic fee and call fee (voice and data only) 35% discount
◇How to apply: Application by visit to a company agency, online application, Bokbokro, Minwon 24
Exemption from TV license fees for visually and hearing impaired
◇Eligibility: TV sets installed for families with visually/hearing-impaired people and people with disabilities admitted to social welfare facilities
◇Subsidy details: Full exemption of TV license fees (exemption of license fees for families with visual and hearing impairments is limited to receivers installed in residential houses)
◇How to apply: Local community center, local KEPCO business office visit, online application, welfare road, KBS call center ☎1588-1801
◆Airfare discount
◇ Eligibility: Registered disabled people
◇ Details of support: Korean Air and Asiana Airlines domestic sale fare discounts
1. Korean Air
– Severely disabled (severe) and 1 accompanying guardian: 50% discount on domestic flight fare
– Disabled people with mild disabilities (mild): 30% discount on domestic flight fares
* Detailed confirmation is required as there is a separate standard
2. Asiana Airlines
– Severely disabled (severe) and 1 accompanying guardian: 50% discount on domestic flight fare
– Disabled people with mild disabilities (mild): 30% discount on domestic flight fares
◇How to apply: Present a disability registration card (welfare card)
◆Coastal ferry fare discount
◇ Eligibility: Registered disabled people
◇Contents of support
– Severely disabled (severe) and 1 accompanying guardian: 50% discount on domestic coastal passenger ship fares
– Disabled persons with mild disabilities (mild): 20% discount on domestic coastal passenger ship fares
※ The specific discount rate may vary depending on each shipping company and individual transport conditions.
◇How to apply: Present disability registration card (welfare card), Korea Shipping Association (☎02-6096-2000)
50% discount on highway tolls
◇Eligibility: Riding in one of the following vehicles (with a disabled person’s car mark) registered in the name of the disabled or the guardian (spouse, lineal ascendant, lineal descendant, lineal descendant’s spouse, brother, sister) listed together with the disabled person on the resident registration table a registered disabled person
– Passenger vehicles with an engine displacement of 2,000cc or less
– Seating capacity of 7 to 10 passengers, passenger car (no displacement limit)
– Vans with a capacity of less than 12 passengers
– Cargo trucks with a loading capacity of less than 1 ton
※ Compact cars and commercial vehicles (vehicles with yellow license plates) are excluded.
◇ Support: 50% discount on highway tolls
– Ordinary lanes: Fare discounts when presenting a pass and a discount card or integrated welfare card for the disabled at the toll booth
– High-pass lane: Toll discount when passing through the exit of the highway (high-pass lane) after verifying your fingerprint on the fingerprint reader connected to the high-pass reduction terminal before departure
※ Valid time for fingerprint authentication in the fingerprint reader is 4 hours, and re-authentication is required when exceeding or rebooting the power
※ You can apply for the ‘Integrated Welfare Card for the Disabled’, which integrates the disabled welfare card and highway toll discount function
◇Integrated welfare card for the disabled
– Application for issuance: local community center
– Input fingerprint information for discount terminal
– Jurisdictional community center, Korea Expressway Corporation Regional Headquarters (☎1588-2504)
◆ Electricity bill discount
◇ Eligibility: People with severe disabilities (severe)
◇Subsidy: Reduction of flat rate electricity bill
– Summer (June-August): KRW 20,000 per month
– Other seasons: up to KRW 16,000 per month
◇How to apply
– Visit: Korea Electric Power Corporation (☎123)
– Online Application: KEPCO Cyber Branch
◆City gas rate discount
◇ Eligibility: People with severe disabilities (severe)
◇ Details of support: Residential city gas rate discount
– For cooking: KRW 1,680
– For cooking and heating: Winter season (December-March): KRW 24,000, Other months (April-November): KRW 6,600
◇How to apply
– Application by visit: local community center, city gas branch/branch by region
– Online application: Welfare Road
◆Regular vehicle inspection and comprehensive inspection fee discount
◇ Target
– Non-commercial vehicles issued with disabled licenses
– Excluding welfare facilities for the disabled, welfare organizations for the disabled, etc.
◇ Details of support: Regular inspection and comprehensive inspection fee discount
– Disabled with severe degree of disability (severe): 50%
– Disabled people with mild disabilities (mild): 30%
– Regular inspection: KRW 17,000~29,000
– Comprehensive inspection: KRW 48,000~65,000
– Venue: Transportation Safety Authority Automobile Inspection Center
※ Not a general inspection center
◇Inquiries: Transportation Safety Authority (☎1577-0990) www.ts2020.kr
So far, we have learned about the benefits of the disabled welfare card. Welfare benefits may have some changes in the support contents as of June 1, 2020.