Customized Living Orientation

Seoul Global Center, a help center for foreigners run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, provides a Customized Living Orientation to international residents who have resided in Korea for less than a year.

This orientation provides basic living information, aiming to help people adjust to their lives in Seoul faster and easier. This program first started in 2008 for native English teachers of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and has been extended to serve native teachers in private institutes, international students, international spouses, Specially Designated Activities (E-7) visa holders, Family Dependency (F-3) visa holders, and other groups.

The orientation includes information and programs to meet the needs and interests of various groups and uses the most effective presentation methods. The orientation is offered whenever a group of more than 10 international residents makes a request.

Contents for Customized Living Orientation

• Introduction of the Seoul Global Center

• Information on Daily living: Public transportation, Housing, Cell phones, Internet Service, Exchanging Driver’s license, Paying utility bills, Garbage disposal, Leisure, and more

• Q&A

• Other customized programs (e.g. mini seminar)

For orientation requests and more detail information, contact Jeongmae Bak at 02-2075-4138 or jhenmei@sba.seoul.kr

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