K-Pass transport refund: standard rate
A government transport subsidy that foreign residents are widely assumed to be excluded from, and are not — the barrier is registration and residence verification rather than nationality. The rates are also a live policy area rather than a fixed feature: the scheme was expanded in 2026 with additional tiers and a separate refund on spending above a threshold, so a figure quoted without a date is not much use.
- Applies to
- Registered K-Pass users, including foreign nationals who complete residence verification
- Review cadence
- Checked once a year
What we have recorded
- 2026-01-0120% standard
Proportional refund of qualifying public transport spending. Higher tiers apply to young people, households with two children and older people at 30%, households with three or more children at 50%, and low-income users at 53.3%. A separate flat-amount refund applies to spending above a threshold. Registration is the gate for foreign nationals: the sign-up flow accepts a foreign registration number, with residence confirmed by document where automatic address verification is unavailable.
Government of Korea — K-Pass scheme, operated within the 2026 unified travel card framework
One reading so far. This becomes a history the first time the figure moves while we are watching — which is the part that cannot be reconstructed later.
Guides that depend on this figure
When this figure moves, every guide above needs the same edit. That is why it is tracked here rather than copied into each one.