Gyeonggi Province Emergency Basic Income Online Application Day-of-Week Restrictions Lifted...Anyone Can Apply Anytime

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province will lift the day-of-week restrictions that were applied to the second round of emergency basic income online applications starting February 9th.

As a result, any Gyeonggi Province resident can apply for the second round of Gyeonggi Province emergency basic income at any time, regardless of the day of the week.

This measure comes as more than half of the provincial residents completed their applications for emergency basic income within the first week of the application period, demonstrating stable system operation.

A Gyeonggi Province official stated, "From February 1st, the application start date, through the 8th, 58.4% of all provincial residents completed their emergency basic income applications." The official added, "Yesterday (the 8th), there were 280,000 applicants, which is 26% of the daily average of 1.08 million applicants from last week, so we decided to fully lift the day-of-week restrictions."

Gyeonggi Province has agreed with card companies to process applications the day after submission even during the Lunar New Year holiday period and on weekends, along with the full lifting of online day-of-week restrictions.

As a result, once approved, residents can use the second round of Gyeonggi Province emergency basic income the day immediately after applying, allowing more Gyeonggi Province residents to use the emergency basic income even during the Lunar New Year holiday period.

Meanwhile, as of 11 p.m. on the 8th, 7.841 million Gyeonggi Province residents had submitted applications for the second round of emergency basic income.

This figure corresponds to 58.4% of Gyeonggi Province's total population of 13.438 million.

Looking at the payment method, 5.974 million people applied with credit or debit cards, while 1.664 million applied for the Gyeonggi Regional Currency.

For the second round of Gyeonggi Province emergency basic income, online applications are available from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the application period until March 14th.

Residents can conveniently apply online by selecting either an existing Gyeonggi Regional Currency card they already have or one of 12 commercial credit card companies.

As of now, negotiations have been completed with 12 card companies: KB Kookmin, KEB Hana, Nonghyup, Lotte, Samsung, Suhyup, Shinhan, Woori, Hana, Hyundai, BC, and SC First Bank.

On the Second Gyeonggi Province Emergency Basic Income Application Homepage (basicincome.gg.go.kr), residents can authenticate their status as Gyeonggi Province residents and select the card company to receive the emergency basic income, then use the emergency basic income with any card from that card company.

Residents who have difficulty with online applications can apply for emergency basic income through in-person collection starting March 1st.

For vulnerable groups who have difficulty with online applications or in-person visits, a "visiting application service" is provided. The "visiting application service" targets the elderly, persons with disabilities, low-income single-parent households, and basic livelihood security benefit recipients, and will be conducted from February 1st through February 28th.

The province announced that 202,780 people completed their applications through the visiting service from February 1st through the 8th.

The usage period for Gyeonggi Province's second round of emergency basic income is three months from the date the usage approval text message is received.

The emergency basic income can be used at Gyeonggi Regional Currency-accepted establishments with annual sales of 1 billion won or less within the city or county of the registered residential address.

When paying as you would with a regular credit or debit card, if it is a regional currency merchant, the amount is automatically deducted from the emergency basic income.