Reverse migration · 역이민

• Selling your Australian home to move back to Korea — read three price tags at once

  Even a good sale in Australia can come undone at the conversion and Korean-purchase stages. Reverse migration is one transaction that crosses three different markets. Don't read house prices, the exchange rate, and lending rules separately — calculate them together, in order and by cash flow.

• Overseas Assets and Crypto in Korea's Basic Pension Test — What a Return-Migrant Should Know

  The Basic Pension (기초연금) — a means-tested welfare benefit based on income and assets — is not the same as the National Pension (국민연금), which is contribution-based. On 29 June 2026, lawmaker Seo Yeong-seok filed, as lead sponsor, an amendment that would reflect virtual assets and overseas financial assets above ₩500 million in the Basic Pension's income-converted-assets test. It is still only a filed bill, and its timing is undecided. If you are a return-migrant holding sizeable assets in Australia, it is safer not to build the Basic Pension into the centre of your retirement budget.

• Can You Draw Korea's National Pension While Living in Australia — Retirement Cash Flow Across Two Countries

  The National Pension is not only a problem for people living in Korea. If you meet the requirements, you can review the possibility of drawing your National Pension even while living overseas. What matters is your contribution period, eligibility age, nationality and residency status, receiving account, the exchange rate, and how it combines with your Australian super. Before reverse migration, treat your pension not as a single line but as a retirement cash-flow statement.

• Scared of the Tax Bill, Can’t Move Back to Korea? — Korea’s NTS Opens a 1:1 ‘Returnee Tax Consult’ (July 2026)

  The real reason people hesitate to move back is tax fear. From July 2026 Korea’s NTS runs a 1:1 ‘U-turn’ tax consult (anonymous) for returnees — residency, overseas-asset tax, account reporting. But it’s Korean tax only; handle the Australian side (CGT, super, FX) separately for real savings.

• Returning to Korea — Nationality vs F-5 vs F-4: How Health Cover and Tax Differ (2026)

  Choosing between restoring nationality, F-5 and F-4 when you move back to Korea comes down to age, work and health insurance. Tax is the same for all three (live in Korea and you're a resident taxed on worldwide income). What differs is health cover (only F-5 is immediate; the others wait six months), work (F-4 is restricted) and dual nationality (only for 65+). Here are each path's requirements and documents.

• If Australia's 50% CGT discount disappears — when should a returning migrant sell?

  Australia gives a 50% CGT discount on assets held over a year. The government is weighing a switch to indexation, but nothing is final. For someone returning to Korea, the rate matters less than the timing of the sale — and the key variable is Korea's '5-year rule': if you've been back under five years, gains on overseas assets are less likely to be taxed in Korea.

• Moving Back to Korea from Australia: Super, Property, and the Money You Bring Home

  Moving back to Korea touches four money systems at once: Australian super, CGT on any property you keep, the date you stop being an Australian tax resident, and Korea's rules on bringing money in. Timing is everything — sell your Australian home after becoming a non-resident and you can lose the main-residence exemption entirely. The 'when' can decide tens of thousands of dollars.

• Moving back to Korea: what happens to your Australian super?

  Australian super is money for retirement, not money you collect on the way out. Returning to Korea does not release it automatically — PRs and citizens must meet a condition of release (age and retirement). So the real question isn't whether you can withdraw, but when — your age, tax residency, the exchange rate, and your return date all change the result.

• Am I an Australian tax resident? — Korea, Australia, and when residency changes

  Tax residency is decided by where you actually live, not your visa. Australia and Korea each have different tests, and if both treat you as a resident, Article 4 of the Korea–Australia tax treaty breaks the tie. CGT, dividend tax, super, reverse migration — every tax question starts with 'which country am I a resident of right now?'

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