Save Money When You Get Your Cosmetic Procedure in Korea

Did you know that you can get some of your money back when you get your cosmetic surgery in

Korea? If you’re one of those thousands of medical beauty tourists in Korea who has a cosmetic procedure done here, you can get your treatment or surgery’s VAT cost refunded back to you. How do you get this refund?

Here are the 4 easy steps.
1. Have your beauty treatment/procedure done at a medical facility that is registered for VAT refunds

(The Korea Medical Information Center KMIC can help you with this by providing an easy database of allocated tax refundable organizations/facilities to search on its website – www.visitmedicalkorea.com)

2. Visit your beauty treatment facility or clinic and have your procedure/treatment. The surgery or treatments should cost over 30,000 won.

3. Pay for your procedure/treatment and get a tax refund statement.

4. Visit any tax refund centers all over Seoul, especially in high traffic tourist areas like Myeongdong, Namdaemun, Apgujeong and at international airports. KMIC can help you with this too with their own VAT refund counter in the Myeongdong office.

Other patients who can get this VAT refund for their cosmetic procedures are non-residents in Korea and those foreigners staying in Korea who is scheduled to depart within 3 months. The advantage for this Vat Refund system is that foreign patients are assured that they are using a legitimate facility or clinic and there is transparency of the cost of their treatment and care. So, why wait? Get your cosmetic procedure/surgery in Korea now.

KMIC Contact Information –

Address: 2F, Shinil Building, Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

Tel : 1577-7129, From Abroad +82-1577-7129

Web : www.visitmedicalkorea.com

E-mail : callmcc@khidi.or.kr

Business Hours : Mon to Fri 9:00~18:00