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Whomi Global joins Korea's contactless service voucher scheme for a second year Contactless handling of civil and official documents is a rare category among the six supported fields, and exporters are its main users.
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Whomi Global Inc. said it will again provide a contactless voucher platform service in 2021 after taking part in 2020. The K-Contactless Service Voucher programme run by Korea's ministry for SMEs and startups matches supplier companies with demand companies to help introduce contactless working. Apostille Korea is the supplier covering contactless document services within that programme.
- The ministry for SMEs and startups has run the K-Contactless Service Voucher programme since 2020 to build contactless working environments.
- Six fields are supported: video conferencing, remote work, network and security solutions, edtech, care services and contactless adoption consulting.
- Among roughly 300 supplier companies, Apostille Korea provides the contactless document handling service.
- Demand companies pay a 10 percent share and can use the chosen service for up to eight months from the date of approval.
The voucher scheme and official documents
As social distancing dragged on, the ministry for SMEs and startups began running the K-Contactless Service Voucher programme in 2020 to help build contactless working environments. It matches supplier and demand companies across six fields: video conferencing, remote work, network and security solutions, edtech, care services and consulting on adopting contactless systems. With most catalogue items clustered around software and solutions, contactless document handling stands out as a comparatively rare category. In that category Apostille Korea handles the issuance, translation, notarisation, consular legalisation with apostille and embassy legalisation of documents from around the world. The core of the service is folding a sequence that normally runs through several institutions into a single point of contact.
How exporters use it
Demand companies in the programme cover a 10 percent share of the payment and can use the chosen service for up to eight months from the date their support is confirmed. In practice, most requests concerned translating manuals and contracts needed for exports and preparing documents for embassy legalisation. Papers submitted to overseas counterparties are not finished with translation alone; they take effect only after notarisation and legalisation. Apostille Korea handles that sequence for some 150 countries. The company said it would continue processing export and import paperwork on a contactless basis through 2021.
Frequently asked questions
What is the K-Contactless Service Voucher programme?
It is a scheme run by the ministry for SMEs and startups that matches supplier and demand companies to build contactless working environments, covering services in six fields.
Can document services be used through the voucher?
Yes. Apostille Korea takes part as a supplier and provides issuance, translation, notarisation, apostille and embassy legalisation on behalf of clients.
What are the terms of support?
Demand companies cover a 10 percent share and can use the chosen service for up to eight months from the date support is confirmed.
Source: 대한금융신문 · 2021-01-29