Are you someone born between 2001 and 2004, living in Seoul and loves to watch plays, musicals or other performances?

Then try applying for the Seoul Youth Culture Pass!

Basically, the Seoul Youth Culture Pass is a 200,000 won voucher issued by the Seoul city government.

You can use it to buy tickets for plays, musicals, art exhibits, dance performances, classical music concerts and gugak performances that are listed on the Seoul Youth Culture Pass website (https://www.youthcultureseoul.kr/youthCultureSeoul) throughout this year.

You can refer to the photos below to see what performances are available, or visit the official website to take a look.

Eligibility

Not everyone is eligible for the voucher. To be able to apply, you must be:

• Born between Jan. 1, 2001 ~ Dec. 31, 2004
• Your address must be officially registered as Seoul on your resident registration certificate or residence card
• Have income below 150% of the median income (based on how much you pay for health insurance as of Feb. 2024) — check if you are eligible in the table here
• If you've used the voucher in the past, your income needs to be below 120% of the median income

Regarding income requirements, you can check if you are eligible in the table here.

Deciphering the income requirement table might be a bit tricky, and to make it easier to understand — if you are a single-person household, you basically need to have income that's less than 3,343,000 won a month.

This will mean that you pay monthly health insurance that's 61,984 won or lower. And your income requirements will be checked by the National Health Insurance Service, based on how much monthly health insurance you pay.

If there's more applicants than the number of available vouchers, the Seoul city government will prioritize those who are applying for the voucher for the first time, and those with lower income.

How can I apply?

Applications start March 28, and are accepted until April 17 via the Seoul's youth service website. (https://youth.seoul.go.kr/)

You will need to make an account on the website to apply.

Because it's not March 28 yet, only the application announcement is up and the application button is not live right now. But it will be soon, when applications open! I'll also update the link here when applications start.

UPDATE: Here's the link everyone! (https://youth.seoul.go.kr/cltrPass/step1.do?key=2311050002)

Although there are income requirements, you aren't required to submit any documents as proof when applying.

The National Health Insurance Service will be checking your income eligibility through its system.

Whether you win the voucher or not will be announced via the website around early May.