In October, due to company restructuring/employees reduction, I have been laid off from my previous company and my last working day was at the end of October. After that, I received the 離職票 (Separation Notice) in early December. However, at that point in time, I have already decided to return to my country due to personal reasons. So, I did not bother to apply for the unemployment benefit at Hello Work.
Now, the issue is when I went to the ward office to complete the government procedures which includes settling the payments of National Health Insurance for the months I was unemployed (I have switched to NHI as soon as I left the company). The costs for the three months turned out to be more than I can afford currently, which leads me to find out that the unemployment benefit also includes a discount for the NHI premium cost.
As today is January 23rd and my flight back will be on February 1st, which might give me no time to get the 雇用保険受給資格通知 (employment insurance notice) that is needed to apply for the NHI discount (not sure if they will even allow me to get it if I say that I'm returning to my home country soon).
Therefore, if there's anyone who has a lot of knowledge regarding this, I want to ask for advice on how I should handle this so that I can get the discount for the NHI premium for those three months.
Thank you in advance!
by RepresentativeTalk87