Osan City Achieves 93.1% Payment Rate for High Oil Price Support... On-Site Administration Shines

Osan City Ranks Second in Gyeonggi for High Oil Price Support Payment Rate
"Visiting Application Service" Proves Effective... Success of On-Site Administration

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province recorded the second highest payment rate in the province for the first phase of high oil price damage support payments. The city believes that its on-site response measures, such as the "visiting application service" and the operation of on-site responsibility officers to reduce blind spots in the application process, have contributed directly to these results. Osan plans to continue this support system for the second phase of payments, which will begin on May 18.

Osan City recorded the second highest payment rate in Gyeonggi Province for the first round of high oil price damage support payments. Photo by Osan City

According to the city on May 14, the results of the first phase of payments—conducted from April 27 to May 8 for basic livelihood security recipients and low-income groups—showed that 93.1% of all eligible recipients received the support payments.

This figure exceeds the Gyeonggi Province average payment rate of 89.6%, making Osan City the locality with the second highest payment rate among all cities and counties in the province.

The city organized a high oil price damage support payment task force (TF) and operated a collaborative system involving all departments, with the deputy mayor serving as the head. In particular, Osan supported payment sites through on-site responsibility officers, operated a dedicated call center, sent individual text message notifications to recipients, and provided a "visiting application service" in parallel—all aiming to minimize missed applications among information-vulnerable groups.

Notably, among the 9,112 first-phase applicants, 744 individuals (8.2%) used the visiting application service. The city analyzes that on-site, closely tailored administrative support for vulnerable groups—such as elderly residents with mobility difficulties and people with disabilities—has contributed to the high payment rate.

Based on this on-site response experience, Osan plans to implement the second phase of high oil price damage support payments, starting on May 18, without any setbacks.

The second phase will expand eligibility to cover citizens in the bottom 70% income bracket, with each recipient receiving 100,000 won. Those who did not apply during the first phase will also be able to apply retroactively during this second application period.

The application period will run from May 18 to July 3. Applications can be submitted online through card company websites and mobile apps, or offline at neighborhood administrative welfare centers and bank branches. To alleviate initial congestion, a five-day rotation system based on the last digit of birth years will be implemented from May 18 to May 22.

The support payments can be used at gas stations and at small businesses within the city with annual sales of 3 billion won or less, until August 31.

Yoon Youngmi, acting mayor of Osan City, stated, "We have worked to ensure that no citizen misses out on benefits through thorough, on-site application support," adding, "We will carry out the second phase payments with the same attention to detail, aiming to minimize inconvenience for citizens and to help the local economy recover."

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