KSS (Korea Social Service) Contact + Appointment Info.

Above: KSS’ last remaining building - KSS’ Post Adoption Services Building in Seoul.

See below for address and contact info.

The main KSS campus was torn down in 2016. KSS sold its land for apartment development. KSS Adoptees can schedule an appointment to review their file at KSS’ Post Adoption Services building in Seoul, which is adjacent to KSS’ old campus in Seoul. This is the building where all KSS Adoptees’ files are kept. Please see IMPORANT information about scheduling an appointment with KSS at the bottom of this page. KSS no longer accepts walk-ins.

Read more about KSS’ old campus which no longer exists here.

Note:

*While this website is mostly geared toward Adoptees who were adopted through the Korean Adoption Agency Korea Social Service (KSS), there is also information here which is relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees, regardless of their Korean Adoption Agency. This page is relevant to KSS Adoptees ONLY.

This page is NOT relevant to Adoptees From:

HOLT, Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS) - formerly Eastern Child Welfare Society (ECWS), or Social Welfare Society (SWS) / now Korea Welfare Society (KWS)!

KSS (Korea Social Service) Contact Info. Before You Contact KSS, Please Read VERY IMPORTANT Info. Below:

Please DO NOT CONTACT KSS IF YOU ARE ADOPTED THROUGH:

HOLT, Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS) - formerly Eastern Child Welfare Society (ECWS), or Social Welfare Society (SWS) / now Korea Welfare Society (KWS)!

KSS (Korea Social Service) Contact Info. Before You Contact KSS, Please Read VERY IMPORTANT Info. Below:

For KSS Adoptees ONLY:

FOR KSS ADOPTEES WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED A BIRTH FAMILY SEARCH OR THEIR KOREAN ADOPTIVE CHILD STUDY SUMMARY:

For COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS, please view the page below on a LAPTOP or large screened device (not a phone) so that you can FOLLOW THE GRAPHICS for FILLING OUT KSS’ 2 FORMS:

“Illustrated Step By Step Guide” on the Step By Step KSS Birth Family Search page.

We are happy to review your forms for FREE BEFORE you submit them to KSS by email. KSS Adoptees often make MISTAKES on the forms which may cost them years of wasted time. We want to help you prevent this from happening! Please feel free to email us to review your forms at: paperslipadoptee@gmail.com

We are happy to help KSS Adoptees!

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FOR KSS ADOPTEES WHO PLAN TO VISIT KSS IN SEOUL FOR AN IN-PERSON FILE REVIEW:

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot more strongly recommend that ALL KSS Adoptees who are interested in Birth Family Search follow our instructions for requesting a birth family search AND your KOREAN Adoptive Child Study Summary BEFORE you visit KSS in Seoul. KSS may take up to 4-5 weeks to respond to any email request, so please make your request well in advance of your planned visit to KSS in Seoul. You can also submit forms to KSS in person with an appointment. For COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS, please view the page below on a LAPTOP or large screened device (not a phone) so that you can FOLLOW THE GRAPHICS for FILLING OUT KSS’ 2 FORMS:

“Illustrated Step By Step Guide” on the Step By Step KSS Birth Family Search page.

We are happy to review your forms for FREE BEFORE you submit them to KSS by email. KSS Adoptees often make MISTAKES on the forms which may cost them years of wasted time. We want to help you prevent this from happening! Please feel free to email us to review your forms at: paperslipadoptee@gmail.com

We are happy to help KSS Adoptees!

KSS (Korea Social Service) Contact Info. Before You Contact KSS, Please Read VERY IMPORTANT Info. Below:

For KSS Adoptees ONLY - DO NOT CONTACT KSS IF YOU ARE NOT A KSS ADOPTEE!!!

NOTE - FOR KSS ADOPTEES WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED A BIRTH FAMILY SEARCH OR THEIR KOREAN ADOPTIVE CHILD STUDY SUMMARY:

For COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS about how to submit a birth family search request to KSS and to request your KOREAN Adoptive Child Study Summary at the SAME TIME, please view the page below on a LAPTOP or large screened device (not a phone) so that you can FOLLOW THE GRAPHICS for FILLING OUT KSS’ 2 FORMS: “Illustrated Step By Step Guide” on the Step By Step KSS Birth Family Search page. We are happy to review your forms for FREE BEFORE you submit them to KSS by email. KSS Adoptees often make MISTAKES on the forms which may cost them years of wasted time. We want to help you prevent this from happening! Please feel free to email us to review your forms at:

paperslipadoptee@gmail.com

Please do NOT send us any photo ID.

We are happy to help KSS Adoptees!

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KSS CONTACT INFO:

Korea Social Service, Inc. 한국사회봉사회

KSS’ Post Adoption Services Page:

http://www.kssinc.org/eng/welfare/index.php

E-mail:

kssinc@kssinc.org

Address:
Korea Social Service, Inc. 한국사회봉사회
42-49 Samyang-ro 162ga-gil, Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Google Maps link

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한국사회봉사회 01365 서울시 도봉구 삼양로 162가길 42-49 (쌍문동)

전화 : 02-908- 9191 팩스 : 02- 908-3344 이메일주소 : kssinc@kssinc.org

KSS (Korea Social Service) 42-49, Ssangmun-dong, 162-gagil, Samyang-ro, Dobong-gu, Seoul, 01365, Korea Phone: 02-908-9191 Fax: 02-908-3344 Email: kssinc@kssinc.org

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The best way to get to KSS in Seoul is by TAXI even though it's expensive, as KSS is hard to find and about an hour north of the main part of Seoul. It’s best to print out their address in Korean or have it on your phone to show to a taxi driver. You should also consider figuring out “KakaoT” which is Korea’s version of Uber for calling taxis.

KSS (Korea Social Service) Now Has An Online Calendar For In-Person Appointments.

Please see this page for more information.

NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT KSS IF YOU ARE NOT A KSS ADOPTEE!!! YOU WILL WASTE SEVERELY LIMITED RESOURCES. PLEASE DETERMINE IF YOU ARE A KSS ADOPTEE BEFORE CONTACTING KSS!!! If you are NOT a KSS Adoptee, please see instead: Korean Adoptee Starter Guide

FOR KSS ADOPTEES ONLY!

Please view KSS’ Appointment Calendar online here:

http://www.kssinc.org/eng/welfare/index.php

We recommend scheduling your appointment with KSS several months in advance of your planned visit. KSS has limited appointment slots. Please see their calendar above for appointment time availability.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot more strongly recommend that ALL KSS Adoptees who are interested in Birth Family Search follow our instructions for requesting a birth family search AND your KOREAN Adoptive Child Study Summary BEFORE you visit KSS in Seoul. KSS may take up to 4-5 weeks to respond to any email request, so please make your request well in advance of your planned visit to KSS in Seoul. You can also submit forms to KSS in person with an appointment. For COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS, please view the page below on a LAPTOP or large screened device (not a phone) so that you can FOLLOW THE GRAPHICS for FILLING OUT KSS’ 2 FORMS:

“Illustrated Step By Step Guide” on the Step By Step KSS Birth Family Search page.

We are happy to review your forms for FREE BEFORE you submit them to KSS by email. KSS Adoptees often make MISTAKES on the forms which may cost them years of wasted time. Please feel free to email us to review your forms at: paperslipadoptee@gmail.com

We are happy to help KSS Adoptees!

Contact Info For KSS “Feeder” Orphanages + Known Maternity Clinics.

Please see the page below for information about known KSS “Feeder” Orphanages such as Nam Kwang Orphanage in Busan, Star of the Sea of Incheon, etc:

Sources of KSS Orphans + Orphanage List

Known Maternity / Birth / Medical Clinics + Hospitals

Related:

Finding Maternity / Birth / Medical Clinics + Hospitals