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Naturalization through marriage, which was once granted automatically to foreign wives of South Korean men, was given stricter criteria. Through an additional amendment to the Nationality Law in 1997, applicants for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a South Korean citizen would first need to establish residency for two years. [1]
Most immigrants are not eligible for citizenship or even permanent residency unless they are married to a South Korean citizen or have invested more than US$500,000 in the local economy. An exception is made for those whose non-financial contribution to the nation has been specifically recognized by the Minister of Justice and for holders of a ...
The F-5 allows permanent residency or long-term status extension. To keep this visa, visits to Korea every two years are required, and the visa needs to be renewed after ten years. Marrying a Korean citizen is a requirement to obtain Korean citizenship. Permanent residency can also be obtained through business investments.
A measure proposed by the Ministry of Justice - first made public in April - called for easing the pathway to citizenship for children born to long-term foreign residents, by simply notifying the ...
There are currently 47,406 Korean Americans residing in South Korea, up from 35,501 in 2010, according to data from the Ministry of Justice. They are driving the record high number of diaspora ...
Marriage in South Korea is currently restricted to unions between individuals of the opposite sex as same-sex marriages remain unrecognized. [9] People over 18 years old may marry with their parents' or guardians' consent. [10] Otherwise South Korea's age of consent to marriage is 20 in Korean age (19 in international age).
The first category, international marriage families, refers to a family consisting of a married Korean citizen and a foreign spouse. The second category, the families of foreign workers, includes those that foreign workers bring with them to Korea or new families formed by foreign workers in Korea. Most of those families include children.
F-6-1: Spouse of a Korean National; F-6-2: Child Raising; Father or mother of minor child born after a marriage with Korean (including de facto marriage), but not qualified for F-6-1 (spouse of Korean citizen), who is raising or is planning to raise the child in ROK