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If your child is born in Korea, is she Korean?
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Bryan



Joined: 29 Oct 2007
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:28 pm    Post subject: If your child is born in Korea, is she Korean? Reply with quote
If two people without Korean citizenship live and work in Korea, say, for 5 years, then have a child, and begin to raise that child in Korea, is that child a Korean citizen?
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tob55



Joined: 29 Apr 2007
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:40 pm    Post subject: Naturalization Reply with quote
The child is naturalized to the nation of the parents, but you must get all the paperwork done through your embassy to make sure there are no issues. If this is the case, they should have been looking into this earlier than this if they are having a child in a foreign country. If it is a hypothetical, then that is the word.
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laogaiguk



Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I doubt it, though I don't know. They would never be treated as a Korean though. I had tons of mixed children (Filipino, Japanese, Chinese) kids in some of my classes, and whenever I asked who was Korean (though they had been there all their lives), they would never put up their hand. A couple times someone did and the other kids yelled at her.
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't think Korean law applies jus soli:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli
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Bryan



Joined: 29 Oct 2007
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
And if she gets married to a foreigner in Korea, and they have a kid?

How ridiculous. I guess all the current Koreans living in Korean shouldn't really be Korean citizens. They should be Mongolian immigrants.
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bryan wrote:
And if she gets married to a foreigner in Korea, and they have a kid?



Who is "she"? A foreign national?
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Bryan



Joined: 29 Oct 2007
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
caniff wrote:
Bryan wrote:
And if she gets married to a foreigner in Korea, and they have a kid?



Who is "she"? A foreign national?


I was referring to our hypothetical girl who was born and raised in Korea. I don't know what she would be classified as by the government. That's why I'm asking.
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bryan wrote:
caniff wrote:
Bryan wrote:
And if she gets married to a foreigner in Korea, and they have a kid?



Who is "she"? A foreign national?


I was referring to our hypothetical girl who was born and raised in Korea. I don't know what she would be classified as by the government. That's why I'm asking.


I'm guessing she would have the parents' citizenship, and according to today's law, if she married a foreigner and had a child in Korea that child would still have the nationality of one or both of the parents.

Again, jus soli doesn't apply in Korea (but maybe there is another poster here who has more information).
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
laogaiguk wrote:
I doubt it, though I don't know. They would never be treated as a Korean though. I had tons of mixed children (Filipino, Japanese, Chinese) kids in some of my classes, and whenever I asked who was Korean (though they had been there all their lives), they would never put up their hand. A couple times someone did and the other kids yelled at her.


The biggest problem for us is that some of our kid's kindergarten teachers, both Korean and non-Korean, just don't understand (or are unwilling to accept) that he is essentially Korean. Since Korean is the language he uses to interact with his friends (and there are few opportunities to use English outside of the house), it is naturally the one he is most comfortable using. I know for a fact that he's had some teachers who thought less of him for it (I won't go into the details, but some expats really say nasty things in public because they think nobody understands them).
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Col.Brandon



Joined: 09 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a 6 month old boy, and I'm in the process of applying for NZ citizenship for him. He will hold dual-citizenship until 24 (I think) then he will have to choose which one he wants, as Korea doesn't allow dual citizenship after that age.

I believe there are moves afoot within the Korean government to allow dual-citizenship in due course. I guess they're worried about the flight of Koreans to other countries. This will also bring them into line with other changes that are underway with the introduction of the FTA.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Col.Brandon wrote:
I have a 6 month old boy, and I'm in the process of applying for NZ citizenship for him. He will hold dual-citizenship until 24 (I think) then he will have to choose which one he wants, as Korea doesn't allow dual citizenship after that age.

I believe there are moves afoot within the Korean government to allow dual-citizenship in due course. I guess they're worried about the flight of Koreans to other countries. This will also bring them into line with other changes that are underway with the introduction of the FTA.


Could you blame them? Would you want to go through 26 months of military service and receive less than what you'd spend on a good meal as your monthly salary? When I was in the armed forces, I received as much in 'field pay' for every day we went camping (a few dollars as compensation for sleeping in a tent and help you pay your expenses (tooth paste, soap, etc)) than what some of my students told me they got in one month.
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