Korean Job Discussion Forums

[laynamarya]

I've been with my Korean boyfriend for over a year now, and we're starting to consider marriage. We would be settling here, rather than my home country.

I've read that non-Korean men need about 30 million won's worth of assets in order to marry a Korean woman. But what about non-Korean women? Do I need to come up with that much, or does patriarchy negate that requirement, assuming the men are supposed to provide? Just trying to gather information.

I've also read that foreign women are now required to learn Korean in order for the Korean government to "approve" the marriage. I'm certainly working on it, but I wonder how fluent will I need to be?

Thanks in advance.

[Goon-Yang]

Men get the place to live, women furnish it. Confucius said so...do it!

[PatrickGHBusan]

First time I hear of the 'must learn Korean' thing....

As for the rest...the money issue sounds odd.

These sure are interesting questions and hopefully some western women married to Korean men will countribute here before this thread devolves into the near inevitable K-men bash fest....

[Hyeon Een]

As a man with a Korean wife who wasn't working (grad student) I didn't have to prove assets of any kind. I think I had to mention my job on the application form, but perhaps I didn't.. it doesn't stick in my mind anyway. The rules, in general, did not seem to be tough to deal with at all.

I'd imagine it's even less 'tough' for a woman. I'm just being realistic, not sexist =)

(PS, that was my wife who wasn't working, not me)

[conrad2]

Korean people believe you "need" a lot of money to get married because they should pay for the furniture, electronics, gifts for the in laws.. etc etc.. But having 30 million isnt a legal requirement to get married or even to get the F2 visa.

[ABC KID]

[kalbitang]

Congratulations.

I know a lot of European girls married to Korean men and enjoy life in Seoul very much. Actually, I know a lot of European girls back in Europe actively hunting for a Korean boyfriend.

[redaxe]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[hellofaniceguy]

If you really insist on marrying a korean male...I hope it works out for you and you don�t get caught up in the what's expected/traditional role, waiting hand and foot on the out-laws��
a stress free way to marry�.Fly to Guam....koreans can enter Guam for 14 days, no visa, apply for a marriage license, have a judge or senator do the legal ceremony, get the documents registered and then go back to korea for the hoopla big bang ceremony. So many hoops to jump through in order to get married in korea when it�s so easy to fly to the U.S. (Guam) and have a no hassle wedding. Just an idea.

[crossmr]

30 million is the requirement for your f-2 visa. You don't have to show this. you have to show it as a couple. So if he puts 30 mil in deposit on a house or more, you're covered. I've heard a few people say they've shown a work contract instead of showing 30 million in assets.

Most women (that have posted here) seem to indicate immigration was much less critical and picky of them than the guys.

[conbon78]

I completely disagree with the person that said getting married in Guam is easier than Korea. My fiance and I are getting married in Korea and it is such a joke and a piece of cake that I laugh at the people that have to jump through all those hoops in Vegas. Its so simple here. Otherwise, you definitely don't have to learn the language. That's all I know. I don't know anything, nor am I going to learn it.

[lapevane]

Forget about the money . Money is root of all evil.

[gossipgirlxoxo]

[Kimsmith]

All you need to get married is enough money to pay for the processing at your embassy and at city hall/your gu-office. No one needs a ton of money to get married here - unless your in-laws to be are the real money grabbing kind and you want a super fancy do.
If you are talking about the assets you are required to get a different residency status however, I'm sure you can find that out from immigration.