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[kp_vtekniks]

[ttompatz]

[kp_vtekniks]

[cert43]

710? Are you really a Kyopo from Atlanta?
If so, I am thinking we probably meet in person somewhere around one of the Korean towns in or the H-marts.
Anyways,j ust sent you a pm with my name and info. If you don't me;then just disregard it, please.

[methdxman]

Just went to get my F-4 visa at the New York Consulate and presented the following:

1) Passport
2) Naturalization Certificate and two copies
3) Je jeok deung bon (Family Tree Register Certificate)
4) Name Change Certificate that came with my naturalization certificate.
5) 1 application form and 1 passport photo.
6) One pre-paid Express mail envelope, so I wouldn't have to go back to Manhattan.

I also had to formally renounce my former Korean citizenship (Sang sil), but this was just a small piece of paper that I had to fill out.

That's about it.

The first question she asked me was where I was born and I told her, "Korea." Then she said, "Oh good, because if you were born here, we aren't able to process it here."

It just seems like dual citizens by birth are getting f'ed in terms of getting an F4 visa. Seems pretty tough anyway.

[methdxman]

[710]

They didn�t mention it to me, I�m too old to serve, even if I wanted to...

[toph]

has anybody tried getting the f4 in korea?

as in...flying over to korea first, and then handling the visa process there?

[710]

When I first started this process, someone from the consulate actually suggested that I apply for a F-4. I contacted the recruiter I was working with at the time and asked their opinion. They seemed to think that it would be better for me to go through the E-2 process and then switch to a F-4 in Korea� Not sure what the logic was, but I presume by the implication of their advice that it is easy to get it in Korea� If you don�t have the documents, it will definitely be easier to obtain them there...

[kp_vtekniks]

Hey guys, I just found this info thanks to 710. For those of you that are American or Canadian citizens by birth but have parents that are green card holders, there is another option. Your grandparents.


In order to get an F4, your parents or a grandparent must be American or Canadian citizens and have renounced their Korean citizenship.


http://www.koreanconsulate.on.ca/en/?b_id=77&c_id=340&mnu=a02b03&start=1

http://www.chicagoconsulate.org/en/sub03/sub03_01.php

[rpark411]

kp, i think all that is ruled out because of the new law. A couple of people already mentioned it already but there's a new law out that passed in May 2010.

I've been trying to find out exactly what this law states but have come up empty. I contacted the Embassy a couple of times and they told me that if you were born in the U.S., you are ineligible for the f4.

I doubt it's that simple.

If anyone has info on the law and exactly what it states that would be very helpful.

If you know someone that was born in the States and was able to obtain a f4 visa in the past month please share.

[jack_b57]

[DeLaRed]

[tiddles]

I was born in the states and got my F-4 no problem. I got it in Korea though. The people at immigration were pretty funny about it - they told me I was missing a few documents, but they'll give me the visa this time as long as I bring the missing stuff when I renew it in 3 years.

[kalliope]

I was born in the states and I applied for and received my F-4 visa with no problems back in July. I applied for it directly at the consulate and they never mentioned anything about the law that was passed in May.

The whole F-4 visa process is a mess. Every single person you talk to will tell you something different.