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[pangaea]

First of all, I'm a little confused about the process of getting married in Korea for Americans. I read the information on the embassy website and it seemed like there were a lot of forms to be filled out, signed and notarized, then delivered to another person. It didn't sound like there was any kind of ceremony or service involved. For those of you who have gotten married here, is that it? Just fill out the paper work and deliver it and you are married? How complicated is the process? How long does it take? If your future spouse is from a third country does that make the process more difficult?

Also, does the visa process for your new spouse take a long time? I'm concerned that we will run out of time before my teaching visa expires.

Sorry about all the questions. My head is spinning right now.

[PEIGUY]

usually the embassy websites should tell you what documents you need.However, that's if you're marrying a local citizen. The process would be different since you're not marrying a Korean citizen. Best bet is to check with your soon to be wife's embassy and see what they need and talk to your embassy and see what they need.

[Ruthdes]

Unless pangaea is a lesbian and is having a same-sex marriage, I think you'll find she needs to talk to her future husband's embassy. C'mon PEIGUY, there are a lot of us posters of the female variety on here!

[fugitive chicken]

I got married here, an American to an American. We printed out the paperwork and went to the American embassy, they signed it, we went to the nearby gu office, they stamped it and then we went back to the embassy. They signed it again and we were legally married. be sure to write your address in English, we wrote it in Korean, and had to white it out...and now we forever have whiteout on our marriage certificate.

[PEIGUY]

[pangaea]

Thanks for the information everyone. I did check the embassy website but I wanted to get information from people who have done it before. Can all this running around with paperwork be accomplished in one day if we were to start early enough?

[PEIGUY]