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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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Hi everyone! not sure if anyone has experienced this, but here goes:
Just got back from the Korean Consulate in LA today with all my paper work ready to apply for a F4 visa. I had the family registry where it showed both of my parents renounced their citizenship.
For some reason one of my parents decided to put my name on the registry and the worker at the registry told me I cannot get a F4 visa due to military service obligations. The thing is I was born in the U.S. and have only been to Korea once for a week. I have served 4 yrs in the U.S. Army as well.
The problem is my name was never taken off the registry and the worker at the Consulate informed me that I had to remove my name by the age of 18 and that I cannot get a F4 visa until the age of 35.
Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? |
Unless you want to serve two years in the korean army I would seriously consider not coming to Korea |
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thomside13
Joined: 04 Jan 2010
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I've heard that I can come in under an E-2 Visa and avoid the military service, but I guess if I'm forced to serve might as well do it.
Already did 4 yrs airborne what's another 2. |
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Mariner
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Not sure if anyone has clarified this but - Hojeok runs only male lines. You would only be listed under your father's side. There is a seperate thing for people who can not identify their paternal lineage. Which is why many orphaned amerasians are at a disadvantage. |
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Mariner
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| thomside13 wrote: |
Hi everyone! not sure if anyone has experienced this, but here goes:
Just got back from the Korean Consulate in LA today with all my paper work ready to apply for a F4 visa. I had the family registry where it showed both of my parents renounced their citizenship.
For some reason one of my parents decided to put my name on the registry and the worker at the registry told me I cannot get a F4 visa due to military service obligations. The thing is I was born in the U.S. and have only been to Korea once for a week. I have served 4 yrs in the U.S. Army as well.
The problem is my name was never taken off the registry and the worker at the Consulate informed me that I had to remove my name by the age of 18 and that I cannot get a F4 visa until the age of 35.
Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? |
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/168210_korean08.html
Dude. They are serious. |
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def PD
Joined: 24 Nov 2010
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Craaaaaap.
I seriously hope that I'm not on the registry. This would completely screw up my chances on getting an F4 since schools there don't seem to be interested in issuing out E2 visas. Argh~
Even if I have an original birth certificate (I also have the long form) and all the other required documentation (including my parent's renouncing Korean citizenship & naturalization paperwork), there's no way I can get an F4? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| def PD wrote: |
Craaaaaap.
I seriously hope that I'm not on the registry. This would completely screw up my chances on getting an F4 since schools there don't seem to be interested in issuing out E2 visas. Argh~
Even if I have an original birth certificate (I also have the long form) and all the other required documentation (including my parent's renouncing Korean citizenship & naturalization paperwork), there's no way I can get an F4? |
The problem is not the F4 but not having to serve 2 years as a conscript in the Korean army.
Do your 2 years and they will give you a Korean passport to go with your pretty blue one.
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The Sherriff
Joined: 10 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:48 am Post subject: Proof of Identity |
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As a gyopo, Does anyone know- If every piece of identification you own from your home country (Canada) does not have your Korean name on it (other than your family name), can they prove that you are the person on the Hojuk?
I'm currently going through the process of applying for an F4 through my mom. My dad passed away about 6 years ago, and everyone on my dads side of the family emigrated to Canada. My (dad's side) grandfather was an orphan, and my mom is quite certain that I wouldn't be on my dad's side of the family's Hojuk.
I'm planning on going through one of my uncles to confirm this, but even if I was through my korean name. No piece of identification has my korean name on it. How could they link me? |
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