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[chungbukdo]

[T-J]

It doesn't have to be uninterrupted. It would have to be on the same visa and time out of the country wouldn't count.

For example F-2 visa holder gets visa January of 2010 and lives in Korea until November, spends December in Canada visiting family, comes back in January and extends visa for two years, spends December 2011 in Canada again, March 2012 you will have two years residency.

[NQ]

I'm just trying to understand this law. I'm in a serious relationship with a Korean girl here and we're thinking of taking it to the next level. However, she's concerned with losing her Korean citizenship.

If we get married, can she keep both nationalities? I just want to make sure from reading a few articles already on the issue, like this one below.

http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402187_text

[T-J]

[Daniel1981]

Hm, is this only available to those that get F visas through marriage?

What about those getting the F-series points visa. I plan to get my F-Visa that way.

Is there a way for me to naturalize without marriage?

I plan to marry locally anyhow, as I plan to stay here. But I would like to have done it on my own..

[coralreefer_1]

[NohopeSeriously]

I don't like the idea of having a South Korean citizenship. IMO, it's just plain wrong. I don't want to be a slave of a very backward Asian country. I love my Western civilization, thank you.

[wishfullthinkng]

it was mentioned that if a foreigner and a korean woman have a child they can elect to choose for the child to have the non-korean citizenship of the foreign parent. if the child is given the non-korean citizenship at birth to avoid the compulsory korean military service, then can he/she get his/her korean citizenship back (dual citizen) when they are older and past the serving age (at age 35 i believe?) like some adopted gyopos are able to do?

have some insight on this ttom?

[NQ]

[KimchiNinja]

[john110375]

[/quote]She doesn't have dual citizenship now, but I want her to live in Canada with me. So eventually after a number of years she could become a citizen. In doing so, would she lose her Korean citizenship?[/quote]

She wont lose it automatically.
But if she renews her Korean passport outside of Korea they will find out and also if she returns to Canada from Korea and doesn't have a visa to enter Canada. (She won't need a visa obviously)

So if she renews her passport before leaving Korea and doesn't fly back to Korea they wont know for 10 years.

If I were her I'd keep it by renewing every ten years and just fly back through Seattle using the visa free as a Korean then just cross over to Canada. (Or whichever American city is closest to your destination)

[NQ]

So if she renews it outside of Korea then she could lose her citizenship?

[john110375]

Let me clarify, you don't lose citizenship just by renewing your passport outside the country. But if you are gone many years and renew they flag you in the system as possibly becoming a permanent resident of another country. (It happened to my wife)

Then if you return to Korea and stay nothing happens.
But if you bring your spouse and register your marriage(because you're flagged in the system "renewed passport outside of Korea" they ask if you gained permanent resident status in another country)
Happened to my wife. so she lost her korean citizen number.
She only got it back by proving she surrendered her green card.

And if you gain citizenship they usually find out when you leave Korea. If you travel back to your other home country they ask you at the airport if you have a visa to enter that country (if you don't have one they know you gained citizenship ;-(

The Korean government tracks Korean people like that because they don't want people coming back to use the national Insurance or recieve other benefits when no longer living in Korea and paying taxes here.

[Who's Your Daddy?]

To apply for Canada's permanent residency you need a document stamped by the Korean government which tells them you are getting foreign residency. Korean citizens then get different ID numbers.

So, in Canada's process, there is no way of getting around it.

[john110375]

[quote="Who's Your Daddy?"]To apply for Canada's permanent residency you need a document stamped by the Korean government which tells them you are getting foreign residency. Korean citizens then get different ID numbers.

So, in Canada's process, there is no way of getting around it.[/quote]really? I didn't know that (I'm not Canadian)
But that shows that it will get harder to keep both citizenships in the future