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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| 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. |
Boo...go home then. |
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I forgot to say that I was born in Seoul. I'm living in Seoul right now. Technically I'm back home.
I threw away my Korean citizenship like a useless piece of junk at the age of 18. I just don't like the idea of having it back.
Like I said before, I don't want to be a slave of this backward Asian country.
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| If it gets me out of Reserve duty, I'd throw away my Korean citizenship in a heart beat. |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| If it gets me out of Reserve duty, I'd throw away my Korean citizenship in a heart beat. |
If you're a young Korean male, it's always necessary to throw away the Korean citizenship. It's a time-proven wisdom.  I felt like an animal when I still had my Korean citizenship when I was 17. Most people like me do feel this way.
I miss those days when I attended university and made fun of Korean students who stayed in Korea for 2-3 weeks and "accidentally" got conscripted into the military. Those students should know better that it's a deadly sin to join the South Korean military. You cannot get any benefits by joining the South Korean military anyways. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
| KimchiNinja wrote: |
| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
| 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. |
Boo...go home then. |
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I forgot to say that I was born in Seoul. I'm living in Seoul right now. Technically I'm back home.
I threw away my Korean citizenship like a useless piece of junk at the age of 18. I just don't like the idea of having it back.
Like I said before, I don't want to be a slave of this backward Asian country. |
I love hearing from the ones forced by one situation or another to endure living in a country they despise. Your misery bring me perverse joy. I relish your anguish. Please tell me more about how much you hate it here and yet continue to live here. Be original though. Don't bore me with the rehashed tales of woe. Regale us with your unique purgatory.
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
| it's a deadly sin to join the South Korean military. You cannot get any benefits by joining the South Korean military anyways. |
Surely its a matter of patriotism?
I thought it bizarre that someone as nationalistic as Psy thought nothing of worming out of his national service.
If you drop citizenship then surely you should drop the whole korean pride schtick? |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| T-J wrote: |
| Your misery bring me perverse joy. |
Why thank you, my good friend. I suffer for the benefit of all. It's not a bad thing.
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| If you drop citizenship then surely you should drop the whole korean pride schtick? |
Korean pride? That's strange. Where did you get that when I'm pro-NK, pro-Socialist? I guess you don't know me a lot. I'm a Korean-Canadian socialist living in South Korea and I often say negative things about South Korea. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:55 am Post subject: |
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...I'm pro-NK
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Oh! Please, please expand on this. Details please. Are you merly an academic sympathizer? Or do you actually have the nads to put your actions or money behind your talk. Tell us. Do you walk the walk or or you realy just a capitalist with lofty plans? What have you done to support the cause? Or do you only post on the Internet about how things should be? I'm betting that's the extent of it. You benefit from the system and post big talk about how you are pro this or that but really do nothing. I sincerely hope you prove me wrong and surprise us all with how you have helped the noble cause. But I fear I'll be disappointed....
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| T-J wrote: |
| Oh! Please, please expand on this. Details please. Are you merly an academic sympathizer? Or do you actually have the nads to put your actions or money behind your talk. Tell us. Do you walk the walk or or you realy just a capitalist with lofty plans? What have you done to support the cause? Or do you only post on the Internet about how things should be? I'm betting that's the extent of it. You benefit from the system and post big talk about how you are pro this or that but really do nothing. I sincerely hope you prove me wrong and surprise us all with how you have helped the noble cause. But I fear I'll be disappointed.... |
Being a victim of the South Korean education system alone is a great justification to hate South Korea. Supporting North Korea is a great way to hate South Korea. I'm a pious Christian with a mission. I want to replace Korean Nationalism with Christian Love to the Koreans. This is just a wish from a very simple man who is living in Seoul.
Yes. Please be disappointed. Your trollish attempt to criticize me isn't very convincing to me. Of course, I'm such a nasty person in front of you. If you must, please make fun of me. Ridicule me in the name of Korean nationalism (or capitalism)! You are good at making fun of me, right? Now do so! Chop chop! |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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My apologies. I mistook you for a rational and sane individual. I see I was mistaken. Please ignore my previous posts. Good luck.
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in the states on business right now and can't wait to get back to Seoul! These people are absolutely the crudest, fattest, most disfunction, manic, uneducated people imaginable...yet it keeps getting worse every year!!! 
US citizenship is still useful to hold at this point in time IMO, but not a place I'd want to spend long periods of time. If I could hold dual that would be ideal, but it doesn't look possible. But really perm residency is just as good. |
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chopstick
Joined: 03 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:57 pm Post subject: Anyone done this? |
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Has anyone (western) who has married a Korean done this and found that it was worth doing?
What was the process you had to go through?
I heard the application takes over a year, do you have to give them your 'home' passport for that length of time?
Can you go from an F2 to Citizen or do you need an F5 in between? |
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john110375
Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Anyone done this? |
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[quote="chopstick"]Has anyone (western) who has married a Korean done this and found that it was worth doing?
What was the process you had to go through?
I heard the application takes over a year, do you have to give them your 'home' passport for that length of time?
Can you go from an F2 to Citizen or do you need an F5 in between?[/quote]
I went through this process in 2011 shortly after they allowed Dual citizenship.
I definitely think it was worth doing if you plan to live here and it gives you more stability to move back and forth to my other home (USA)
The process to go through is similar to applying for the F-5 but there is a Korean language requirement.
The process took me alittle less than 11 months from start to finish (but I applied very quickly after the law changed) now I think it takes much longer (especially if you don't have children)
No they don't hold your passport (just take a copy of it)
You can apply with either the F-2(F-6 now) or the F-5 it doesn't really matter. (I applied with the F-5) |
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chopstick
Joined: 03 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the reply. Is there any reason why it takes longer if you don't have kids? Are you saying that counts against you? What is the requirement with regards to Korean language? Mine is ok but could do with improvement! |
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john110375
Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:35 am Post subject: |
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[quote="chopstick"]Thanks for the reply. Is there any reason why it takes longer if you don't have kids? Are you saying that counts against you? What is the requirement with regards to Korean language? Mine is ok but could do with improvement![/quote]
They give priority to married couples with kids because they are more stable (I assume? ) and they don't investigate the legality of the marriage(they assume if it's a fake marriage you wont have kids)
So it cuts down on the processing time.
Your Korean ability will be tested at your interview so just basic comunication plus you need to know some basic aspects of the culture. Not that difficult if you've been here married to a Korean.  |
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