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vox
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Location: Jeollabukdo
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 Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: Marriage Licenses and F visas |
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Hi
Getting married, confused about the marriage license - a confusion recently brought about by the very delayed sending of the marriage license app from back home.
So the rundown:
in Korea now
we're going to Canada to get married
coming back to continue work
marriage license should come from Canada, and be notarized in Korea, for an F Visa, right?
Does it need to be done before the wedding or can it be done after? Is it much easier if done before and much harder if done after or does it matter?
Constructive advice only, please, thanks. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Marriage Licenses and F visas |
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| vox wrote: |
Hi
Getting married, confused about the marriage license - a confusion recently brought about by the very delayed sending of the marriage license app from back home.
So the rundown:
in Korea now
we're going to Canada to get married
coming back to continue work
marriage license should come from Canada, and be notarized in Korea, for an F Visa, right?
Does it need to be done before the wedding or can it be done after? Is it much easier if done before and much harder if done after or does it matter?
Constructive advice only, please, thanks. |
1) Go to Canada.
2) Get married.
3) Enjoy the honeymoon.
4) Come back to Korea - continue work.
5) File for your F2-1 visa when you get back - officially you file for a Change in Status of Sojourn.
6) The marriage licence will come from Canada (unless you want to get married again here as well (not necessary). You can use the nice big one or a copy of the certificate of marriage or the official wallet size one you get from the department of vital statistics.
7) The rest of the documents you will get from here (most from the gu office). |
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KumaraKitty
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:22 am Post subject: |
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Or just marry here and go if you're not concerned about the "official" marriage date.
Go to the gu office, get your spouse's family registry. Go to your embassy, do all the paperwork and register your marriage. Go back to the gu office, do all their paperwork. Take it back to your embassy, you're done!
Then in a week or 3(depends on which gu office) get a copy of the family registry with your name added, go to immigration and apply for your Visa.
We had the ceremony in Canada, but registered the marriage here. Saved time and paperwork hassle getting documentation in Canada and bringing it over her. Except for having to fill the forms at the embassy out by hand, in triplicate, it was easy! |
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