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ms.catbc
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Ilsan
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 Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject: Getting married in Korea |
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Leaving Canada to go to Korea in a week.
Getting married to my Korean bf. I am doing research into what documents i need to bring with me.
Has anyone gone through this process yet and can give some words of advice. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Wow... don't think I needed any documents out of the ordinary.
Your embassy website will be the best source of information for this. The US website has lots of great info.
If you're looking for a nice wedding hall, I suggest www.nonhyunwedding.com
It's located near the Kyobo books building in the Kangnam area. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Unless you've been married you don't need anything special. You should register the marriage at the Canadian Embassy rather quickly. I think there is a short limit, same with if you have children. |
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ms.catbc
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:50 am Post subject: |
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one more question and i know that the answers might be vague
as it is a crapshoot...
Will getting married in Korea make it difficult for my husband to come to Canada four months from now. We are planning on living in Canada but really want to get married both in Korea and Canada.
Word on the street (and from lawyers and other such professionals) is that it really all depends on the immigration officer at the airport. Will they put some stamp in his passport saying that he is married to a Canadian?
If the immigration officer knows that he is married to me he/she could send him back to Korea no? He will have to stay in korea while i process the sponsorship papers.
On the other hand, the officer might not care (as has been the case for quite a few koreans coming over here to canada) and let him on through.
i would love some advice from some people who have gotten married in Korea and then tried to come back to their own country together.
lawyers have been helpful but they also want my money
cheers |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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You can ask the embassy, they're free. I was at the embassy a couple months ago. A Canadian guy was there trying to pick something up for his wife. I overheard and he had submitted the paperwork several months earlier to get her card. The embassy worker had said that they were just getting the cards for people who filed a year ago. So he gave them their address in Canada and she said she'd forward it there. It seemed like it would be okay for her to go to Canada. I don't know their details beyond that.
As soon as you get married, you should register the marriage and ask the embassy what paperwork you need to do and file it immediately. Then ask how you can enter with him until its all complete. |
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0ju
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| ms.catbc wrote: |
one more question and i know that the answers might be vague
as it is a crapshoot...
Will getting married in Korea make it difficult for my husband to come to Canada four months from now. We are planning on living in Canada but really want to get married both in Korea and Canada.
Word on the street (and from lawyers and other such professionals) is that it really all depends on the immigration officer at the airport. Will they put some stamp in his passport saying that he is married to a Canadian?
If the immigration officer knows that he is married to me he/she could send him back to Korea no? He will have to stay in korea while i process the sponsorship papers.
On the other hand, the officer might not care (as has been the case for quite a few koreans coming over here to canada) and let him on through.
i would love some advice from some people who have gotten married in Korea and then tried to come back to their own country together.
lawyers have been helpful but they also want my money
cheers |
why would it make it more difficult for him to enter? shouldn't it make it easier, if anything? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| We are planning on living in Canada but really want to get married both in Korea and Canada. |
Once you get married in Korea, you're married. Korea just goes by civil marriage, meaning that the paperwork done at the government office concerned is it. If you're looking for a big ceremony, you can check with your church/temple/what-have-you (if you're a member of one) or shell out big bucks for one of those "wedding hall" gigs. When you return to Canada, you're already married, so there's no government paperwork involved there to get married again; just the aforementioned church/temple/what-have-you. |
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ms.catbc
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| 0ju wrote: |
| ms.catbc wrote: |
one more question and i know that the answers might be vague
as it is a crapshoot...
Will getting married in Korea make it difficult for my husband to come to Canada four months from now. We are planning on living in Canada but really want to get married both in Korea and Canada.
Word on the street (and from lawyers and other such professionals) is that it really all depends on the immigration officer at the airport. Will they put some stamp in his passport saying that he is married to a Canadian?
If the immigration officer knows that he is married to me he/she could send him back to Korea no? He will have to stay in korea while i process the sponsorship papers.
On the other hand, the officer might not care (as has been the case for quite a few koreans coming over here to canada) and let him on through.
i would love some advice from some people who have gotten married in Korea and then tried to come back to their own country together.
lawyers have been helpful but they also want my money
cheers |
why would it make it more difficult for him to enter? shouldn't it make it easier, if anything? |
Sometimes immigration officers send people back to their country of origin and require them to stay there until the spouse files all the sponsorship papers. They want to make sure the "foreign" spouse does not have intentions of working illegally while waiting for the papers to be processed.
this is a bigger issue if you try to come over together and you are both lacking in funds. there is no proof the the Canadian spouse will be able to support their spouse for upwards of three years.
it all comes down to money.
the Canadian government has been cracking down a lot lately on international marriages.
just want to have all bases covered. |
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