Korean Job Discussion Forums

[nellehehe]

So here's my situation.

I'm Korean-American, female, US-born citizen.
I am fluent in both English and Korean.
My dad didn't have an American citizenship at the time I was born, (he got it after I was born) so I'm not qualified for ANY of the visas. NO E-2. NO F4. NOTHING. Met/talked to the consulate, and it came down to this.

For me to teach English at Korea for a year (which is what I'm trying to do), I need to get dual citizenship and work in Korea as a Korean citizen.

I heard that it's going to be hard to find a job as a Korean citizen.. finding good pay, good hours, airfare, housing, etc.

Ideally, I want to work at Seoul, 9-5 job. (Those 2-10 jobs sound ridonkulous.)

What do you think?

[CentralCali]

Are you male and of conscription age? Those are very important questions before you come to Korea as a Korean citizen.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[CentralCali]

Another thing about coming to Korea as a Korean citizen eligible for the draft: you are not eligible for the KATUSA program.

[nellehehe]

forgot to write that. I'M A FEMALE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

[ttompatz]

Actually, you CAN get an E2 based on your US passport and US degree.

Just jump through the hoops like any other E2 applicant and DON'T tell the consulate that you are Korean (they won't know you from a Chinese American unless you tell them. They don't ask for your parents information unless you try to get an F-visa.

AFTER you land in Korea, if you want to reclaim your Korean citizenship then that is an option for you to look at (or ignore it and work towards an F2/F5 if you prefer).

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[nathanrutledge]

[nellehehe]

[nathanrutledge]

[jvalmer]

Is your mother Korean too? Did your parents marry in the US and never had it registered in Korea? If so I think you may have a shot at an F-4. I know of a few guy's parents were still single when they left Korea and are still recorded that way in the records. They still managed to get F-4 visas (even though both parents got US citizenship after they were born) since both parents were still considered single in the records.

Also, consider coming to Korea first and then apply for an F-4 Visa. If you're willing to risk a flight back home and getting an E-2 in failure. Pretty often the immigration officials in Korea apply rules differently than the guys at the consulate. Immigration officials in different regions apply rules differently too.

[wishfullthinkng]

you cannot get dual citizenship as far as i know.

from what i know you can't go to the korean consulate in the usa and get a citizenship for korea without meeting certain stipulations and even then the usa does not recognize dual citizenships so if you hold a us passport and attempt to get another citizenship on us soil you'd have to renounce the us citizenship. anyone more knowledgable than me in this matter feel free to chime in.

as for getting one in rok, they also did not recognize dual citizenships until last year. now a foreigner can get a korean passport without having to renounce their own citizenship if they meet these requirements:

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These persons are:

A person who acquired Korean nationality by birth from a Korean father, or from either Korean parent after June 13, 1998.

A person who acquired Korean nationality while under the age of twenty by acknowledgement, concomitant acquisition, reinstatement of nationality, naturalization, or under Article 7 of the Addenda (Special Cases of Acquisition of Nationality for Persons of Maternal Line By Adoption of Jus Sanguinis to Both Lines of Parents).

Koreans who were adopted overseas and automatically lost Korean nationality as a result.

Overseas Koreans 65 years of age or older.

Foreigners who are married to Koreans and acquired Korean nationality from July 2, 2010, or later.

Foreigners who have exceptional talents or have made an outstanding contribution to Korea, as judged by a state committee governing nationality affairs.



There are transitional provisions for those who fit under the first category but had already forfeited one nationality.

Those who failed to make a choice and automatically lost Korean nationality can apply to have it restored before May 4, 2012.

Those who choose Korean nationality have until 2016 to reacquire their foreign nationality.


Note that as of December 2010, an application for dual citizenship can only be made inside the Republic of Korea and requires the applicant to currently hold an F-series visa.[21] This would normally be an F-5 visa (Permanent Residency) or an F-4 visa (for former Korean nationals and their descendants, including Korean adoptees) or F-2 or F-3 visa (for spouses of Korean nationals).
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the thing that sounds like it would completely keep you from getting a korean passport for the time being is the fact you cannot get an f-visa (yet).

i'd definitely do what ttompatz and nathanrutledge advise because they are very knowledgeable about these things.

most of this was copy and pasted from wikipedia fyi.

[nathanrutledge]

[wishfullthinkng]

[NohopeSeriously]

[theloneleaf]