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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:32 am Post subject: q. for brits - getting married twice? |
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Im not asking this out of necessity rather that i think its probably better in terms of family/friends attending.
Has anyone been married to their korean spouse twice? Once here and once in the uk? If so, were there any problems?
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CrikeyKorea
Joined: 01 Jun 2007
Location: Heogi, Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| you can have a ceremony twice, but once you are married in either country, the other recognises that you are now legally married |
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le-paul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:15 am Post subject: |
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thanks.
If you've been there yourself, you probably appreciate that the korean parents want to have a korean ceremony. Im more worried about the implications if i dont follow through with that on this side  |
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CrikeyKorea
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Location: Heogi, Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| In korea legally the ceremony means jack all... it is only a ceremony, (no one can legally marry you like back home) you need to go in to the local district office to "sign up" for your marriage, generally doing the legal stuff in Korea would be easier than the UK and basically free. |
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le-paul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| ah, ok, thats good to know. Thanks! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
thanks.
If you've been there yourself, you probably appreciate that the korean parents want to have a korean ceremony. Im more worried about the implications if i dont follow through with that on this side |
The legal wedding is the filing of the paperwork at the GU office and NOT the ceremony in the wedding hall. The Korean ceremony is (legally) meaningless other than to the family. It is a nice show for the friends.
You can do one of those every weekend to a different girl if you are so inclined and have deep enough pockets (to pay for it).
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
thanks.
If you've been there yourself, you probably appreciate that the korean parents want to have a korean ceremony. Im more worried about the implications if i dont follow through with that on this side |
The legal wedding is the filing of the paperwork at the GU office and NOT the ceremony in the wedding hall. The Korean ceremony is (legally) meaningless other than to the family. It is a nice show for the friends.
You can do one of those every weekend to a different girl if you are so inclined and have deep enough pockets (to pay for it).
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wow! why would anyone do that! one korean wife will be enough for me, thanks (unless i can find someone who would agree to pay for parts of my body)
thats pretty much what we were planning though, one for us and one for show. Thanks |
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Jonephant
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| Unless something has changed very recently your Korean wedding certificate won't be recognized in the UK. You can have a copy registered and place into the records at the GRO but this is for your convenience of getting copies only. Your wife will still need to get a wedding visa before you two can get legally married in the UK. |
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fezmond
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| Jonephant wrote: |
| Unless something has changed very recently your Korean wedding certificate won't be recognized in the UK. You can have a copy registered and place into the records at the GRO but this is for your convenience of getting copies only. Your wife will still need to get a wedding visa before you two can get legally married in the UK. |
I'm with Jonephant on this one. When I was married here, the embassy told me it wasn't legally binding in the UK. Sure, they'll recognise it as a Korean marriage but nothing to do with the UK. |
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Cymro
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Fezmond, you say it's not recognised in the UK but surely it's good enough for the UK spouse visa?
My wife and I had the ceremony four years ago and lived together since but didn't legally marry because we wanted to do in Wales. Anyway we couldn't prove we lived together for the partner visa (I didn't register address change when I moved from 3F to 4F) so we've registered the marriage last week to go for the spouse visa.
We did the translation ourselves and a public notary here stamped it with his seal, so the document kept on record in the UK GRO will be the one I created myself. I can understand why that would not be legally binding in the UK.
I can deposit that at the GRO (Southport) myself if I don't have time to visit the embassy, right? |
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War Eagle
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| The wife and I did a ceremony in Korea, but went to the states for the actual paperwork during a vacation. She went in to the US on a tourist visa and we got legally married in just 2 days. Also, at least for US citizens, it's easier for both of us to get spousal visas having been legally married in the US as opposed to Korea. |
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fezmond
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Fezmond, you say it's not recognised in the UK but surely it's good enough for the UK spouse visa?
My wife and I had the ceremony four years ago and lived together since but didn't legally marry because we wanted to do in Wales. Anyway we couldn't prove we lived together for the partner visa (I didn't register address change when I moved from 3F to 4F) so we've registered the marriage last week to go for the spouse visa.
We did the translation ourselves and a public notary here stamped it with his seal, so the document kept on record in the UK GRO will be the one I created myself. I can understand why that would not be legally binding in the UK.
I can deposit that at the GRO (Southport) myself if I don't have time to visit the embassy, right? |
Yeah, it's fine for the spouse visa, assuming you meet the other requirements.
For the GRO, I guess you'd be able to do it yourself. Then again, they stopped getting the apostille in person at MK. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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when you say 'meeting the other requirements of the spousal visa', I assume your talking about the income part ( i think the other thread said it was something like 20,000 a year from what i remember?)?
are there any other criteria to meet that may cause a problem?
apologies for all the questions, I just want to make sure my gf doesn't have a load of hassle when we go to blighty.
cheers |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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when you say 'meeting the other requirements of the spousal visa', I assume your talking about the income part ( i think the other thread said it was something like 20,000 a year from what i remember?)?
are there any other criteria to meet that may cause a problem?
apologies for all the questions, I just want to make sure my gf doesn't have a load of hassle when we go to blighty.
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You should check out this site:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61
If you go the income route - you'd need 62,000 pounds in the UK bank untouched for 6 months before she arrived with you.....
If you go the earnings route you'd need to be earning over 18,000 pounds per year - you'd also need to be earning this (fractional amount) for 6 months in a row BEFORE she joined you........
The 21,000 pounds or whatever is if you were to bring a kid with you (her baby not yours) if you have a kid with her the 18,000 pounds figure stays the same as the baby will automatically be granted a UK passport (if you apply for it)...... |
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Jonephant
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Things change so often that the only way to be sure is to contact the embassy or immigration yourself and get the answers. Ask your wife to call the British embassy in Seoul and you will get all the answers, i always found them polite and helpful. In my experience, second hand information is rarely reliable as you can see by the first few responses in this thread. Better to get it straight from the dogs mouth. |
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