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[milkteapanda]

Hi Guys,

Sorry if this is posted into the wrong section or has been posted before...

I called the Chicago Consulate Embassy the other day to make sure I could get the F4 visa before sending in my documents and they told me that since I was born before my parents got US citizenship, I am a dual citizenship. This disallows me from receiving a F4 Visa(or any visa) and instead I would need to get a Korean passport according to a Korean law passed in May 2010...

In case this information helps, I was born and raised in the U.S and my parents never registered me on the Korean Hojuk so technically Korea doesn't even know that I exist. I've gone back twice (once for my grandparents anniversary at age 6 and once in 2009 through the talk program). My parents received American citizenship 2 months after I was born and rescinded their Korean citizenship in 2006. I was born in 1989.

I do not want to claim my Korean citizenship nor would like to work in Korea as a dual citizen. Does anyone know anyway I could go about this situation without claiming Korean citizenship or is it impossible to get a Visa to work in Korea? =/



Please let me know if you have experienced before and/or have any advice on how to go about this! Thank you!

[Couchsurfer]

Have you been registered into their databanks now? If you are still off their radar, simply enter and apply with your US passport. If anyone asks you if you are Korean, flatly say 'No, I am an American.'

If you wish to play the Korean card later to get a job, that's your own business.

[milkteapanda]

Unfortunately, the embassy has told me they will not provide me any visa. The only way I would enter Korea to work is through the use a Korean passport.

There have also been stories of American citizens of Korean descent, like me, who have been taking to Goondae.

[jahn1989]

Hey! I know this is a really late response, but I thought I'd reply just in case.
So, I had the same situation happen to me. I was fortunate enough that my old boss let me work through the whole year with a dual citizenship. After my one year contract was up I went home and had to drop my Korean citizenship at the nearest consulate. Since I was US born, the process of dropping your Korean citizenship takes around 4 months! I should be getting my documents from Korea very soon and after I get my documents, the consulate have informed me I can get my F4. Such a process, I know, but it's really the only option we have!

Also, if you make it to Korea on your dual citizenship, make sure you bring back all the necessary documents you need to give up your Korean nationality.

Hope this helps!

[Weigookin74]

I don't know a lot about the issue as I'm just a white guy. But, I do know that public schools won't hire Korean citizens. Hakwons don't care. You should email some directly or try to contact some and see what's up. You can drop the citizenship later if you wish or milk it for job opportunities later on if there are any. Any other relatives elsewhere on the east or west coast? If so, you can live with them and apply through another consulate.

[NohopeSeriously]

[cdninkorea]

Unless you either 1) want to avoid military service, or 2) absolutely have to give up your Korean citizenship (e.g. you're applying for a new citizenship that requires it), why would you want to renounce it?

[maximmm]

[tob55]