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[gxlee002]

If you guys can help me out! So Im in the process of trying to teach in Korea and I have been just reading on how the dual citizenship laws have changed and I guess you can say my situation is a little weird. I am a Korean-American Female born in the states on October 1988. My father became a US citizen in March 1987 (one year before i was born) also my father passed away a couple years back but my mother became a US citizen in April 1998. That the dual citizenship applies to anyone born after May 1988. But my father became a US citizenship a year before I was born. I have a copy of my fathers family register that my uncle sent in Dec 2012 and I am not on it if that helps my case. Ive called the DC embassy and the people Ive talked to either dont know what they are doing or something because they keep telling em they will have someone call me back with a definite answer which was in Feb. SO if you guys can help me it would help a lot!

[Smithington]

I thought this was another thread about foreigners with two passports. You know, one from their country of residence and the other (from Ireland / the UK etc.) that they were entitled to because they were born there (but left as an infant). Some waegukin travel on the passport of their birth country for one reason or another, yet (for honesty's sake) get their criminal check from the States (where they lived from age three). Immigration is puzzled and insist that the criminal background check must be from the UK. "But I left the UK at age four. I couldn't possibly have a criminal record there....I've lived in the States for twenty-five years, so that's where I applied for the criminal background check."

"Sorry, you need to provide a criminal check from the UK."

"But...."

"Next, please."

LOL. I even have friends who have a UK passport but have never lived there. The were born in Australia, but because their mum was from Wales they were entitled to a British passport. They travel on it for sentimental reasons....so that's where they were told to get their CBC. They've lived in Australia all their lives. Never set foot in Wales.

Sorry OP, I digress.

[CentralCali]

OP: Please tell us that you're not trying to get a job teaching English.

[gxlee002]

[CentralCali]

Read your OP again and perhaps you'll glean the answer to your question.

[gxlee002]

[leibod1]

well whatever you are trying to do, dual citizenship can only be applied for in Korea under the F series visa. The steps are here:

http://rs.gloii.com/index.php/job-knowledge/98-how-to-get-f4-visa

As mentioned in this link below, you are not a Korean citizen if your father had already given up his citizenship prior to your birth. Actually, I just noticed, this is your post from a few months back. Second link down from a quick google search. small world, the internet.

http://www.waygook.org/index.php?topic=47459.0

I would suggest you get a F4 which will get you in to teach and then see how you feel about applying for dual citizenship in country. As a female, you will not have to worry about the military service which a male certainly would.

[CentralCali]

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