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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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 Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: South Korea Recognizes International Marriages |
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Was in the Korean herald
South Korea will end discrimination and improve living conditions for Koreans born of international marriages, officials have said.
The Ministry of Justice said that it will ease regulations this year to grant citizenship and permanent resident rights to foreigners who are in de facto marriages with Koreans. The rights also will be extended to their children, The Korea Herald reported Friday.
Under the current law, foreign spouses are given South Korean nationality only when they register a marriage with the authorities.
"There were cases of foreign parents giving up trying to raise mixed-race children in Korea due to disadvantages they suffered from their status as an alien," said an official of the Justice Ministry.
The government will replace the term "mixed-blood" with something like "children of an international marriage couple" in legal documents, because of its racial nuance in the country.
By establishing new legislation, the government also plans to enhance the legal status of children of international marriages to protect them from discrimination in the workplace, school and others areas of society.
It also is considering how to expand educational opportunities and promote welfare benefits for mixed-race children, the newspaper reported. |
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Francis-Pax
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: Re: South Korea Recognizes International Marriages |
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| Len8 wrote: |
Was in the Korean herald
South Korea will end discrimination and improve living conditions for Koreans born of international marriages, officials have said.
The Ministry of Justice said that it will ease regulations this year to grant citizenship and permanent resident rights to foreigners who are in de facto marriages with Koreans. The rights also will be extended to their children, The Korea Herald reported Friday.
Under the current law, foreign spouses are given South Korean nationality only when they register a marriage with the authorities.
"There were cases of foreign parents giving up trying to raise mixed-race children in Korea due to disadvantages they suffered from their status as an alien," said an official of the Justice Ministry.
The government will replace the term "mixed-blood" with something like "children of an international marriage couple" in legal documents, because of its racial nuance in the country.
By establishing new legislation, the government also plans to enhance the legal status of children of international marriages to protect them from discrimination in the workplace, school and others areas of society.
It also is considering how to expand educational opportunities and promote welfare benefits for mixed-race children, the newspaper reported. |
This article shows great progress in South Korea. I think that there is a continual trend of the Korean government to adapt, change, and respond to needs of its diverse resident population. Within the last year we have seen changes on the F visa and now this. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Uh.. I'm admittedly feeling a bit dense today, but what's a "de facto" marriage? |
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Teufelswacht
Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: Land Of The Not Quite Right
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea Recognizes International Marriages |
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| Len8 wrote: |
Was in the Korean herald
South Korea will end discrimination and improve living conditions for Koreans born of international marriages, officials have said.
The Ministry of Justice said that it will ease regulations this year to grant citizenship and permanent resident rights to foreigners who are in de facto marriages with Koreans. The rights also will be extended to their children, The Korea Herald reported Friday.
Under the current law, foreign spouses are given South Korean nationality only when they register a marriage with the authorities.
"There were cases of foreign parents giving up trying to raise mixed-race children in Korea due to disadvantages they suffered from their status as an alien," said an official of the Justice Ministry.
The government will replace the term "mixed-blood" with something like "children of an international marriage couple" in legal documents, because of its racial nuance in the country.
By establishing new legislation, the government also plans to enhance the legal status of children of international marriages to protect them from discrimination in the workplace, school and others areas of society.
It also is considering how to expand educational opportunities and promote welfare benefits for mixed-race children, the newspaper reported. |
I have 2 questions:
1) Will the "new" laws, if enacted after the Hines Ward Phenomenon has passed, apply to both male and female foreign spouses? It appears, by reading between the lines, they are thinking only about foreign wives. I wonder if they are considering the foreign husbands of Korean women. I still remember when the F2 was for wives only.
2) Why do they need to even put "children of an international marriage couple" on legal documents anyway? I know there are certain forms that may ask for ethnicity in the west for survey purposes but what the heck are they talking about in the article? What documents and why do they need to make that distinction? Maybe I'm just a little slow today. |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| When people live together permanently, but aren't formally married. In NZ a de-facto marriage becomes legal in the eyes of the law after 2 years. That also means the couples have a legal liability if they split up - the other spouse may be entitled to half of your house! |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| foreign spouses are given South Korean nationality only when they register a marriage with the authorities |
Well, I got married in a local church in Mia-Ri in '99. Of course, all was documented at the Chong-no registrations office. So far, no one has yet to offer me any sense of 'nationality.'
As for my children they already have citizenship because they were born here.
Maybe I'll get a hold of the Korean version. These English versions are so incongruous. I can hardly make sense of what they mean. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I think defacto may be the same thing as "common law marriage." was the F2 really only for wives at one point? THAT's messed up. but anyways, this seems like good news, makes me feel good about ol' DaeHanMinGuk |
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josh
Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Location: Mapo
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Cheonmunka"]
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| foreign spouses are given South Korean nationality only when they register a marriage with the authorities |
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| So far, no one has yet to offer me any sense of 'nationality.' |
no one will really come and inform you about it...you need to go to your nearest immigration office and tell them that you want to change your citizenship to korean. they will give you the list of requirements you need to submit.
cheers! |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Eh, just get the F5. 99% of the benfits without any of the crap like military service. |
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