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[justin moffatt]

I would greatly appreciate information from those who have gotten married to a Korean while in Korea.

1. What documents does my Korean partner need to bring to City Hall to register our marriage?

2. What documents do I need to bring to City Hall to register our marriage?

3. How does the process work? How long does it take?

4. Is it formal in front of a magistrate or legal authority?

5. Do we need to bring someone to witness the legal marriage?

Please any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[kprrok]

When I got married, I didn't go to City Hall, but to the Jongno-gu Cheong. I handed them my form from my embassy saying I could marry, both of our IDs, her Hojeok, and a form we filled out there. All told, took about 20 minutes. And that was it.

Just have your partner call the Gu-cheong where you will be filing. If you're near Seoul, go to Jongno-gu b/c they do a lot and there are no problems.

KPRROK

[Hanson]

I had a similar experience, but a noteworthy difference was that the witnesses who signed our forms didn't come with us. When the officer behind the counter asked us where our witnesses were, my wife and I kind of shrugged and showed him a copy of my 2 witnesses' ARC (copied beforehand). The official frowned, talked to the officer to his left, took a pen, scratched out my witnesses info and wrote his own name on our forms.

Stamp - stamp - stamp ... married.

[Juregen]

[justin moffatt]

KYPROK:

What nationality are you? It was my understanding, that you register in Korea first and then bring those documents to your embassy to register your marriage in your country. Any info would be helpful, thanks.

[Hanson]

I'm not Krrprokk, or however many r's and k's it has, but you need a "No Impediment to Marriage" piece of paper (from your embassy) to present at the Gu-Chung office.