Are you planning on getting married to your Korean partner and live here? Are you in South Korea right now on a different visa? Will you apply from here or overseas? What exactly are the rules? Sadly I can’t help every individual on this topic since the rules are so different and keep on changing. However, what I CAN do is tell you about our application process and other tips on how to handle this tiring journey with Korean immigration.
KimichiTeaching Blog – This post helped me gather information on what documents needed – Great for American Citizens applying for the F6 visa
I dated my husband for about 4 years, I’ve been to Korea on so many different visas that I feel almost like an expert in applying for visas and ARC cards by now (I’m not). See how I got my Working Holiday ARC card here. See how my dating journey shortly looked like:
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Exchange Student 2014 (D2 Visa) -> Fell in love -> Long Distance relationship -> Visits as a tourist -> Applied for a Working Holiday Visa H1 2017 and start living together in Korea -> Go back to my home country 2018 -> Apply for a Korean language Program at a University -> Sign marriage papers (no ceremony yet) 2019 -> Applied and got the F6 Visa IN Korea before my Visa expired -> Now happily living in Korea with my Husband! 2019
So one thing I learned the hard way was that you CAN NOT switch your Working Holiday (H1) visa to another visa such as a Student visa or Marriage visa I believe. But who knows, please double and triple-check with the Immigration office. They give you different answers all the time and it really all depends on which officer you get when you apply.
The H1 visa has more restrictions than you would think. No extending allowed and no switching visas in Korea, you have to leave Korea and come back in as a tourist or apply abroad and come in with a new visa. So I planned well and decided to go back to my home country for a while and just apply for a language school to be able to come back and continue living with my boyfriend (and learn Korean, Take the TOPIK Test, etc).
F6 Visa, Marriage Migrant Visa (f 6 1) Application Submitted In Tokyo
We planned to get married and apply for a Marriage visa before my Student Visa (D4) expired – yes you can switch from D4 to F6 in Korea. NOTE that you have to apply before your visa expires. The waiting time to get the visa is around 2 weeks. Don’t worry you don’t have to leave the country if it expires while you are waiting for your new visa. Just make sure they get all the papers in so the process goes fast and smooth. Please start this process as early as possible. It took us maybe 1~2 months to sign our marriage papers, prepare all the other paperwork, visit the immigration 3 times and finally apply for the F6 visa.
I have 2 of these in my passport but I only have the ARC card as proof of my latest Visa status (F6). Because I switched from within Korea. Keep reading to know how I did it.
We did not have a ceremony only an engagement dinner party at home with our families. We had prepared the application form which our parents signed and later on I went with my mother in law to register it at the gu office. Funny thing is that if you get married which is usually on a weekend you can’t register until the next weekday! So you do not register the day you get married.
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The Registration is pretty easy but as a dual citizen (I have 2 passports from the US and Sweden) I’m pretty sure I need to prove that I’m not married in both countries. I wanted to do everything the right way, so It became more complicated for me (and expensive) to see why…
For Swedish citizens: Print out this form Äktenskapscertifikat – Ansökan och försäkran fill out and send it to Skatteverket (In Övrigt write a Request to get an äktenskapscertifikat in English). Send a copy of your spouse’s passport as well. Make sure to read exactly what to do for your case on the embassy’s website. Finally, wait for them to send the äktenskapscertifikat. Do this early, it may take time. (cost: free!)
Not going to lie. We did not enjoy this time. It was time-consuming, stressful and confusing. But with the help and support from my Korean inlaws, we survived and it didn’t take as much time as we initially thought.
Divorce & F6 Visa In Korea
* Your Korean Spourse will have to do most of the work. But I will put (Foreigner) on the documents that you can at least prepare in advance. It’s a long list of papers so goodluck!
Like I wrote earlier It took us around 1~2 months to sign our marriage papers, prepare all the other paperwork, visit the immigration 3 times and finally apply for the F6 visa. 2 Weeks later you will probably get your ARC card if they are not missing anything. If I missed anything in this post or if something seems off please let me know.
I'm Carina a Swedish girl living in Dongtan, South Korea together with my Korean husband. I love discovering new places and cuisines. I'm a freelance video producer and I also do some photography and graphic design on the side.
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The Registration is pretty easy but as a dual citizen (I have 2 passports from the US and Sweden) I’m pretty sure I need to prove that I’m not married in both countries. I wanted to do everything the right way, so It became more complicated for me (and expensive) to see why…
For Swedish citizens: Print out this form Äktenskapscertifikat – Ansökan och försäkran fill out and send it to Skatteverket (In Övrigt write a Request to get an äktenskapscertifikat in English). Send a copy of your spouse’s passport as well. Make sure to read exactly what to do for your case on the embassy’s website. Finally, wait for them to send the äktenskapscertifikat. Do this early, it may take time. (cost: free!)
Not going to lie. We did not enjoy this time. It was time-consuming, stressful and confusing. But with the help and support from my Korean inlaws, we survived and it didn’t take as much time as we initially thought.
Divorce & F6 Visa In Korea
* Your Korean Spourse will have to do most of the work. But I will put (Foreigner) on the documents that you can at least prepare in advance. It’s a long list of papers so goodluck!
Like I wrote earlier It took us around 1~2 months to sign our marriage papers, prepare all the other paperwork, visit the immigration 3 times and finally apply for the F6 visa. 2 Weeks later you will probably get your ARC card if they are not missing anything. If I missed anything in this post or if something seems off please let me know.
I'm Carina a Swedish girl living in Dongtan, South Korea together with my Korean husband. I love discovering new places and cuisines. I'm a freelance video producer and I also do some photography and graphic design on the side.
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