F : Long-term Stays & Family Relations

• F-6 : Marriage immigrant
  • F-6-1 : Spouse of Korean citizen
  • Spouse of Korean citizen
    
    You are eligible to apply for a Marriage Migrant (F-6) visa if you are
    - a spouse of a Korean citizen.
    - raising a child born between a Korean citizen and yourself (including the de facto marital
    relationship), as a father or a mother, and you are also acknowledged by the Minister of
    Justice.
    
    
    * The de facto marital relationship refers to a couple who intends to get married eventually
    and whose lifestyle can be considered as a married couple from a third person's point
    of view. (Supreme Court decision made on December 8, 1998)
    - However, following examples are NOT considered as the de facto marital relationships;
    for example, if the couple does not have any intention to get married but has given a
    birth to a baby out of living together, or if a man is legally married to another woman
    but living with a different partner, and etc.
    
    - You had stayed in the Republic of Korea as a spouse of a Korean citizen, but you were
    unable to continue your marriage due to reasons and circumstances beyond your control which
    are recognized by the Minister of Justice, such as death and missing of your spouse.