To all,
A few years ago, an American colleague of mine got married in South Korea to a Thai national. He now lives and works in Saudi Arabia. He is currently applying for residency for his wife in Saudi Arabia and he was told something by the Korean embassy which was really surprising to me.
He said the Korean embassy in Riyadh told him that foreigners who get married in Korea have to have their original marriage certificate ‘stamped’ or ‘verified’ every single year by the government office where they got married. This would mean travelling back to Korea every single year for the rest of his life.
As I said earlier, this seems like a really strange, and costly requirement if it’s true, so I was wondering if anyone here could shed some light on this at all, or has heard of something similar?
Thank you,
FeverPitch.
A few years ago, an American colleague of mine got married in South Korea to a Thai national. He now lives and works in Saudi Arabia. He is currently applying for residency for his wife in Saudi Arabia and he was told something by the Korean embassy which was really surprising to me.
He said the Korean embassy in Riyadh told him that foreigners who get married in Korea have to have their original marriage certificate ‘stamped’ or ‘verified’ every single year by the government office where they got married. This would mean travelling back to Korea every single year for the rest of his life.
As I said earlier, this seems like a really strange, and costly requirement if it’s true, so I was wondering if anyone here could shed some light on this at all, or has heard of something similar?
Thank you,
FeverPitch.
