F-1 Visa: Inviting Visiting Domestic Partners

2024-11-19BY Immikorea

F-1 Visa: Sponsoring a Married Immigrant Family Member

-Can be invited within 1 year of entry after marriage. 1 year stay allowed
– Purpose of support for childbirth and parenting (Up to March of the year the child turns 7 years old), up to 4 years and 10 months

-Allowed for a maximum of 4 years and 10 months when childbirth and parenting support is difficult due to the death of a parent or the age of 65 or older (March of the year the child turns 7)

-When married immigrants or their spouses are seriously ill and have difficulty in normal life due to long-term hospitalization or treatment, and need a family to care for them.
-When a married immigrant’s child has a disability and is necessary for raising him/her
-In the case of a marriage immigrant raising a child alone due to the death of a spouse or divorce
-Married immigrant families raising three or more children
-In case of humanitarian reasons similar to the above

application
Passport, photo, fee
Family Relations Certificate
Marriage relationship certificate
ID card
Certificate of family relations in the name of the child
Identity guarantee
Non-employment pledge while staying in Korea
Tuberculosis screening confirmation (in countries at high risk of tuberculosis)
Pregnancy certificate (if applicable)
Documents proving humanitarian reasons, such as disease diagnosis and hospitalization certificate (if applicable)
When inviting relatives, documents proving that parental support cannot be received, such as a death certificate from parents of married immigrants, disease certificate, etc. (if applicable)

F-1 Visa: Sponsoring an Expatriate Spouse/Minor Child

Spouses and minor children of H2 or F-4 visa holders can be invited
Spouses and minor children can be invited on an F-1 visa even if they are not Koreans.
Minor children registered as foreigners can extend their stay until the age of 25 if their parents or mothers continue to stay for 3 years or more. Excluding married children

F-1 Visa: Invite Spouse/Minor Child of F2 Visa Holder

Foreign adoptees who had Korean citizenship at birth
First-generation Koreans who moved abroad before the establishment of the Korean government
Domestic Assistants at Foreign Missions
A person who is a domestic partner of a person in a diplomatic (A-1) or agreement (A-3) status and is not part of that household.
Domestic partner or other child 21 years of age or older of the SOFA person
Spouse or minor child of someone with resident (F-2) status
A minor who is a citizen of South Korea with a domicile in South Korea and needs custodial or simulated support (if one parent is Korean but the child is a foreigner)
Other persons who are not engaged in professional activities due to unavoidable reasons and recognize that they have a reason to stay in Korea for a long period of time.
For household organization purposes after a marriage breakup
You have a domestically born child of a legal resident
If you are a spouse or child of a recognized refugee
People who have overstayed their re-entry authorization

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