Eligibility 

  1) A person with a parent(s) or grandparent(s) of foreign nationality who once held Korean nationality.

   (A) Required Documents from a parent(s) or grandparent(s) : 
     1. Renunciation Application form(국적상실신고서, if applicable)
     2. Copy of US Naturalization Certificate
     3. Copy of valid US/UK/CA/IR/AU/NA/SA Passport
     4. Copy of Korean Family Registry Personal/Kinship Certificate (기본증명서, 가족관계증명서)
     5. Copy of Petition for Name Change (if applicable)

    (B) Required Documents for Visa applicant 

      1. Criminal history record check issued by FBI and apostille confirmation by US Department State Office of Authentications

   ※ Exemption object: ① 60 years of age or more, ② Children under 13 years of age, ③ Independence patriots and family of the deceased, ④ Special contributor

       2. Certificate of proficiency in Korean (one of the following documents): ① TOPIK first grade or more, ② Sejong Hakdang elementary level 1B or more

    ※ Exemption object: ① He or She had a Korean nationality in the past time, ② 60 years of age or more, ③ Children under 13 years of age, ④ He or She has been lived in Korea with the F-4 visa

      3. Valid US passport 

      4. Visa application form
      5. Certificate of Birth
      6. Visa Fee ($45 for American)
      7. 1 passport photo 

    ▶ if a Korean male between 18 to 40 years old without performing Korean military service and became an American citizen before May 1st, 2018.
      . Copy of one or both parents must also be a foreign citizen or permanent resident  
    ▶ A Korean male with performing Korean military service
      . Copy of the certificate of military completion or military waiver issued by Military Man Power

※ Notice to Persons Born Overseas to One or Two Korean Parents
   - Korean nationality laws state that a child born anywhere overseas to parents of Korean citizenship might be dual citizens in certain cases even if the birth is not registered in Korea because they have inherited the Korean nationality from their parents.
  - A child born overseas up to June 13, 1998, automatically follows their father’s country of citizenship
  - A child born overseas beginning June 14, 1998, to a father and mother who became naturalized (or never had Korean heritage) before the child’s birth, the child DOES NOT have dual citizenship

  - If either the father or mother was a Korean national at the time of the child's birth, the child Is A Dual Citizen and the birth must be registered in Korea. 

  - The child may choose to either formally renounce their Korean citizenship, called “Gook Jeok E-tal Shin Go,” (국적이탈신고)

Visa Application Process

● You can apply for a visa at the Korean Consulate in person or by mail.

● Once you submit the required documents, the visa processing takes 5~7 days.

● Upon your visa application, you may be asked to submit additional documents