Travel to Korea and join the Army

[homie]

So I was born in the US and am a US citizen, but I just heard from my parents that I'm also a citizen in Korea.

My cousin said that I have to fill out some paperwork if I'm going to travel to Korea otherwise they could make me join the army.

Where can I find more info? And do I need to do anything?

[Yeahman]

You need to be removed from the family registry. Contact the Korean consulate for more info.

[yoMAMA]

So I was born in the US and am a US citizen, but I just heard from my parents that I'm also a citizen in Korea.

My cousin said that I have to fill out some paperwork if I'm going to travel to Korea otherwise they could make me join the army.

Where can I find more info? And do I need to do anything?

don't worry dude, north korea is not going to invade.
:wink:

[Yeahman]

You'd probably get sent to Iraq. No joke.

[J Honcanese]

Or possibly stand guard at a military base not far from the DMZ.

[BeTheReds]

For a real answer...
Contact the Korean Embassy or Consulate and let them know that you want to renounce your Korean citizenship. Enter Korea on a U.S. passport.

[kimpossible]

If he travels only with his US passport which lists his place of birth as USA would passport control still be able to identify him as a dual Korean citizen?

[SunWuKong]

If he travels only with his US passport which lists his place of birth as USA would passport control still be able to identify him as a dual Korean citizen?

i'm not 100% sure, but i think entering the country with his US passport means he'd be entitled to US consular protection, but it probably won't prevent him from being identified as a dual citizen. on the other hand, if he did not enter the country with his US passport, he would not be entitled to US consular protection.

[AngryABCGirl]

i'm not 100% sure, but i think entering the country with his US passport means he'd be entitled to US consular protection, but it probably won't prevent him from being identified as a dual citizen. on the other hand, if he did not enter the country with his US passport, he would not be entitled to US consular protection.

I've heard a lot of about KAs, even those with US citizenship with US birthplace getting found out at customs in Korea because they apparently have registries to check on the names.

[BillHoo]

My military ID was stolen when I was in Korea with the US Army.

Everyone was joking that I would have to stay there because the ID is your passport and as an asian guy, they wouldn't let me outta the country without it!

Dude! I'm from Jersey!

Eventually, I got a replacement with a voucher from my Platoon Leader at the time.

Twenty years later I still wonder if some Korean dude is using my ID for black market coffee running out of the base commissary.

[BillHoo]

Well, if you really want to enlist in the ROK Army, they would probably make you into a Katusa - kinda like a liaison officer. I'm assuming you speak English and Korean. If you do, they'd start you off at a higher rank and pay grade. You get to hang with the US Army and show them the ropes of the country.

Drawback - training with the ROK soldiers. Sure, in basic training in the US, we have some mean drill sergeants. But they were never allowed to harm you phsyically. I've seen the ROK soldiers doing their morning run and there's a drill sergeant with a 2x4 ready to smak you in the head if you slow down!

Other punishments include being locked in a cage outside in sub-freezing weather. Two of my US Army buddies got drunk and disorderly and had to spend the night like that. They never got drunk in Korea again!

Overall, the pay and benefits are infinitely better in the US military than the Republic of Korea.