Dual Citizenship (US, S. Korea) and entering Korea [duplicate]
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I am currently a college student (20yrs) finishing up a semester of college in the US before flying back to Korea to be with my parents, but I heard that the travel restrictions in Korea are a bit crazy at the moment due to COVID-19.
I am a dual US/Korean citizen and am wondering how exactly I should be entering Korea using these two passports to avoid the travel restrictions. My name is different on the two passports and dual citizenship is allowed in both countries.
Before COVID-19, I would usually exit the US and enter Korea with my US passport due to having a 90- day travel visa. However, now the Korean government is making people who hold short term visas quarantine in a government-designated facility for 2 weeks at their own expense (~$1200!!), and I would really like to avoid that.
I'm a little confused about which passport to buy the airplane ticket with and which to show in immigration in both countries. Does anyone know how I would go about doing that?
EDIT: Not trying to avoid quarantine/self-isolation! Just trying to avoid paying $1200 to self-isolate at a government-designated facility when it is possible to self isolate at my parents' house (which is what Korean citizens have been doing).
Best Answer
Have you already completed your mandatory military service? The reason I ask is that many of the young Koreans that I know who do this sort of thing (show their USA passport when they enter S Korea) are trying to avoid being caught and punished by the South Korean government who takes the service requirement seriously.
If you don’t know, you might find yourself drafted on entry. This may drive the decision over which passport to show more than any quarantine risk, or even whether it was a worth making this trip at this time.
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Can you have dual citizenship in US and South Korea?
The amended Act allows a person holding dual citizenship by birth (e.g., a child born to South Korean parents in the United States) to maintain both citizenships by submitting to the Minister of Justice a pledge that he or she will not exercise the non-Korean citizenship in South Korea.Does South Korea allow dual citizenship 2022?
However, the dual citizenship law in South Korea doesn't typically allow dual citizenship. South Korean citizens are not to have another citizenship, and to obtain South Korean citizenship, you have to renounce your other citizenship(s).Can you hold US and Korean citizenship?
A: Yes. Multiple citizenship status (that is, the acquisition of Korean citizenship in addition to some other citizenship) is acquired regardless of the registration of birth. Therefore, you acquired both Korean and US citizenship at the time of birth.How can I regain my South Korean citizenship?
o Nationality Restoration is a system that allows reinstating of Korean citizenship by obtaining permission from the Ministry of Justice. The system is in place for persons who have had Korean nationality in the past or who have lost it according to the Nationality Act.More answers regarding dual Citizenship (US, S. Korea) and entering Korea [duplicate]
Answer 2
Just buy the ticket with the name in your Korean passport and travel with your Korean passport. You can check in for your flight leaving the US with your Korean passport. It's possible that nobody will ask you about your status in the US when you leave. That has always been my experience (with European airlines).
I've heard of people being asked, however. If this happens, just show your US passport.
If they ask why the passports have different names, you can explain why. You're not the only one: some countries have incompatible name laws.
The tricky part will be returning to the US with with your Korean-passport name on the ticket. I would just hand the Korean passport to the check in counter so the agent can retrieve your ticket. After a moment, say "I also have a US passport" and hand it over as well.
Having different names in your passports shouldn't be too much of a problem. The photographs depict the same person. The biographical data pages describe the same person. You are that person. You're not trying to deceive anyone.
Have a safe trip.
Answer 3
now the Korean government is making people who hold short term visas quarantine in a government-designated facility for 2 weeks at their own expense (~$1200!!), and I would really like to avoid that.
Last time I checked (on 2020-04-05), that was incorrect: the notice to traveler clearly says that only passengers without a confirmed address will have to go to the government quarantine facilities.
The confusion might come from the fact that https://kr.usembassy.gov/022420-covid-19-information/ incorrectly states that they have to go to the government quarantine facilities, even though the source they give contradicts that.
Other sources:
- https://m.kin.naver.com/mobile/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=5&dirId=51003&docId=351913543&qb=7Jm46rWt7J24IOyeheq1reyekCDqsqnrpqwg7J6l7IaM&enc=utf8§ion=kin.ext&rank=14&search_sort=0&spq=0: ~"if you do have an address in Korea (airbnb or etc.), you don’t have to go the government-designated address".
- https://m.kin.naver.com/mobile/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=6&dirId=60217&docId=351838544&qb=7Jm46rWt7J24IOyeheq1reyekCDqsqnrpqw=&enc=utf8§ion=kin.ext&rank=1&search_sort=0&spq=0: ~"If you have a specific address to go with good host’s contact number, you may probably be able to quarantine at that address."
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