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I have Korean blood and I was born in Canada.?

Is one or more of your parents a Korean citizen? While it is possible that your results may vary, and depending on your age and gender it could be different as well, this is what happened to my daughter. The answer is likely Yes if your parents are alive and are Korean citizens. It may still be possible under different circumstances but I dont know from experience and cannot say for certain. Here is our story: my wife is Korean (born in Korea, Korean citizen, Korean passport holder, permanent US resident), and I am a US citizen. Our daughter was born in the US in 2014, and, after visiting Korea in 2015 we brought an official US birth certificate copy and registered her at the local government address where my wife was most recently registered (and where her family still resides). While it required a bit of running around we finally got what we needed. Specifically, we visited a smaller local office to register and get her an equivalent Korean birth certificate, likely equivalent to a registration of a child born abroad to Korean parents/citizens, and then visited the larger government office for her area to apply for a passport. I recall we needed to choose a Korean name for her since she did not have one, and had to choose a name in Chinese characters (which we did not do and should have done at that time its costly and painful to change this at a later date, FYI). We did have to register her under my wifes family line/tree, but ultimately, without too much effort we had applied for her Korean passport and only a few days later received her passport. While I said that it depends on her sex and age is that the requirements for military service for men (2 years last I checked) generally requires for Korean men (18+) to serve their time, unless they renounce their Korean citizenship which often happens if individuals want to avoid military service. For girls its a bit different since the requirement does not exist for them. These laws have changed and will likely change again, so it is important to keep a close eye on them. I do not know for certain if she will be able to retain her Korean citizenship after she becomes an adult, but we will read up on it more before then. Please note, I am not an attorney and this is not legal advicethis is simply my best recollection of what happened to our daughter a few years ago which may, or may not, apply to you.

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