Getting Married

Instructions for Completing Marriage Forms 

Congratulations again on your marriage! These instructions will help you complete the documents required by the Korean government, as you will be married under the laws of Korea. The documents replace the Family Census Registry that a Korean citizen presents to get married.

You'll need to complete three "Report and Certificate of Marriage" forms and one "Affidavit of Eligibility for Marriage" form. The forms must be clearly printed using black ink.

• NAME: Full name please. 
• FATHER'S NAME: Full name please. 
• MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME: Full name please. 
• PERMANENT ADDRESS: U.S. citizens must provide their address in the U.S. Korean citizens must provide the address as it is on their Family Census Register. 
• PRESENT ADDRESS: This must be an address in Korea. The address in Korea for U.S. citizens must be preceded by the words "c/o U.S. Embassy, Seoul". For Korean citizens, the address must be the same as the one on file at the registry office (dong office) even though it may not be their actual present address. 
• DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: Please write the date as "June 14, 1960", not "6-14-60".
• OCCUPATION: If you have no current occupation, please provide your most recent occupation (do not write "none"). This information must be supplied for both partners. If you've never been employed, write "unemployed".
• CITIZENSHIP PROVEN BY: U.S. citizenship is demonstrated by writing "U.S. Passport No. xxxxx"; "Certificate of Naturalization No. xxxxx" or "U.S. Birth Certificate xxxxx". At least one of these documents must be provided. Korean citizenship is demonstrated by the Family Census Register. Other foreign nationals must provide acceptable proof of citizenship.
• Be sure to also answer the queries about PREVIOUS MARRIAGE and NUMBER OF CHILDREN.

Once completed, please do not sign the forms; you'll sign them at the Embassy at the time we notarize the documents for you.

For American Citizen Services (ACS) inquiries, please e-mail us at: seoul_acs@state.gov.

ACS may also be contacted by telephone at 02-397-4114 or by fax at 02-397-4101.

This is an official U.S. Government source for information on the internet. Inclusion of non-U.S. Government links or information does not imply endorsement of contents.

The U.S. Embassy is closed on both U.S. and Korean holidays.

Updated November 27, 2007