Getting married in Korea, step by step

Marriage hub

Home-country papers, Korean registration, then the F-6 visa.

Guides

Start with the overview, gather your home-country documents, then register the marriage and plan the wedding.

The full process for a foreign resident marrying in Korea, from paperwork to registration, in order.

The certificate of eligibility to marry, apostilles, and translations you need to gather before you start.

How to register the marriage (혼인신고) at the community service center (주민센터), and what to bring.

Venue, studio, dress, and the realistic budget ranges for a wedding in Korea.

The growing small-wedding (스몰웨딩) option, what it includes, and how to keep it simple.

The Danuri centers, free Korean classes, and the support multicultural families can claim.

The single most common mistake is registering before the home-country paperwork is ready. The sequence that works:

1. Gather home-country documents: the certificate of eligibility to marry, apostilled and translated. This is the slow step, so start it first.
2. Register the marriage (혼인신고) at the community service center (주민센터) with both sets of documents.
3. Apply for the F-6 marriage visa once the marriage is registered, which opens the path to F-5 permanent residency in as little as two years.

The getting-married guide walks the whole sequence, and the F-6 visa guide covers the visa that follows.

Marriage in Korea connects directly to your visa status and the benefits that follow.

Eligibility, the income requirement, the interview, and the direct path to F-5 permanent residency.

Where the marriage path leads: how F-6 holders qualify for permanent residency.

The cash benefits a married couple raising children in Korea can claim.

What Korean weddings look like as a guest or participant, and what is expected of you.