My Korean wife and I used to live in Japan for 10 years, and got married in Japan in 2014. We then moved back to the UK in 2018.
Now my wife has a new job in Japan, and is applying for her highly skilled professional visa, and I’ll go as a dependent at first.
The immigration attorney we’re working with is asking for marriage certificates. I’ve provided the original documents (kekon todoke) and other documents I got from the kuyakusho before we left Japan, and, from Korea, the family register documents.
In Korea, when you’re married, even if you’re married in Korea, you just update the family registration documents.
And in the UK, as I got married in Japan it’s recognized in the UK (and translated documents from the kuyakusho were enough for the UK spouse visa).
However, the attorney is adamant that I must provide marriage certificates from Korea and the UK. Even though I can’t get a certificate in the uk, and such a thing (other than the family registration doc I already gave) doesn’t exist, AND we married in Japan.
Does this sound crazy? Surely the Japanese marriage docs should be enough, right?
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**Dependent visa**
My Korean wife and I used to live in Japan for 10 years, and got married in Japan in 2014. We then moved back to the UK in 2018.
Now my wife has a new job in Japan, and is applying for her highly skilled professional visa, and I’ll go as a dependent at first.
The immigration attorney we’re working with is asking for marriage certificates. I’ve provided the original documents (kekon todoke) and other documents I got from the kuyakusho before we left Japan, and, from Korea, the family register documents.
In Korea, when you’re married, even if you’re married in Korea, you just update the family registration documents.
And in the UK, as I got married in Japan it’s recognized in the UK (and translated documents from the kuyakusho were enough for the UK spouse visa).
However, the attorney is adamant that I must provide marriage certificates from Korea and the UK. Even though I can’t get a certificate in the uk, and such a thing (other than the family registration doc I already gave) doesn’t exist, AND we married in Japan.
Does this sound crazy? Surely the Japanese marriage docs should be enough, right?
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Sounds like your lawyer isn’t clear on the fact that you got married in Japan. You’re going to need to explain this to him again, in detail. And perhaps a few more times. Maybe point him to the UK Embassy site in Japan where it talks about UK citizens getting married in Japan.
He likely doesn’t have many applicants where neither party is Japanese yet they got married in Japan in the past. Might even be an assistant you are working with, and they’re just replying on auto-pilot.