Mandatory military service for 18y/o Korean AUSTRALIAN (1 Viewer)

[rh_06]

I have no clue where to post this and I desperately want some info. he r/korea reddit didn'tt let me post (idk why)

So I had my 18th birthday earlier this year (July) but I began the process of renouncing my korean citizenship in early February. For some background info, my mum is Korean but I am Australian (born and raised in Aus), but apparently I also automatically become a Koran citizen or smth.

Continuing on, I went to the embassy and signed some forms etc, and I was told to wait until I receive a text message on kakao for the officials to begin serving me or finalising my application (or something like that). Thing is, everything is in Hangul (korean) and I can't read any of it. So either I didn't see/understand when or how I got a notification or it got delayed. Either way, I just realised it now (November) but apparently I was supposed to accept/confirm the notification within 5 days of receiving it (so early feb).

Does this mean I have to restart the entire process and is it too late to do anything? I really don't want to do the military service as it is quite inconvenient for my future and studies, but I still want to visit my family in korea. My mum is currently calling the embassy to figure it out but I want to find out myself from people who have/are in the same boat as me.

Please help... I'm so confused and just a troubled teen

 

[xebo]

I have dual citizenship in Australia and Korea as well. From what my grandparents living in Korea have told my family, you will need to forfeit your Korean citizenship if you wish to visit otherwise they will conscript you "on sight" (not sure how true this part is but my grandparents said they'll get my ass at the airport )

Best of luck!!

 

[dinfarmanshad2222]

Does this mean I have to restart the entire process and is it too late to do anything? I really don't want to do the military service as it is quite inconvenient for my future and studies, but I still want to visit my family in korea. My mum is currently calling the embassy to figure it out but I want to find out myself from people who have/are in the same boat as me.
Please help... I'm so confused and just a troubled teen

(THIS IS PARAPHASED FROM THE KOREAN FRIEND AND I AM JUST A MESSENGER)
If you don't want to do military service and are unable to renounce citizenship, you going have to make a scarifice in not seeing your family. Otherwise, you are most likely going to get arrested (which is not good). Another one of my friends is planning to just outright not visit korea until the mandatory conscription doesn't apply (which is when you are 35?).
But don't give up just yet. If you are 17, you might have time in renouncing citizenship. But if you can't, you are going to have that scarifice

 

[dinfarmanshad2222]

I have dual citizenship in Australia and Korea as well. From what my grandparents living in Korea have told my family, you will need to forfeit your Korean citizenship if you wish to visit otherwise they will conscript you "on sight" (not sure how true this part is but my grandparents said they'll get my ass at the airport )

Best of luck!!

this has been corroborated from my friend who stated that people with a similar background as to you have been imprisoned in korea sooooo...