To live in Korea with your French spouse, you need a marriage visa (F-6, spouse visa). The steps are: ① marry in Korea or France (if you married at a French mairie first, report it to Korea within 3 months) ② get an apostille and Korean translation for your French documents (France does not need embassy consular confirmation) ③ meet the income, housing and communication requirements and apply for the visa. K-VISA quotes its fee after reviewing your requirements, and we refund 100% of the fee if the visa is denied due to K-VISA's fault.
In short: marry in Korea or France → apostille and translation → apply for the marriage visa. If you marry in France, plan your schedule around submitting documents to the mairie and the marriage banns period first.
Before the wedding, the French mairie posts the marriage banns (publication des bans) for 10 days.
French Civil CodeIf you marry in France first, the marriage must also be reported to Korea within 3 months.
Korean Family Relationship Registration ActFrench documents can be used in Korea with an apostille and translation, without embassy confirmation.
Apostille Convention memberWhat the review checks: income · a home to share · whether you can communicate
Korean Ministry of Justice F-6 standardsIt looks complicated, but you only need to remember three steps. ① Marriage registration → ② Document certification → ③ Visa application
France is a member of the Apostille Convention, so a single apostille lets you use documents in other countries without embassy confirmation. But Korean documents need a French translation.
| 🇰🇷 Korea | 🇫🇷 France | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum age to marry | 18 for both men and women | 18 for both men and women |
| Where to register the marriage | City or district office (시·구청) (an embassy if abroad) | Marriage before an official at the mairie |
| Using foreign documents | French documents → apostille + Korean translation | Korean documents → apostille + French translation |
| How you marry | Report by submitting documents | Submit documents, then a ceremony at the mairie after 10 days of banns |
| If you married in another country | Report to Korea within 3 months | Record the marriage in French civil status records (transcription) |
K-VISA's service fee depends on where your spouse is and on your documents and requirements, so we quote it after reviewing your requirements. Actual costs such as government fees, translation and apostilles are separate. Consultation and pre-check are free, and we refund 100% of the fee if the visa is denied due to K-VISA's fault.
Once your marriage is valid in both countries, you either get a Visa Issuance Confirmation (사증발급인정서) in Korea or apply for the marriage visa (F-6) at the Korean Embassy in France. If your husband is already in Korea, we check whether he can switch to a marriage visa at the immigration office (출입국사무소). Once the visa is issued, he enters Korea and completes alien registration.
The Korean spouse needs a passport, basic certificate (기본증명서), family relation certificate (가족관계증명서) and marriage relation certificate (혼인관계증명서) (detailed), income and employment documents, and housing documents. The French spouse needs a passport, birth certificate and marriage certificate, and French documents need an apostille and Korean translation. You also submit a statement of how you met, plus photos and contact records.
Either is possible. If you are both in France, couples often marry at a French mairie first; if your husband is in Korea, they often start in Korea. If you married in France first, you must also report it to Korea within 3 months.
The standard changes every year, and even if your income is a little short, assets or other evidence can sometimes make up the difference. We check this first in the pre-check and find a way with you.
You just need to show that the two of you can talk in a shared language. We'll sort out which evidence to prepare. K-VISA consultations are held in Korean and English.
France is not one of the countries that require the guidance program (국제결혼 안내프로그램). However, the standards can change, so we'll double-check in your consultation.
If you've already registered the marriage, it takes 5–8 weeks on average. If you're starting from marriage registration, it takes about 3–4 months on average (based on K-VISA's working time; immigration review time is separate).
If you apply in France, there may be an interview at the Korean Embassy in France. We prepare sample questions and how to answer them with you in advance.
You can fill in what was missing and apply again. And if the visa is denied due to K-VISA's fault, we refund 100% of the fee.
Check that it is a registered immigration application agency (출입국민원 대행기관), that it can handle French documents (marriage-related certificates, certification, translation), that it speaks a language your spouse can communicate in, and that the contract states the cost and its responsibility if the visa is denied. K-VISA is a registered immigration application agency (No. 19-IC-RG-041) that publishes 50 approved marriage visa cases (as of October 2026), and has organized the marriage registration and marriage visa steps country by country for 20 countries, including France. We consult in 6 languages, and we refund 100% of the fee if the visa is denied due to K-VISA's fault.
Sources: Sources: Korean Ministry of Justice standards for the marriage migrant (F-6) visa, Korean Act on the Registration of Family Relationships (reporting a marriage made abroad), French Civil Code (age of marriage, publication of banns, place of marriage), and the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille). Detailed standards may change with amendments to laws and notices, and individual cases are confirmed in consultation.
Updated 2026.10.20