To live in Korea with your Korean spouse, you need a marriage visa (F-6). The steps are: ① register your marriage in both Korea and Myanmar (in Myanmar, the marriage procedure depends on religion) ② get Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs authentication, Korean embassy consular confirmation and a translation for your Myanmar documents (Myanmar does not use the apostille) ③ apply for the visa with income, housing and communication evidence. 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: register your marriage in both countries → get Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs authentication and Korean embassy consular confirmation → apply for the marriage visa. In Myanmar, the marriage procedure depends on religion, so we check your situation first before starting.
If you marry in Myanmar first, the marriage must also be reported to Korea within 3 months.
Korean Family Relationship Registration ActThe documents the two of you need to prepare, from marriage registration to the visa.
K-VISA case standardGet authentication from the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then consular confirmation from the Korean embassy.
Myanmar does not use the apostilleWhat the visa review checks: income, a home to share, and 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
Myanmar does not use the apostille, so documents only take effect after Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs authentication and Korean embassy confirmation, in that order.
| 🇰🇷 Korea | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) (the embassy if abroad) | Local court (issues the marriage declaration) |
| Using foreign documents | Myanmar documents → authentication + consular confirmation + translation | Korean documents → Overseas Koreans Agency (재외동포청) + confirmation by the Embassy of Myanmar in Korea |
| How you marry | Report by submitting documents | The law that applies depends on your religion |
| If you married in another country | Report to Korea within 3 months | Register the marriage in Myanmar |
K-VISA's service fee depends on where you are and your documents and requirements, so we quote it after reviewing your requirements. Actual costs such as government fees, translation, foreign ministry authentication and consular confirmation 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.
After registering your marriage in both countries, your Korean spouse gets a Visa Issuance Confirmation (사증발급인정서) in Korea, or you apply for the marriage visa (F-6) at the Korean Embassy in Myanmar in Yangon. Once the visa is issued, you enter Korea and complete alien registration (외국인등록).
Your 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. You need a passport, a document confirming single status, and the household list and ID documents. Your Myanmar documents get Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs authentication and consular confirmation, then are translated into Korean. You both also submit a statement of how you met, plus photos and message records.
Either works. If you marry in Myanmar first, you go through the marriage procedure at a local court and receive a marriage declaration. If you are in Korea, couples often register in Korea first. The better order depends on your situation, so we decide it first in the free pre-check.
The standard changes every year, and even if income is a little short, assets or other means can sometimes make up the difference. We check this first in the pre-check and find a way together.
You just need to show that the two of you can talk in a shared language. We'll tell you which evidence to prepare.
Myanmar is not one of the countries whose spouses require the international marriage guidance program. But the standards can change, so we'll double-check this in your consultation.
If you've already registered your marriage, about 5–8 weeks on average. If you're starting from marriage registration, about 3–4 months on average (based on K-VISA's processing time; immigration review time is separate).
If you apply in Myanmar, there may be a couple interview at the Korean Embassy in Myanmar in Yangon. We'll 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 whether the agency is registered as an immigration application agent, whether it can handle Myanmar documents (marriage-related certificates, certification and translation), whether it speaks a language you can communicate in, and whether the fee and its responsibility if the visa is denied are written in the contract. K-VISA is a registered immigration application agent (No. 19-IC-RG-041). We publish 50 approved marriage visa cases (as of October 2026) and have laid out the marriage registration and marriage visa steps country by country for 20 countries, including Myanmar. 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), Myanmar Child Rights Law (2019, marriage age) and the Myanmar Buddhist Women's Special Marriage Law, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) list of Apostille Convention members. Standards may change with amendments to laws and notices, and individual cases are confirmed in consultation.
Updated 2026.10.20