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 Uzbekistan ② apostille your Uzbek documents and translate them into Korean (no embassy consular confirmation needed) ③ apply for the visa after your Korean spouse completes the international marriage guidance program. 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 → apostille and translate your documents → apply for the marriage visa after the guidance program is completed. Once the two of you decide on the order, we take care of the rest.
If you marry in Uzbekistan 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 standardUzbek documents need just one apostille, with no embassy confirmation. Then you translate them into Korean.
Apostille Convention memberWhat the review checks: the guidance program · income · a home · 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
Uzbekistan is a member of the Apostille Convention, so with just one apostille and no embassy confirmation, documents can be used in other countries.
| 🇰🇷 Korea | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Civil registry office (ZAGS) |
| Using foreign documents | Uzbek documents → apostille + translation | Korean documents → apostille + Uzbek translation |
| How the marriage is registered | Report by submitting documents | Registered after a waiting period following your application |
| If you married in another country | Report to Korea within 3 months | Register the marriage in Uzbekistan |
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 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.
After registering your marriage in both countries, your Korean spouse takes the international marriage guidance program, then gets a Visa Issuance Confirmation (사증발급인정서) in Korea, or you apply for the marriage visa (F-6) at the Korean Embassy in Uzbekistan. 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), a health check certificate, a guidance program completion certificate, income and employment documents, and housing documents. You need a passport, birth certificate, a document confirming single status, a criminal record certificate and a health check certificate, and your Uzbek documents need an apostille and a Korean translation. You both also submit a statement of how you met, plus photos and message records.
Either works. If you are both in Uzbekistan, couples often register at the civil registry office (ZAGS) first. If you are in Korea, couples often register in Korea first. Uzbekistan has a waiting period after you apply, so we plan the schedule together in the pre-check too.
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.
Yes, the Korean spouse inviting you must take it. Unless an exemption applies, such as having lived together in a relationship for a certain period or pregnancy or childbirth, the completion certificate is needed to apply for the visa, so it's best to take it early in your preparation.
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 Uzbekistan, there may be a couple interview at the Korean Embassy in Uzbekistan. 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 Uzbek 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, including 1 Uzbek marriage visa case (as of October 2026), and have laid out the marriage registration and marriage visa steps country by country for 20 countries, including Uzbekistan. 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 and the list of countries requiring the international marriage guidance program, Korean Act on the Registration of Family Relationships (reporting a marriage made abroad), Family Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Apostille Convention (Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents). Standards may change with amendments to laws and notices, and individual cases are confirmed in consultation.
Updated 2026.10.20