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I have been studying abroad and I need advice!
Hello! thanks for reading this! For the past 4 months I have been studying abroad. I originally live in the U.S. and came to South Korea to get away from many things that were hurting me mentally and spiritually. Before coming to Korea, I was very familiar with the culture because I am deeply interested in settling in Korea to form a family and spend the rest of my days. As my time in Korea is coming to an end, I have been thinking of when I should come back. However, there is a problem. Although I do live in the U.S., I am not a U.S. citizen yet. I am a college undergrad, I only have a year left to graduate. I wanted to come to Korea to do my Masters degree, but my parents keep telling that instead of coming after graduating, I should wait three more years (until I can apply for American citizenship) and then I can move for sure. I am very unhappy with the life I have in the U.S., and in Korea I have been a bit limited in terms of money and time but I think these past 4 months have been the happiest I have ever been in my entire life.
I am having a hard time trying to decide whether I should wait three years, and live in the U.S. until then, or come to Korea to do my Masters. Help!!! What should I do? Thanks in advance!
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YOu should follow your heart which means that which you desire but will also bring you the end result you want, the full degree that you want. YOu can't go by what others tell you, whether teachers, friends, family or even strangers as to what you should do. That decision is entirely yours as it is all about your life. YOur parents can't live your life for you and shouldn't try to do so through you.
You need to check with lawyers in Korea as to whether you have to go through a specific process to even be able to go back to the U.S. You were likely there under your parents covering while a child. It happened somewhat like that for me. Was born in another country, though in my case, my parents became US citizens and as their child it was a simple paper to change my status as a little child to automatically be considered a U.S. citizen along with them. However they did not do that, deciding to leave it for me to decide when I was older. So when I decided to marry and live in the U.S. which had been my only home, I had to talk to immigration lawyers to find out how to become legal to be in the U.S. It was easy for me. Your situation is different but unique and sounds like you'd need to get some advice from immigration lawyers. You might be able to have a duel citzenship, but I don't know for sure so you have to check it out, or find out if you can return to the U.S. even if your parents are not citizens. If you were born in the U.S. to non citizens, you are a U.S. citizen and can return easily. However if you were born in Korea and the parents moved to the U.S. while you were very little, just growing up here doesn't make you legal and I do not know if there is a way to get back into the U.S. if you want to. If you have a U.S. citzenship from being born there, and want to stay in Korea, you should get citizenship in Korea if you plan to stay. So talking to a lawyer who specializes in these things may help you decide.
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