Court says Korea must allow birth registration for foreign children born in country
The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled as unconstitutional the absence of a legal framework allowing foreign children born in Korea to have their births registered under Korean law. The court unanimously ruled in favor of a Vietnamese national, identified only as A, and his child, who filed a constitutional complaint arguing that the legislature's failure to establish a system for registering…
The Constitutional Court of Korea recently declared the lack of a legal framework for registering the births of foreign children born in the country as unconstitutional. The decision was made in favor of Vietnamese nationals A and their child, who filed a constitutional complaint against the government. The couple, who were married in 2016, faced difficulties in registering their child's birth under Korean law after they overstayed their authorized period of residence and became undocumented.
The court's unanimous ruling supports the claim that the legislative omission of a system for registering the births of foreign nationals born in Korea violated the constitutional rights of the couple and their child.
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