I am an American Born citizen with dual citizenship to Korea because my grandparents reported my birth to the Korean government. I missed my opportunity to renounce my citizenship at 18 so I submitted paperwork to the Korean Consulate this past June to renounce it with a “special reason”. At the time, I was in the US Navy as an officer so I stated that I needed to renounce my citizenship in order to gain higher security clearances as I progress in my naval career which the clerk at the consulate would be a good enough reason. I even got a letter from my then commanding officer to confirm this and got the letter translated and notarized and Apostille’ed by the Department of State.
Fast forward to today- I got out of the US Navy in July and I just received an email last night from some clerk from Korea asking if I was still in the Navy and if so, to provide photo proof. My dilemma is this- I can lie and say that I am and provide my military ID which still has not expired as proof. However, if they require a more extensive form of proof that I cannot produce, then I am out of luck. Additionally, if they have the ability to request my military status from the US government and see that I am no longer in the service (which I feel they may have already done which is why they’re asking again), I am also out of luck. I’m wondering if any of you have any insight to if they can or will do that to verify. On the other hand, if I tell the truth about no longer being in the military, then my primary reason for requesting the renounciation is no longer valid and would most likely get denied.
I’m not quite sure what to do here. I have grandparents/other family members in Korea I’d really like to see before they pass away and waiting until I turn 37 is not ideal. Any advice/insight would be greatly appreciated!
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