“Military service evader” Yoo Seung-jun to set foot on Korean soil for the first time in 24 years? Wins visa lawsuit again [Star Scene] [Comprehensive]

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The court once again ruled in favor of singer Yoo Seung-jun.

On the 2nd, the Administrative Division 8-2 of the Seoul High Court held the appellate hearing for the lawsuit filed by Yoo Seung-jun against the Consulate General of Korea in Los Angeles seeking to cancel the visa issuance refusal order, and ruled in favor of the plaintiff, just as in the first instance.

On that day, the court stated, “We dismiss both the defendant’s appeal and the plaintiff’s cross-appeal. Each party shall bear their own appellate costs.”

Yoo Seung-jun, who debuted in 1997, was enjoying great popularity when he confidently promised to enlist in the military on a broadcast. However, after leaving the country for performance purposes in 2002, he acquired U.S. citizenship and thereby avoided his military service obligation.

After controversy over military service evasion arose, the Ministry of Justice blocked Yoo Seung-jun’s entry into Korea based on the Immigration Control Act.

Eventually, when Yoo Seung-jun turned 38 in 2015, he applied for a F-4 visa (visa for overseas Koreans) at the Consulate General of Korea in Los Angeles. This was based on the old Overseas Korean Act, which stipulated that residency status as an overseas Korean could be granted upon reaching age 38, even if nationality had been lost for the purpose of evading military service.

However, the Consulate General of Korea in Los Angeles refused to issue Yoo Seung-jun’s visa, and Yoo Seung-jun filed a lawsuit requesting its cancellation. Subsequently, Yoo Seung-jun received two final victory rulings from the Supreme Court.

Nevertheless, in June 2024, the Consulate General of Korea in Los Angeles once again refused to issue a visa (certificate), and in September of the same year, Yoo Seung-jun initiated a third lawsuit by filing a suit for cancellation of the refusal order along with a suit for confirmation of non-existence of an entry ban decision against the Ministry of Justice.

In this regard, in August last year, the first-instance court ruled to cancel the Consulate General of Korea in Los Angeles’ third visa issuance refusal order directed at Yoo Seung-jun, ruling in his favor, but the Consulate General of Korea in Los Angeles appealed against the first-instance judgment.

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