Singer Yoo Seung-jun (Steve Seung-jun Yu and 45) lost the first trial of the lawsuit to cancel the visa issue, and his attempt to step on the Korean land failed again.
On the afternoon of the 28th, the 5th Administrative Division of the Seoul Administrative Court (Senior Judge Kim Soon-yeol) dismissed his request in the first trial of a lawsuit filed by Yoo Seung-jun against the consul general of Los Angeles (LA).
On this day, the court Judgment said that it is legitimate to refuse to issue a visa for Yoo Seung-jun. It is said that the public interest of fair military service obligation is greater than the private benefit obtained from visa issuance.
The court said, "The plaintiffs have been informed of the 4th grade supplementary service in 2002 and have obtained the United States of America citizenship by means of expedient means in the situation of receiving the notice of the public service personnel." Given the Lakshya, method, unfairness of the time, and attitude that has been shown 20 years since then, The plaintiffs have not been able to fulfill their military service obligations in the past 20 years by supporting their own enlistment, or by trying to restore relations with South Korea and showing their nationality recovery. "
"The implementation of the national defense obligations, which are essential for the nation and social order, is based on the allocation of fair responsibility. Most young people in Korea are faithfully fulfilling their military service obligations with precious time and effort. "However, the plaintiff did not even fulfill it in the situation where they were notified of the convocation. This gives loss and deprivation to soldiers and their families who risk their lives for South Korea from the past to the present. "
"In light of this, we have concluded that there is no reasonable reason to grant the plaintiff a free entry and stay, economic activities equivalent to Koreans, and health insurance coverage."
The entry route of Yo Seung-jun is not completely closed. The court said, "Even if we do not receive a visa for overseas Koreans, we will be able to enter the country with a short-term visit or a temporary ban on entry from the Ministry of Justice." However, we can not do commercial Lakshya entertainment activities that we could get with overseas Koreans visas.
Yoo Seung-jun suddenly left for United States of America three months before joining in 2002. He was embroiled in suspicions of military service avoidance by giving up his Korean nationality and acquiring United States of America citizenship.
He was restricted from entering Korea, but he was denied entry in 2015 as a visa for overseas Koreans (F-4). In the same year, he filed a lawsuit against the LA Consulate General to cancel the issuance of the visa, and won the Supreme Court in March last year after losing the first trial.
Since then, Yoo Seung-jun has applied for a visa but has been rejected again. In October last year, he filed a lawsuit against the LA Consulate General for canceling the visa issuance, but he lost it.