Yoo Seung-jun Faces Visa Denial Despite Supreme Court Victory... Files Lawsuit Again

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Singer Yoo Seung-jun (U.S. name Steve Seung-jun Yoo) has filed another lawsuit, claiming he was denied entry despite winning a visa issuance lawsuit.

According to the legal community on the 7th, Yoo filed a lawsuit at the Seoul Administrative Court against the Consulate General in Los Angeles (LA) to cancel the refusal of passport and visa issuance. It is known that Yoo filed the lawsuit after being denied a visa issuance despite winning a ruling at the Supreme Court.

In the past, Yoo, who was a top domestic singer, acquired U.S. citizenship contrary to his public promise to fulfill his military service obligation, and was restricted from entering Korea in 2002. Later, in August 2015, based on the Overseas Koreans Act, which allows entry for those who renounced nationality to avoid military service after turning 38, he applied for an overseas Korean visa at the LA Consulate General but was refused, leading him to file an administrative lawsuit.

The first and second trials judged that the government's refusal to issue the visa was lawful, but in November 2019, the Supreme Court overturned and remanded the case, ordering the cancellation of the visa issuance refusal. Yoo ultimately won the final ruling at the Supreme Court in March this year after the remand trial. At that time, the Supreme Court ruled that refusing visa issuance solely based on the former Minister of Justice's entry ban order was illegal. However, the Supreme Court's ruling meant that the process of refusing the visa issuance did not follow proper procedures, not that the visa must be issued.

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