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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-050203
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100517

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANMI FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001109242
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				954788120
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3660 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE PH-A
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2133822200
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><IMG src="v55974c2v5597403.gif" alt="(HANMI FINANCIAL CORP. LOGO)">

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">3660 Wilshire Boulevard<BR>
Penthouse A<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90010<BR>
Tel: (213)&nbsp;382-2200<BR>
Fax: (213)&nbsp;427-7768

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">www.hanmi.com

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 3%; margin-top: 6pt">May&nbsp;14, 2010
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 3%; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE</B></U><BR>
Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
450 Fifth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
Attention: Mr.&nbsp;Greg Dundas
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>Hanmi Financial Corporation </B></U><BR>
<U><B>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-164690)</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 3%; margin-top: 6pt">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Dundas:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hanmi Financial
Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of the
above-captioned Registration Statement to 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, on
Tuesday, May&nbsp;18, 2010,
or as soon thereafter as practicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges the following:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking
any action with respect to the filing;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;
and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding
initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United
States.</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Very truly yours,<BR>
<BR>
HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jay S. Yoo
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jay S. Yoo&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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