Please download the instruction package at and find list of documents the applicant must prepare and hand carry to the K1 visa interview. After receiving an approved I-129F petition from USCIS, the Immigrant Visa Unit will send the Instruction Package with the cover letter. After review, NVC forward the form I-129F to the immigrant visa unit in Seoul. Īll forms I-129F filed with the USCIS in the United States for K-1 visas are forwarded to NVC upon approval. Please download the instruction package at. Please visit our Embassy website for more information and to make petition appointments.Īfter the petition is approved, petitioner/applicant will receive an email notification with an instruction package with the list of documents for the visa interview. Embassy Seoul may accept filing of the Form I-130 for petitioners who believe they have exceptional situations that would merit an exception from filing to the USCIS. This exception does not apply to service members assigned to non-military bases, such as embassies or civilian institutions. military service members for any immediate relative case, when the active duty military service member is stationed at a military base in Korea. Embassy Seoul may accept filing of the Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative under two circumstances. Petitioners residing in Korea must file the Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, by mail with the USCIS Dallas Lockbox facility. Step 4: Obtain the required photographs.įor more information on NVC processing, please click here.Any documents that you submitted to the NVC will be transferred to the interviewing officer. (For list of documents please refer to ) Step 3: Ensure that all required original documents will be available at the time of the interview.Step 2: Prepare for the medical examination and vaccination.Step 1: Carefully review the information sent by the NVC noting the date, time, and location of your immigrant visa interview.Take the following actions after notification from the NVC that your interview has been scheduled: Embassy where the applicant will be interviewed. The NVC also sends immigrant visa case files, containing the petition and all forms and documents submitted by or on behalf of an applicant, to the U.S. Cases not processed through NVC, and K-1Īfter the proper petition has been filed with USCIS, the National Visa Center (NVC) schedules visa interviews for most immigrant visa cases.

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