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Non-Immigrant Visa
Appointments for interviews must be scheduled online through Visa
Information website:
www.us-visaservices.com or by calling 003-08-131-420
from within Korea (M-F, 10:00 AM-8:00 PM).
Applicants who are between 55-79 years old and
their spouse who are applying for visitor (B) visas, and diplomatic
and official passport holders may call 003-08-131-420
to schedule an appointment that is valid for 30 days. Please call for
more details.
All NIV applicants are required to obtain MRV
fee receipts from Shinhan Bank.
To pay the MRV fee, the purchaser is
required to submit a completed "U.S. Visa Processing Fee Application
Form," provided at all Shinhan Bank branches, and a copy of the
applicant's identification card. The MRV fee receipt shows the applicant's
name and KID number, and can only be used by that applicant.
The NIV processing fee is US$100 and can be paid for at any Shinhan Bank branch within Korea. The processing fee is payable only in
Korean Won and is based on the daily exchange rate at the bank. All NIV
applicants, including children listed in a parent's passport, if applying
for a U.S. NIV, must pay the processing fee. The bank will give each
applicant a receipt showing payment. This fee receipt must be submitted
with each application at the time of submission. Applicants cannot pay the
processing fee at the Embassy.
Each
visa application must be processed on its own, even for family members who
apply together. Due to various processing times, even if you have a visa
interview with your family members on the same day, everyone's visa may
not be ready on the same day. Therefore we ask that each passport have a
separate courier slip attached.
Waiver
of Ineligibility reminder:
Effective immediately all applicants who require a waiver of ineligibility
in order to receive a US Visa are required to submit their application and
request for waiver no later than two months prior to their planned travel
date. If you are an applicant who knows that you will be required to have
fingerprints taken in conjunction with your waiver, please allow an
additional month for that processing.
Visa Waiver Program (VWP) reminder: As announced by
Department of Homeland Security in June, passports issued on or after
October 26, 2005, to VWP citizens must include a digital photo in order to
be valid for VWP travel to the U.S. Travelers whose passports do not meet
this biometric requirement will need to obtain a valid U.S. visa for
admission into the United States.
VWP travelers with machine-readable passports issued before October 26,
2005 do not need to obtain new passports or visas in order to travel to
the U.S.
The following NIV applications no longer require
Korean language documents to be translated into English:
diplomatic/official (A/G/C3), visitor (B), student (F), vocational
student (M), exchange visitor (J), transit (C1), crew (C1/D).
Religious
worker (R), media (I), temporary worker (H), treaty trader/investor
(E), intra-company transferee (L), professional performer (P),
applicants with extraordinary ability (O) and international cultural
exchange (Q) must continue to submit English translations of all
non-English documents.
All NIV applicants must bring to the interview
appointment the following documents:
- Signed passport
valid for at least six months after your date of entry into the U.S.
- Completed and signed Nonimmigrant Visa
Application (DS-156)
- One photo for each applicant. Photo requirements:
- Photo should be printed on a white background without
borders, colored or patterned backgrounds are unacceptable.
- Photo should be taken within the last six months
- Photo should show the applicant facing straight forward, looking
neither down nor to the side, with applicant's head centered in the
frame and applicant's ears exposed
- Photo should measure 50mm x 50mm. The applicant's head (measured
from top of the hair to the bottom of the chin) must measure 25mm to
35mm; the applicant's eye level must be 28mm to 35mm from the bottom
of the photo
- Photo should be stapled or glued to the DS-156. If stapled,
staples cannot touch the applicant's face.
- Completed and signed Supplemental
Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-157) for each applicant.
- Receipt from Shinhan Bank for visa processing feefor each applicant,
including each child listed in a parent's passport who is also applying
for a U.S. visa. The fee may be paid at any of the bank's branches in
Korea. There is a branch only a short walk from the Embassy.
- If you or your spouse
are a salaried employee, an income tax certificate issued by the
Korean government for the past year.
- If you or your spouse own a business
(self-employed), please bring your business registration, business bank
books and a tax certificate for you and for your business, both issued by
a Korean government tax office.
- If you are coming for an
interview, you should also bring with you your original bank books
which demonstrate economic activity over a period of time, such as regular
deposits of your or your spouse's salary. Original bank books are
recommended if you dropping off your application, though copies are
acceptable if you are not interviewing.
- Family Census Register (FCR).
- Any old passports
containing previously issued U.S. visas.
- For Business travelers,
travel orders from your employer.
- School transcripts of
your record, if you are a student.
- A courier receipt from
an Embassy-approved courier company within Korea. Courier forms are
available at the
courier service offices or by contacting either DHL Ilyang (1588-0002;
www.ilyanglogis.com) or Hanjin (1588-0011; www.hanjin.co.kr) courier
company directly. A courier receipt is needed to return your passport to
you after processing is complete.
- Non-English documents do not need to be translated into English.
Immigrant Visa
Effective March 8, 2005, the new $45 immigrant
visa security surcharge will be added to the current immigrant visa fee of
$335. The total immigrant visa fees will be $380.
All requests for IV appointments (immediate relative (IR/CR/IW0, fiance
(K1), Life Act (K3/V), returning resident (SB), family (F) and employment
(E)) must be made by internet at
http://www.asktheconsul.org/iv_appt.html.
Attorney Representation
The right to counsel is observed at both IV and NIV interviews.
Practitioners should carry their bar cards.
Contact Information:
U.S. Embassy
(DHS-USCIS, CONS/ACS, NIV, or IV as appropriate)
32 Sejongno, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-710, Rep. of Korea
Main: (+82) (2) 397-4114
NIV Fax: (E, H, L, O, P, Q only): (+82) (2) 736-6839
NIV Fax (all other NIVs): (+82) (2) 725-6843
IV Team One Fax: Last names A-Kim: (+82) (2) 397-4387, Monday-Friday, 2:00
pm - 4:00 pm only
IV Tean Two Fax: Last Names Kima-Z: (+82) (2) 397-4581, Monday-Friday,
2:00-4:00 pm only
ACS Fax: (+82) (2) 397-4101
Info about NIV (toll call): 060-700-2510 (touchtone)
Fraud Prevention Unit: (+82) (2) 397-4329
DHS-USCIS: (+82) (2) 397-4548
DHS-USCIS Fax: (+82) (2) 720-7419
www.asktheconsul.org (English)
www.usavisas.org (Korean)
NIV appointments: www.us-visaservices.com
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