US Immigration from South Korea

My boyfriend is from South Korea and he came to the US in September of this year for a little more than a month total. He traveled to LA for about two weeks and then flew down to Florida and stayed with me for 3 weeks. When he arrived in LA, he was asked if he was visiting anyone. He was worried they d send him back home so he told the officer no and they let him in. When I talked to him about it later, he tried to justify it by saying he meant he wasn t visiting anyone in LA specifically, which was true. We already applied for the K1 visa in October of this year and are awaiting our NOA2.

He s planning on coming back next month and he wants to stay with me for 2 months. We re worried he ll be stopped again and asked about his previous visit. He wasn t honest with them and we don t want our visa case to be affected. I know he can provide proof that he s traveling back home by providing his return ticket back to Korea. He s unemployed and lives with his dad. I m not sure what other evidence he could provide to prove he has ties back in his home country. Has anyone experienced ever experienced something similar before?

1. What are some pieces of evidence he could provide to prove he has ties back home?

2. If asked his intentions on visiting the US, should he be honest about our pending K1 visa? I told him that he shouldn t lie but he also shouldn t give them more info than they re asking for. We want to avoid any issues with the immigration officers.

3. If our petition is approved and he s asked about this situation at the interview, he should just explain it all?

So I filed in in 02/2021

I was given a 18 months extension letter.

I heard uscis is sending out 24 months letter even to those who received 18 months earlier.

Till date i have not received the 24 months letter. Though my 18 months expires in October. Case currently show scheduled for interview but I saw applicant who waited for 1+ years before interview actually scheduled. Anyone else received 24 months after 18 months letter??

Hello,

My fianc and I filed our I-129F form late October and received our NOA1 shortly after. We are still waiting to receive our NOA2. I know this is far ahead but since I recently spoke to an immigration lawyer, I have a few questions about the interview process.

1. My attorney told me that my fianc and I will BOTH be participating in the interview and that it will be over the phone. We were under the impression that my fianc (the beneficiary) would be completing the interview at the US Consulate in South Korea by himself, in person. I'm not sure if protocol has changed because of Covid or what not.

2. Can my boyfriend and I provide evidence at the future interview (hoping our petition will be approved firstly), including pictures of us together, letters from our parents supporting our marriage, engagement ring photos, etc.) The reason I ask is because we have only met once within the span of 3 years because his mother was terminally ill and Covid has been an issue for traveling. His country's covid protocol is very strict. We met for the first time late September 2021 and stayed together for about a month which fits into the requirement of meeting within the past 2 years but we're worried about rejection because we've only met once. But we are planning on seeing each other again in February!

Sorry for the long message and thanks for your help

I wanted to pass on a question from a friend of mine and hear back some feedback from VJ folks:

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I'm currently an illegal alien subject to 10 year bar. I came to US 20 years ago from Finland via K1 but overstayed the visa. Never got married during the 90 days.

I currently live with a partner(US Citizen) whom I love and lived with for past 15 years. We are currently not married. She has cancer(diagnosed 6 months ago). Because I'm her sole caretaker, she depends on me for things like putting clothes on and making it to appointments.

At this point she wants to explore options to help me become legal through I-601. I know this is a complicated case, advice on becoming legal alien again is really appreciated.

Thank you.

My wife is a Korean citizen, we currently live in Korea and are hoping to move the US next year.

We originally applied for my wife's green card in November 2019. The I-130 was approved in May of 2020. Due the pandemic, we were unable to move to the US. The Korean embassy's website stated that the i-130 expired after two years, and various threads on this forum said that the i-130 didn't expire. In May of this year, I received a letter from the National Visa Center that said my case would be terminated in one year (May 2022) if I didn't pursue the visa application.

Now, I'd like to re-open my case. However, when I tried to do so, I received a message that said fee payments and online forms can no longer be accepted, and that I should contact the NVC to pursue my immigrant visa application. I've sent an online inquiry with the National Visa Center, and now I'm waiting for their reply. Does anyone know what will happen with my case? Will I have to start the whole process again from the beginning?