sandgoose

You would be asking for the address, not for the keys to the apartment.

Think about it this way: If you were to book a hotel room, you can know the address of the hotel, but that doesn't mean they will have availability to have you as a guest.

Makes sense? So, you would be providing the address of the place you, initially, intend to stay at. Once you get your visa and actually travel to the USA, at the time of entry, you will be required to provide the final information about that apartment/hotel/friends house/family or wherever you'll end up staying.

Exactly!

Right, you don't need to send extra evidence in package 3. Take things like photo's, phone/text records to the interview as extra ammo.

The link you provided seems like it is all related to the cardholder - you. So I would put in your information.

Sign it. Date it. Put a ring on it.

I agree with that advice. I think it's better to send it to your parents U.S. mailing address, then get them to scan the file and email it to you. Then you always have a digital copy as well- two birds with one stone.

I was in the same case as you. Originally in Seoul then got a job in NYC. All of my mail has been delivered to my family in Arkansas.

As long as you are earning above the poverty guidelines then I don't think there will be any need for you to request your father to be a co-sponsor.

Problem is, you likely don't have any tax returns to show. So get a letter together from your office which states your position, sallary, start date, ect. This might help.

You can always use your dad as a co-sponsor to be on the safe side though.

Don't worry too much. Did you receive a tracking number from the post office or shipping service you used (so you know it has actually arrived)? Like others said, it usually takes from a week to a month to hear anything. Also, check your bank account for the funds to be withdrawn. I'm in the same boat. I sent in our papers and such for our adjustment of status for my wife (she came on a K1 also) the same day as you. Don't worry too much, things will be fine.

Why don't you get the address of the place you are planning to rent and use that instead?

Like others have said- the price for round trip is usually the same if not cheaper as a one way ticket. Also, depening on where you fly to, sometimes it's cheaper to book a flight to a non-related destination and "miss" the connection flight. For example, if I'm in Atlanta and I want to go to Dallas, it might cost me $400, but if I book a flight to Kansas City which transfers though Dallas, it might only cost $300. Just exit the airport at Dallas. Airlines hate it, but it can save you money if you are able to find routes that work.

Yeah, I was able to get it taken care of today actually (found on the site). I sent in the packet for AOS last week. I figure I'll get a case number sometime in August. Then I'll try to contact them to get it added to my case to avoid an RFE, if not possible, then I'll just wait for the (probable) RFE. We'll see I suppose.

We're in the same situation. My fiance and I entered in May (she entered on a K1) and she was not given an i-94 or any info about the electronic system.

I tried to find her info on the site posted above but was not successful.

Ended up explaining the situation in the cover letter for her adjustment of status application. I'm assuming if she wasn't given an i-94 because she came from South Korea on a K1 visa - a visa free entry country - she doesn't need one.

Anyway, hoping for the best.

I believe, but this would need to be re-confirmed, that your case can be on file at the consulate for 1 year. I would call the embassy to confirm: 2-397-4114.

Also, like Happytobe alluded to - the medical checkup is only valid for a certain period of time (ex. received medical checkup in July, only valid for X months) so you should also keep that in mind. For that, call Yonsei Severece Hospital visa section: 2-2228-5815. They speak English but if your fiance calls it may be easier.

Hope this helps!

Just my advice - you do have 90 days after the visa is issued until it expires (if you don't travel to the US), so don't wait until the last minute. Also, the other paperwork for translation, police records, family and birth records ect. those all take quite a bit of time and effort to gather. Work on those together if you can. I made a special trip to Seoul to help my fiance and her family drive all over the place to get those documents. If you have any questions or anything feel free to message me anytime

Just realized your fiance is Canadian (I believe) so a lot of that won't apply to you. Anyway, bottom line, call the embassy and have your case number ready.

Congrats to you both. Hope you weren't apart during that whole time, but I know for most people who work - you probably were. Hopefully things went well throughout the process. The process will run a lot smoother from now on.

Congrats! Anything unique about your case which may be of use to members at a later date?

Don't worry too much. Even if you get an RFE, it's not a rejection notice. I agree with the previous poster about possibly trying to send a letter now in advance and hopefully have it added to your file. It can't hurt. My fiance had a few documents which weren't signed where they should have been, but there weren't any problems. Just wait and see, but things will probably turn out fine.

We filed ours in July and it was approved like... two days before Christmas (hell of a present). Anyway, in the mean time you both should get some good web cams, and try to figure out your work/vacation and make at least a couple plans to get over to the Philippines if you can.

Guys I feel for you all. I was waiting for what seemed like forever as well. Personally, as soon as the "5 month estimated wait time" was up, I started calling everyday. The first person was always pretty useless, so I asked to talk to a "higher representative". Anyway, within a week of calling daily my case was approved. Not sure if that's just a luck coincidence, or if calling actually helped. Anyway, just keep the faith my friends.

My fiance came and stayed with me the whole month of March with now problems. She's from South Korea and arrived at JFK. The officer asked her what she was doing during her stay, and she explained she was coming to meet my family and such. He said she and I might want to start a K1 visa to prepare for marriage, and she said she was waiting for hers.

By this point, the only thing left to do was to be interviewed on April 4th when she went back.

Anyway, South Korea is a visa-free country so it worked out with now problems.

My fiance and I met in New York when she was here visiting her friend. I lived in Seoul for three years while I studied my MS and worked. She was working not even a 1/3 mile from the university I attended. We never met. I got a job in New York working for the Korean Consulate General after graduation and moved here (originally from Arkansas). After a few months I started doing an e-mail language exchange with a girl in New York, but neither of us had much time or interest to meet. I speak Korean and was focusing on improving my business Korean writing. So I would send her Korean reports and she would correct them. I'd help her with her college papers and such. Anyway, her friend- my future fiance- came to visit and we all decided to meet together.

After meeting her, I couldn't get enough. I didn't want to say goodbye. We had a great few weeks, but she had a very (6 years) long term boyfriend in Korea. She eventually had to go back. We started to talk nearly daily for a number of hours via Korean phone apps. I went over there after a few months to visit for 10 days. A while after that she finally broke up with her boyfriend at the time. We started "dating" and continued to talk daily for hours. We missed each other like crazy, but we didn't believe we were ready to get married. I found out about this K1 visa and thought it would give us the time we need to prepare for the future together, and it's been perfect.

I went back and forth to Korea a number of times over the past year. She was in an employment contract which didn't allow her to take vacations for the first year. She quit her job the last day of February and came here in March to meet my family and things.

Visa was approved last week.

I'll go over there in about 3 weeks and then we'll come back to NY together.

Long story, but it's a beautiful one I think

Yeah yeah yeah, I know. Trust me, I was absolutely livid at my fiance, but it's one of those situations where getting mad 8,000 miles away won't help anything. It rarely does. Anyway, my hope is that later if this happens to another VJ member they can pull this thread and find a positive outcome was obtained. There are a few threads on here about what people should / should not do, but nothing that I found with an actual positive or negative outcome included.

Just to post the resolution - she went to the embassy in Seoul the morning after this happened. The first guy at the window was so confused about it so he didn't let her in. I called the embassy and explained the situation and that she was OUTSIDE, so an employee said she would call her. While this was happening the security guard at the front changed, and she asked him and he understood better and let her in. She got it done quickly once she was inside. No worries anymore.

All is well. She went to the embassy in Seoul and they put things in a new envelope for her in a matter of minutes. Apparently it happens quite frequently as the print is one sided. They are trying to encourage all of their officers to tell the recipient not to open the envelope, but apparently her particular one did not. Anyway, it's done and we are back on track.

Simply cannot believe this. Visa and passport was delivered to my fiance - who promptly opened it. Even though there are BIG LETTERS in English and Korean saying "DO NOT OPEN!". She did it.. awesome. Fan-tastic. So, I did some research on here and on some Korean blogs and found (thankfully) she's not the first person who has done this.

So I convinced her to drag her feet back to the embassy tomorrow with her file, passport, and some ID to try to get the folder either re-sealed or placed in a new folder.

Will update on the process.

Just when you think you're done with the first part.

She told me via text while I was at the gym this morning. Bad timing - I was a bit harsh on her. But seriously... as my sister said, "even a blind person could read that warning" and I agree with her.

Right, that's what I told her to do. Thankfully Wednesday morning's are walk-in times at the embassy in Seoul, so she should be able to get it taken care of rather promptly I hope.

Can I please get a final update on this? What was the result? My fiance JUST did this...