Immigrant Visas Interviews for persons outside Korea are typically scheduled at the end of the month and notification is given at the beginning of the month. Interviews are conducted in the morning and, as a Korean interpreter is on staff at the consulate, it is not necessary to bring your own. For persons who have never resided outside of Korea, Part I of the Form OF-230 only needs to be submitted at the time of the interview. Korean law requires all would be immigrants to obtain an immigrant passport and a copy of the identification page must be submitted with the Packet 3 immigration materials. To get this passport, submit a copy of the Packet 3 cover letter to the Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry or, in the cases of Koreans married to US citizens, submit a copy of the marriage certificate.
Applicants can also obtain immigrant passports at Korean consulates around the world.
To get a Korean police clearance, submit Form SEO-11 to the US Consulate. This form will be included in Packet 3. Note that processing of the police clearance can take more than two months. To speed things up, the US Consulate recommends attaching an untranslated copy of the applicant's Korean Family Census Register. The US Consulate is somewhat quirky in employment cases as well.