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Mr Trav   15

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Hey guys. My wife has her 10 year greencard and we have decided to visit her family in the Philippines, where her passport is from, this summer. I found a great ticket that connects in incheon korea. 

I checked the Korean embassy website, called, but no answers no help. 

 

Does she need a special visa to transfer in Korea on the way to Manila and back? Thanks

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Thread is moved from Off Topic to the Philippines forum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Grace29 Apprentice

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17 minutes ago, Mr Trav said:

Hey guys. My wife has her 10 year greencard and we have decided to visit her family in the Philippines, where her passport is from, this summer. I found a great ticket that connects in incheon korea. 

I checked the Korean embassy website, called, but no answers no help. 

 

Does she need a special visa to transfer in Korea on the way to Manila and back? Thanks

As long as the transit is at the same airport (and you are not leaving the airport) no visa needed. That’s true for most countries except the US & Canada.

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Even Filipino passports with no visa can freely transit ICN so long as they don't have to clear immigration.  For US Visa or Green Card holders who are specifically flying to or from the US transiting Korea to or from a third nation, there is the added benefit that they may clear Korean Immigration without a Korean visa for up to 30 days in transit.  So if a US Green Card holder with a Filipino passport wants to, they could book an extended stopover and go sightseeing in Korea without a visa, on their trip to or from US and the Philippines.

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Wife and Stepdaughter                                                                            

  • December 17, 2020:  Married in Costa Rica
  • March 08, 2021: Filed l-130s Online
  • March 09, 2021: NOA1
  • April 26, 2021: NOA2, I-130s Approved
  • April 30, 2021: NVC Received
  • May 01, 2021: Pay AOS and IV Bills
  • May 06, 2021: Submit AOS, Financial Docs and DS-260s
  • May 14, 2021: Submit Civil Docs for Stepdaughter
  • May 21, 2021: Submit Civil Docs for Wife
  • June 25, 2021: NVC review for Stepdaughter, RFE submit additional Doc
  • July 08, 2021: Wife Documentarily Qualified by NVC
  • August 31, 2021: Stepdaughter Documentarily Qualified by NVC
  • September 15, 2021: Received Interview Date from NVC, October 05, 2021
  • September 22, 2021: Passed physicals at Saint Luke's Extension Clinic
  • October 05, 2021: Interview at US Embassy Manila. Verbally approved by US Consul. Positive interview experience.
  • October 05, 2021: CEAC status changed to "Issued"
  • October 07, 2021: Passports tracking for delivery on 2GO Courier website
  • October 08, 2021: Passports with visas delivered.  "Visas on hand"
  • October 08, 2021: Paid Immigrant Fee
  • October 12, 2021: Temporary CFO Certificates Received
  • October 26, 2021 POE arrival at LAX
  • November 02, 2021 Social Security Cards arrive in mail
  • January 31, 2022: USCIS Status changed to "Card Is Being Produced"
  • February 04, 2022: USCIS Status changed to "Card Was Mailed To Me"
  • February 07, 2022: Green cards received. 

 

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6 hours ago, Mr Trav said:

Hey guys. My wife has her 10 year greencard and we have decided to visit her family in the Philippines, where her passport is from, this summer. I found a great ticket that connects in incheon korea. 

I checked the Korean embassy website, called, but no answers no help. 

 

Does she need a special visa to transfer in Korea on the way to Manila and back? Thanks

If you want 100% certainty, call the Philippine Embassy. They will be able to confirm. 

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