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Thanks, and good luck with your interview! Yes, the whole embassy process, including the interview, took place in one area on the second floor of the embassy at a set of windows (looks like a bank lobby), so we were together the whole time along with our daughter. When they called us up to the window we were both standing there and for the interview portion they asked my wife how long I had been in Korea, when our wedding was, why we were moving to the states and what our plan was for work when we got there. Everyone was really nice and it was pretty painless. If it's not too busy, you should be in and out within 2 hours. Just bring all of the documents you submitted to the NVC and anything you've gotten since then that might help (I brought a signed job offer that I had received recently). Good luck!

We didn't update the tax forms since we hadn't filed yet when we had our interview. If you filed for 2022 and it's easy to bring updated forms with you, it wouldn't hurt (but I don't know if they would require that). Otherwise, just print and bring all the documents you submitted to the NVC (original and translated). I got a job between submitting NVC docs and the interview, so I brought the job offer letter from my employer and they seemed glad to see that. One thing to check is that your ARC number is fully printed on the family relation certificate - mine was only partially there with a bunch of *'s and we had to run across the street to the gov office to print new ones while at the embassy. For the interview, get there a bit early if you can, bring your embassy appointment letter (the email they send you) to get in, head up to the second floor and check in and wait. They'll give you a list of how they want you to order your documents for the first step. Everything is done right at the second floor counter and the people there are super nice and professional. We were there about an hour and a half, most of which was waiting. They asked my wife a few questions about why we were moving and what our plans for work were, and then we were done. We had our 2 yr old with us, which I think helped get a little sympathy, lol. Hope that's helpful, let me know if you have any other questions!

Hey everyone, hoping we're all nearing the end of our visa saga! My wife and I just had our interview yesterday at the embassy in Seoul, South Korea and the visa was issued today, so we're done! 16 months start to finish... and that was without any RFEs or anything. Here's our brief timeline, good luck to everyone on the last stages! Nov 15 2021: Filed with USCIS (transferred from Nebraska to Vermont, who knows where else) Nov 11 2022: Got approved and sent over to the NVC Dec 29 2022: Got approved / DQ'd Feb 7 2023: Got the interview appointment Mar 8 2023: Had our interview in Seoul, South Korea Mar 9 2023: Visa Issued

Hey everyone, hoping we're all nearing the end of our visa saga! My wife and I just had our interview yesterday at the embassy in Seoul, South Korea and the visa was issued today, so we're done! 16 months start to finish... and that was without any RFEs or anything. Here's our brief timeline, good luck to everyone on the last stages! Nov 15 2021: Filed with USCIS (transferred from Nebraska to Vermont, who knows where else) Nov 11 2022: Got approved and sent over to the NVC Dec 29 2022: Got approved / DQ'd Feb 7 2023: Got the interview appointment Mar 8 2023: Had our interview in Seoul, South Korea Mar 9 2023: Visa Issued

If you want to check the review time for NVC you can do it on their website or this nicer one, which will also track interview data for different embassies. Good luck!

The USCIS just emailed me (the petitioner), but then the NVC emailed both me and my wife (the applicant) for the welcoming emails and the final approval (DQ) email. I assume they will also email both of us when they schedule the embassy interview, but we're still waiting for that.

Yeah, I just checked my email and it looks like it was 3 days between the USCIS email (Subject: "We have taken action on your case") and the NVC email (Subject: Notice of Immigrant Case Creation). Then it took us about a week to get all our documents together and submitted. If you can get started on prepping your NVC docs ahead of time, it'll help speed up that part. Good luck!

Hey fellow November 2021 filers, just wanted to let you know that we have been DQ'd from NVC after submitting our NVC docs on 11/23. So, all in all the NVC process took only 36 days! (and no RFEs!) Our timeline: NOA1: 11/15/21 NOA2: March 2022 I-30 Approved / NVC acct opened: 11/11/22 NVC docs submitted: 11/23/22 NVC approval: 12/29/22 Now we wait for the interview to be scheduled at the embassy here in Seoul, SK. Really hope to see us all get through soon! Good luck!