US Immigration from South Korea

Has anyone attended a citizenship ceremony for Boston recently at Faneuil Hall? My ceremony is coming up and the oath letter only says "merchants row" Faneuil Hall. For someone who's never explored Boston I have no idea what that means! There's no specific street address or anything!

Google maps shows the Faneuil Hall market place, but is that the same thing? All the YouTube videos of ceremonies at Faneuil Hall show people in a nice big building like the inside of a church or a court room.

Can anyone help me out? Where exactly am I going?

I searched but I couldn t find this answer so I decided to ask.

I have recently filed my I-130s and my beneficiaries currently have B1 / B2 visas. Does that mean they will no longer require fingerprints since they were taken for the B1 / B2 visa? Does that shorten any part of the process since they are already in the system ? I did list their visa numbers and US visits on the I-130 as requested on the form.

An American wife of green card holder who is applying for N400 doesn't remember when she became a US Citizen because she can't locate her certificate of naturalization.

What would be the best way to find the date?

Thank you in advance.

Hi

I am a Korean citizen and I am waiting with my U.S. citizen fiance for my K-1 to be approved. I filed for I-129F in September 2021 and it seems it will take 14 months + 3 months-ish to finally get the visa, which makes it about March 2023 ish to finally be able to arrive at the U.S.

I am a researcher (ecologist) and I would like to do some pilot research in the area I am going to eventually move to (DMV area) while also being closer to my fiance. So I have been talking with a professor at a university in the area about joining her lab and she said yes. We are thinking of 3 months-ish of stay to attend her lab meetings and join her fieldwork to eventually develop a research proposal for myself.

From what I know, I believe I can use visa waiver, which officially allows "independent research", specifically Visa Waiver for Business (VWB). But VWB feels pretty limiting: allows only a limited range of activities and the university will be unable to formally give me a formal appointment (unpaid visiting scholar) if I take the visa waiver route.

So the university recommends coming on a J-1 visa, whose acquirability I am not sure of with my pending K-1.

My questions are:

1) Is it worth trying for a J-1? I know it is probably going to get rejected and I don't mind getting rejected and losing the application fee. But I was hoping that I may have a slightly higher chance to get the J-1 because I acquired a Ph.D. from a U.S. university in a related field and I am currently doing the same type of work professionally as the proposed J-1 activities. I also would have strong ties to my home country (I am taking an official break from my institution for the research-abroad reasons.)

2) If J-1 gets rejected, will the J-1 rejection hurt my pending K-1 and future AOS?

3) If J-1 is not feasible at all, is it okay to apply for Visa Waiver for business (VWB) when I have a pending K-1, instead of the regular Visa Waiver (for personal)? I *really* am going to do the proposed independent research. I also already have an ESTA valid until Nov 2023.

4) When I am at POE for VWB, will I have to tell CO that I am here for research AND to see my fiance? Or can I just say I am here for research and only mention fiance when asked?

Thank you.

Been married to my wife for two years and more.We are based in Korea where she works as a teacher with the DODea.We did applied for an immigrant visa after following all the procedures and everything was confirmed.This took us almost almost two years.All my documents and application was perfect. Had my interview a couple of days ago and had my IR1 visa rejected at the embassy. Reasons being my petitioner has to show prove that her domicile is the US or intends to move to the US shortly..A 221g white slip was given to me and the reason marked was 'the petitioner needs to prove that domicile is the USA or intends to move to the US shortly.Note that i just got a new letter of employment from the DOD which expires in 2025.I thought marrying a US citizen makes you eligible for the immigrant visa and subsequently a Green card.Note that my wife is a contractor with the Department of defence in Korea.She still has 2 years in her contract.Any idea on what i could do next?.Help would be appreciated.What documents do i need to resubmit?.Thank you