South Korea - USCIS Seoul Field Office

Geographic Jurisdiction

USCIS Seoul is in the Asia/Pacific District and has jurisdiction over U.S. immigration matters in Korea and Japan.

Public hours

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The office is closed on South Korean and American holidays.

Appointments

You must make an online appointment to visit USCIS Seoul. Please bring a printout of your online appointment letter and a government-issued photo ID with you to the appointment.

Walk-Ins

USCIS Seoul does NOT accept walk-ins.

Fee Payment Information

You must pay the Form I-131A fee online. For all other applications and petitions that you submit to this office, you must pay the fees to the U.S. Embassy cashier in U.S. dollars, Korean won, U.S. Postal money orders, or by credit card. Proper identification, a local address, or a telephone number may be requested for money orders. We do not accept certified checks or personal checks.

   

Office Services

Click on the tabs below for additional information on each service.  For a complete explanation of the fees, required forms and documentation associated with the forms that we may accept directly at this office, click on the form name within the tab.  To see if there are any special instructions for filing at this office, please see the information under “Filing and Other Special Instructions” within each tab.

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Form I-130, Petition for an Alien Relative

Form I-131, Application for Travel Document (Refugee Travel Document)

Form I-131A, Application for Travel Document (Carrier Documentation)

Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant

Form N-400, Application for Naturalization (For Military Abroad)

Form I-407, Record of Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status

Form I-590, Registration for Classification as a Refugee

Form I-600A, Application for Advance Processing of an Orphan Petition

Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative

Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility

Form I-212, Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States After Deportation or Removal

Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition

Collection of Re-entry Permit

Fingerprint Collection

Request for Review of a Denial of Refugee Status

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For information on other immigration benefits, please visit uscis.gov. For your convenience, we have provided links to information on some commonly asked about services:

• Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e): Used to petition to bring your fiancé(e) (K-1) and that person's children (K-2s) to the United States for marriage to you, or to bring your spouse and that person's children (K-3 and K-4 visas, respectively) to the United States to complete processing for permanent resident status. You can also read more about fiancé(e) visas on our website.

• Form I-131, Application for Travel Document: Used for a number of immigration benefits, including re-entry permits, refugee travel documents or advance parole travel documents, including parole into the United States for humanitarian reasons.

• Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322  (Children’s Citizenship): Used for a child who regularly resides in a foreign country to apply for U.S. citizenship based on the U.S. citizenship of the child's parent(s).

• Obtaining a certified true copy of a naturalization certificate.

• Requesting copies of documents from your Alien file (A-file) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

• Our USCIS Contact Center has additional information available on its Web page (you must live in the United States or its territories to call for live assistance).

• The USCIS Contact Center’s Reference Guide is available from anywhere around the globe. The guide provides additional information on the services USCIS provides.

Visas

For in-depth information about visas, please check the Visa Services section of the Department of State’s website.