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Immigrating as common law partners from Seoul

eto110

Newbie
Dec 20, 2011
3
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Hi everyone...
long time reader, first time poster.

The Seoul embassy is starting to drive me a little bit crazy, and I am wondering if anyone else has dealt with them.

I am an American applying for residency from Korea. My boyfriend and I spent months putting together our application, and i am 100% sure it is complete.

I submitted the complete package to Mississauga in May 2011. We didn't hear from ANYONE until I got a letter on July 13, 2011 from the embassy in Seoul. This letter was the standard "acknowledge of receipt" and gave me a file number I could use to login to CIC.
Since that time, my CIC status has remained the same, "application received on June, 21. Medical results received."
I moved to a different apartment in October, and sent the embassy my change of address, but the change was never reflected on my CIC profile.
Because my application is past the standard processing time of 7 months, I am wondering if I should be worried about the CIC status...
If it is "application received" does that mean they haven't even OPENED it yet? Am I looking at staying here for a super long time? My Korean working visa is running out soon, so I am in desperate need of some answers.... and the embassy doesn't seem to be keen on responding to my emails.

Am I allowed to speak to someone in person if I visit the embassy? I would just like to get this figured out.



p.s.- this site has been so helpful. thanks to everyone for helping each other out. you are all amazing!! :D
 

newlife23

Hero Member
Feb 10, 2011
215
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Kuala Lumpur
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
5th October 2011
Med's Done....
25-07-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
15-02-2012
VISA ISSUED...
16-02-2012
LANDED..........
Landed with God's grace on 7/3/2012
You can try sending en email to the Case Specific Center and inquire about your status. The email address could be found with the email they sent you which shows your UCI.
 

achkorea

Star Member
Mar 3, 2010
96
0
Seoul
Category........
Visa Office......
Seoul
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-05-2011
AOR Received.
22-06-2011
File Transfer...
09-06-2011
Med's Request
Medical received 31-10-2011 (Medical exp., new med request) May/2012
Med's Done....
11-04-2011 (2nd Med compl May/2012)
Interview........
None
Passport Req..
Passport biopage and mailing address req. 17-8-12
VISA ISSUED...
29-11-2012
LANDED..........
24-12-2012
The processing time is now 9 months. We are one day after you for the Seoul office receipt. Still waiting here. We still have 2 more days until the average processing time. Then, I'm not sure what to do. Have you heard anything yet?