Seoul: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Seoul, South Korea is calling back applicants refused under the 75-country immigrant visa pause, who has been called, and what applicants there report. Crowdsourced and anonymised. As of 14 Oct 2026.
Key facts, as of 14 Oct 2026
- Who is being called back at Seoul: no callbacks reported. Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Seoul report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with many applicants writing in, it is close.
- Last reported movement: none reported.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 0.
- Contacting the post: Template reply citing the training, seven weeks after the inquiry.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Seoul
No re-interview reported. A pause-country EB-2 applicant's inquiry from 22 August was answered on 14 October with a template: a global training initiative began in early August, immigrant visa appointments are being adjusted, and rescheduled applicants will be emailed as appointments become available. October immigrant visa interviews were cancelled.
This is the row shown for Seoul on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Seoul
Every day this post appeared in the digest, newest first. The one-line summary is the digest’s own; follow the link for the full account.
Seoul pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Seoul calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Seoul report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with many applicants writing in, it is close.
What has happened at Seoul since the pause was vacated?
No re-interview reported. A pause-country EB-2 applicant's inquiry from 22 August was answered on 14 October with a template: a global training initiative began in early August, immigrant visa appointments are being adjusted, and rescheduled applicants will be emailed as appointments become available. October immigrant visa interviews were cancelled.
How do I contact Seoul about a pause case?
What applicants at Seoul report: Template reply citing the training, seven weeks after the inquiry. Across posts, emails usually return nothing or a copy of the cable, and a congressional inquiry has so far returned one line. A moving CEAC last-updated date after you write means someone opened the file; it is not a decision and has not preceded one in any case we hold.
If you are waiting on Seoul
- Expect a new medical to be the first request if yours is older than six months; ask your panel clinic whether it already has instructions before you book.
- Every approval since the cable went through a second interview about money: taxes, savings, debts, insurance, employment plans and benefits history. The list is in the re-interview guide.
- A changed CEAC date after you email the post means the file was opened, not decided.
- If your report would change this page, add your case. Rows are built from reports; a post with none cannot be shown as moving.
Related
- Seoul 221(g) tracker — 18 tracked cases of every kind, wait times and what the post asks for
- Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy — all 64 posts side by side
- Public-charge re-interview: questions asked and what to bring
Other posts where the picture is the same: no callbacks reported
- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — last movement 8 Oct
- Mumbai, India — last movement 7 Oct
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — last movement 2 Oct
- Madrid, Spain — last movement 2 Oct
- Tirana, Albania — last movement 2 Oct
- Yaounde, Cameroon — last movement 2 Oct
Posts where non-plaintiffs are being called
- Bogota, Colombia — last movement 13 Oct
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 13 Oct
- Bangkok, Thailand — last movement 13 Oct
- Amman, Jordan — last movement 12 Oct
VisaMoves is a free, anonymous community data project. Not legal advice, and not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State or the post in Seoul. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.