Any more cost at Interview stage?

[katieflossom 54]

Ok so I'm finally, nearly, very closely done on my never-ending visa journey! Got my interview at the Embassy next week, and just wondering if there is any more money due to be handed over there? (Apart from the courier cost, which I've already paid online.)

Thanks

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Costs

K1 London route = $1705 + £290

$340 (USCIS) I-129F petition

£45 (ACPO) Police certificate just before petition approval

£245 (Knightsbridge Doctors) medical exam. Pay at exam.

$265 (Embassy) Visa fee prior to interview. Online pay.

$30 Courier fee if home delivery, $0 to pick up at a depot. Online.

$1070 (USCIS) Adjustment of Status/Work Authorization/Advance Parole

The last one is after marriage, so sounds like you've paid all for now if you paid the visa fee along with the courier

Edited October 29, 2014 by Nich-Nick

[katieflossom 54]

Costs

K1 London route = $1705 + £290

$340 (USCIS) I-129F petition

£45 (ACPO) Police certificate just before petition approval

£245 (Knightsbridge Doctors) medical exam. Pay at exam.

$265 (Embassy) Visa fee prior to interview. Online pay.

$30 Courier fee if home delivery, $0 to pick up at a depot. Online.

$1070 (USCIS) Adjustment of Status/Work Authorization/Advance Parole

The last one is after marriage, so sounds like you've paid all for now if you paid the visa fee along with the courier

Thank you, but I'm actually a CR1, not a K1!

[Stressed Out 81]

I just know that after the visa is approved you still have to pay an immigrant fee (goes to printing the green card) which is either $160 or $165 I believe. You don't haaaave to pay it before flying to the US, but paying it beforehand means you won't have to worry as much about any delays in the delivery of your card.

Edited October 29, 2014 by Stressed Out

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Thank you, but I'm actually a CR1, not a K1!

Indeed! I forgot.

CR1 route = $1028 + £290

$420 (USCIS) I-130 petition

$325 (National Visa Center) Visa fee

$88 (National Visa Center) Affidavit of Support Review fee

£45 ACPO Police certificate

£245 (Knightsbridge Doctors) medical exam

$30 Courier fee if home delivery, $0 to pick up at a depot

$165.00 (USCIS) Immigrant Fee via the Department of State's website - https://ceac.state.gov/IV

[katieflossom 54]

I just know that after the visa is approved you still have to pay an immigrant fee (goes to printing the green card) which is either $160 or $165 I believe. You don't haaaave to pay it before flying to the US, but paying it beforehand means you won't have to worry as much about any delays in the delivery of your card.

Indeed! I forgot.

CR1 route = $1028 + £290

$420 (USCIS) I-130 petition

$325 (National Visa Center) Visa fee

$88 (National Visa Center) Affidavit of Support Review fee

£45 ACPO Police certificate

£245 (Knightsbridge Doctors) medical exam

$30 Courier fee if home delivery, $0 to pick up at a depot

$165.00 (USCIS) Immigrant Fee via the Department of State's website - https://ceac.state.gov/IV

Thank you both, so we just have that $165 left for now, phew.

[britishinfusion 30]

Below is the link to pay the ELIS $165 fee. I already set up an account for my husband but I can't pay the fee until he gets the visa.

His interview is on Monday

http://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-immigrant-fee

[katieflossom 54]

One other questions (interview is tomorrow, argh!) I just went to get some more passport pics done on my lunchbreak at Snappy Snaps. I got both UK and US sizes, just inn case.

I feel like they are too zoomed in and worried they wont be accepted (even though Snappy Snaps say they fit the template they are given.) Is there a photobooth at the Consulate just incase they want me to do another set?!

Thanks

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

One other questions (interview is tomorrow, argh!) I just went to get some more passport pics done on my lunchbreak at Snappy Snaps. I got both UK and US sizes, just inn case.

I feel like they are too zoomed in and worried they wont be accepted (even though Snappy Snaps say they fit the template they are given.) Is there a photobooth at the Consulate just incase they want me to do another set?!

Thanks

There is, but for the 6 years I've been on here it is often reported that it was out of order. Gould's Pharmacy just down the street does America passport photos. You don't need UK sized.

Measurements are here if you want to check them or take back to Snappy Snaps after work and make them re-do.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/39181/pdfs/ukphotoreq.pdf

Edited November 3, 2014 by Nich-Nick

[katieflossom 54]

There is, but for the 6 years I've been on here it is often reported that it was out of order. Gould's Pharmacy just down the street does America passport photos. You don't need UK sized.

No surprise there then! Thanks for the response, I think I'm just going to get another set done just to be safe

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

No surprise there then! Thanks for the response, I think I'm just going to get another set done just to be safe

See my edit for the measurements. I would make Snappy Snaps do them over.

[stackeria 280]

Below is the link to pay the ELIS $165 fee. I already set up an account for my husband but I can't pay the fee until he gets the visa.

His interview is on Monday

http://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-immigrant-fee

Wait... You can create the account before you get the visa, packet, alien number, etc...?

[katieflossom 54]

Just as an FYI - I made Snappy Snaps re-do my pics in the end. And as I'm such a worrier, I got some done in a photobooth at a train station too. I showed both to the lady at my interview and she thought the photobooth ones were too dark (!) so she used Snappy's.

Wait... You can create the account before you get the visa, packet, alien number, etc...?

And yes, you can set it up and get registration done. But I have to wait to get your A number, which I think comes when I get my visa and passport back, until you can pay the fee.