He's paying because right now i can't afford. I plan on making up for him
PS: financially, not like that u dirty minded people

My husband makes about $5 dollars a week that should answer all questions, I am the Petitioner

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Moi, the petitioner female. The only job my fiance could get can't support the only apartment he can get, and he can't live with family for reasons I'd rather not get into, so he's stuck where he is... constantly skirting his way out of debt. Not only have I opted to pay for all the visa costs, but if he gets into financial trouble over there I'll help him, and I've offered to send him money for something fun that he has an interest in like karate classes or something so he can get out and enjoy himself once in a while. And no, he's not in it just for the money... we've known each other for 3 years, the first 2 we were friends (1.5 years in person while he was living here) and the last year we've been dating, so I know him better than that. He didn't ask, I offered.

You know: I paid the visa fee for the K1, but we're abandoning it in favor of a UK spousal settlement. He's going to pay the fee for that.

And Shannon, it's quality, not quantity, babe.

Well in our case it's me the female non US Citizen.
For a very simple reason-
I don't want anyone to be able to say "I paid for you to get here!"
And because my man will have to pay for enough stuff once my son and I are in the US seeing that I wont be able to work until I get my EAD and then about a year after we finally got married we want a second child.I'm very traditional and don't believe in mothers of very young children going to work unless the financial situation of the family kinda forces them too.
Plus I'm very good at saving up money while my better half just really has a hard time keeping the money in his wallet or on the bank account.lol.
Nat

We haven't done AOS yet, but as far as the visa itself is concerned... I guess I paid for more of it, though he paid for the medical, his hotel in Naples, the actual 80EU fee to have the interview, etc.

my fiance (petitioner male) paid for everything. plus he gave me 3000$ so i can pay for my medical, the visa, the plane ticket and everything else.

He's paying cause right now i can't afford it.

We're kind of sharing the costs. I'll pay for anything I need to do in Brazil, he pays for stuff he has to do in the U.S.

We are spliting it 30/70 I'm paying 30 he's paying 70

It's the same pot of money, is it not?

People like to pretend, don't disturb their delusions.

My USC wife-to-be paid the petition fee, I paid for the medical, MRV fee etc. Regarding air fares - whoever flies, pays. Dang, there is a decent car's worth of greenhouse gases over the Atlantic due to our trips


Yes it is. The primary consideration is convenience and avoiding transfer/conversion costs. Either of us could afford to pay for the entire process...

Bartek

I (petitioner female) have paid for much of the costs associated with the visa and permanent residency. My husband paid for his medical exam, etc. in order to get the K-1 visa. He paid for our Korean wedding and the plane ticket to come to America. Of course once he came to the U.S. his job prospects weren't the same as in his home country (he has a Korean law degree, but of course it's not recognized here) so since I am the one working and he is studying, it made sense for me to pay for the costs at that time.

The thing is that we're married now anyway and what is mine is his.

He (USC) paid for the petition filing fee and my plane ticket

I paid for the visa application fee, medical, all other costs in connection with getting all documentary proof together (i did all the paperwork, he signed where needed )

the AOS/EAD fees were paid out of the wedding money we got

I am paying for everything, the immigration process, flying her to and from Japan,

My wife is staying home with our beautiful energetic daughter, it is hard to live in Southern Ca. on one income, but for the benefit of our daughter it is worth the sacrifices we make financially for our daughter to have her mom home with her.

As soon as Ako (my wife) gets her EAD she wants to work part-time on the weekends to help out.

I'm paying for 99% but then she did have me stay at her home when I was there..11 days the first time and 14 days the second... So that has to count for something.. 25 x $50(avg.) = $1250 ..Wow she is paying more then I thought.. So I guess more in the 75% area I'm paying.. and it's PRICELESS

Like most others, both about equal share.
Although I'm covering all the costs associated with moving, which isn't cheap.

I think it was pretty equal on cost sharing. I may have had a few extra expenses like my passport. but it all works out in the end. and we are married and cost sharing goes on. good luck fellow travellers of INS

we share the costs of everything, but he has a nest egg, him being the benef male

We are already married and have been for sometime. Since we really don't have money of our own anymore, per se, we are both equally paying for the visa.

I took costs for initial petition, US mailing (and couriering G-325A to India to fulfill RFE) and AOS (including US medical). Pras took costs for consulate medical (in India) and visa app fees.

So far, I've payed for the initial filing. My fiancee' says he will pay part of the medical and visa fees, but as he is still in school he can't pay for all of it. So the majority is payed by me, the female petitioner.

Male petitioner has paid everything. No complaint about who paid. But it's added up!

When AOS is done it will be about $1000 in fees to the government. About $1000 travel and lodging for her consulate interview. About $1,200 to fly her here - not actually a visa expense per se but an expense of the whole process. Throw in medical and it's pushing $3500.

Include 6 trips to Brazil in a little over a year and I'm broke!

I thought I had written in this poll. Guess not!

I myself hardly paid for anything. I was newly out of college and in a crappy job until just before he moved here when I got a better job. I didn't have much extra money.

Good friends of mine gave me the $ to send the I-129F petition. (I didn't ask for it, but they did it anyway)

Sujeet paid for basically everything on the India side of things for the visa process: visa fee, police record, medical exam, etc. My parents contributed some money towards extra costs.

My grandmother gave us money to buy Sujeet's plane ticket to move here with the K1 visa. (She also had helped me out a little to get to India to meet Sujeet in the first place).

I paid toward wedding planning costs along with my parents.

AOS and associated fees were payed for by a lot of our wedding money.

Thank God we aren't in the same place financially anymore, that was stressful!

My financially destitute Filipino wife to be. In the Philippines we will probably both be over 100 years of age before it is paid off.

Really this is not a huge issue for us because quite frankly he could never afford the entire bill living on a Cuban salary. Things are just different there and honestly I do not mind at all having to pay for most of it... because he will one day be here with me. Plus, isn't there that waying "what's mine is yours... and your is mine"?

I'm right there with you Reb, the person that pays is who ever can afford it to bring us together and the reality is that I can afford everthing with my salary. We don't look at it that way though, because for instance when I lived over there, I was living rent free with him and we were just humbly in love. When I moved back here I specifically got a job so we could reunite with eachother, and that's the beautiful price of love (sacrifice) that I will continue to pay as long as it brings us together

AMEN! you hit the nail on the head! I feel the same way...

Well I am footing my half of MY INS petitions...and he is footing HIS... I donnot have my citizenship yet, so I cannot afford to wave dollars around...so booo-whooo for me...no boytoy casanova yet!!!

I (beneficiary) paid most of it....for me and my 2 children.....wasn't cheap!

We have both paid for the AOS stuff

I think dollar for dollar, he, the beneficiary is paying for more. I took care of the I-129F, he's taking care of the K-1, which includes the medical fees. I don't count in plane costs and such into the 'visa process' as they were part of the relationship long before we decided to get married (it would be like counting the food bill as 'visa food'), but we each pay for our own trips back and forth.

He is paying for the visa.

I paid for everything because Melinda did not have the money

Rob