I am trying to brainstorm as to which process to follow.....

CR1 - I need to know if the IV fee of $380 is per applicant? Per approved I-130....
- Is the $70 AOS Bill also per approved I-130

In other words do I pay double everything for myself and my daughter of nearly 4 years?

K3 - Is the $1010 for EAD charged for the K3 and K4?
Do you submit a whole new EAD for the K4 or do the fall under the K3 the entire time?
- Is the Visa fee $100 each for the K3 and K4?

Man this is really mind boggeling!!!!

Can anyone say with an estimate how much longer the CR1 can be than the K3?

Thanks
Sam

I am pretty sure, that all the fees you mention here are per person, not per family, and no, they don't have discounts for children
As for how much faster is K3, the latest trend is that K3s may take longer than CR-1.
In any event you have to start by filing I-130, for both CR-1 and K3... wait for NOA1 from your I130 application... (takes a month or forever) and then decide if you want to file for K3 as well.
Hope that helps,
Rika

your question has been answerd here before ,hope this link works it will give you an idea
if not you can read the guidelines , from my understanding you have to pay for each aplicant
another post Lona

Sorry,
should have looked at your signature.
Now that you have both I130 and I129F approved, K3 should be much faster. They are going to process your K3 unless you send in another form and more money - to say you want CR-1. Then it will take them time to process payment/your request.
So K3 in this case would be faster by about 3-4 months (CR-1 stays longer in NVC + additional time to process your k3 to CR-1 switch request).

Rika

Each immigrant or intending immigrant needs a visa. So, yes you pay all fees twice. The child needs their own I-130 for CR1 and/or AOS too. Unless you filed one and it is approved, the CR1/CR2 route is not really available to you now, since your I-129F is approved. Your I-130 should be held at the service center for use with your AOS. You can file the I-130 for the child anytime from now until you file for AOS.

To go the CR1 route you needed to file both I-130s together and skip the I-129F altogether. Too late for that now with one long delay causing option. You could file the child's I-130 now and an I-824 (another $200 fee) asking that your I-130 be forwarded to NVC. Nobody knows how long that will take. It could be your child's I-130 gets to NVC before yours does.

Thank you all very much

My I-130 is sittting with the NVC and has been assigned a case number already.
Dont know where my I-129 is as it is not yet at my embassy.
I filled both I-130s at the same time in March and mine was approved on the 31 July whereas they sent a mail with an RFE for my daighters.

Go the k3 route, my wife was here for 4 months before the i-130 was approved. The visa is $100 for the k3, and the k4 child is free when traveling with the mother. Also you wont need another i-130 for the kid, and adjustment of status if different too, once here, k3 will be $1000, and k4 will be $600. Dont worry! Get the visa first, it will cover them both, then worry about AOS after they are here for a while. You can put off AOS until 90 days before the expiration of the visa, which is two years from the interview. GO K3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

skinman,


The K4 also pays a $100 fee for the visa application.


A K4 does need an I-130.


Can put off AOS forever (so to speak), but when the I-94s - not the visas - expire they'll be out of status.

What's this 90 days?

Yodrak

Wow, this is so full of errors, I would just delete it if I could. Shudder.

Yodrak already made the corrections but I can't find anything that is correct above except perhaps that skinman569's wife was here 4 months before the I-130 was approved. You've confused so many different facts from so many different places that it is mind boggling.

Wow finally someone who has been through what I am going through!!!

My issue is that I want to work as soon as I get into the country. And what about driving? I need an SS and to get that the AOS has to be done..... Can I file EAD without AOS? I dont think so.... That is my issue...

Please advise?

Yes I want to be with my husband more than anything but I also dont want to get there and with my daughter and become a burden. Yes my husband has ample income but I am an independant woman and cannot be unemployed otherwise I go nuts!!!

If you arrive on a K3 visa it will be a minimum of 3 to 4 months before you can be authorized to work. On a CR1 visa, you are authorized to work upon arrival but won't have a Social Security number for a couple weeks. My wife filed EAD without AOS but now it is all included in the same fee. They can be issued separately but you are still looking at 3-4 months.

Well my I-130 and I-129 are already approved...

My delemma is that if I want to go CR1 I need to wait for my childs I-130 (currently waiting on the RFE) to approve which was sent in the same time as mine in March.

With the K3 I am scared I get there and cannot drive around until I get an SS which is what 3-6 months...... and the work is an issue for me I need to stay busy....

Man this is such a decision to make! I dont want to get there and become a burden and put unneccessary pressure on my marriage because I have to wait to work but on the other hand I want to get there asap!... Oh man!!!!!

Do you know if the states let you drive on an international drivers licence? I will be moving to Virginia.... I would probably need to contact their DMV....

Do you know what the AOS is for my daughter? I tried looking at the fees structure but it is confusing cause where the fee is for me $1000 there it says children under 17 $0.....

People come here all the time from other countries and rent cars without a problem, even without an International Driving Licenses. I rented a car in the UK using a Virginia Driving License. Usually each State allows a new resident a certain period of time to obtain a license in the State. The time varies but if you are not a permanent resident then you are still a visitor from another country. Not all States require a SSN for a driving license.

The fee for you is $1010 and $600 for the child under 14 if filing with at least one parent, otherwise $930.

http://www.shusterman.com/pdf/cisfees73007.pdf