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Hi. I am a US Citizen and wants to petition my mother an father who is in the Philippines.

1. Do I need to file a separate Affidavit of support?

2. How much is an estimate cost of fees to be paid?

Thank you.

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Hi. I am a US Citizen and wants to petition my mother an father who is in the Philippines.

1. Do I need to file a separate Affidavit of support?

2. How much is an estimate cost of fees to be paid?

Thank you.

Your parents will need separate I-130 petitions. Although, you may send their cases to USCIS in the same envelope, their cases are separate. So, you will need to do everything twice - two Affidavit of Support.

Common costs

I-130 - $355

I-864 - $70

DS-230 - $400

Medical - varies

Supporting documents & translation - varies

Airline tickets

My father is petitioning my brother and his family from Vietnam, we expect it to be about $2,000 per person. We've had to pay for birth certificates, a marriage certificate, police certificates, Vietnamese passports and English translations for all the documents. Incidentals quickly adds up.

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Hi. I am a US Citizen and wants to petition my mother an father who is in the Philippines.

1. Do I need to file a separate Affidavit of support?

2. How much is an estimate cost of fees to be paid?

Thank you.

Your parents will need separate I-130 petitions. Although, you may send their cases to USCIS in the same envelope, their cases are separate. So, you will need to do everything twice - two Affidavit of Support.

Common costs

I-130 - $355

I-864 - $70

DS-230 - $400

Medical - varies $213.35 each

Supporting documents & translation - varies

Airline tickets

My father is petitioning my brother and his family from Vietnam, we expect it to be about $2,000 per person. We've had to pay for birth certificates, a marriage certificate, police certificates, Vietnamese passports and English translations for all the documents. Incidentals quickly adds up.

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Hi. I am a US Citizen and wants to petition my mother an father who is in the Philippines.

1. Do I need to file a separate Affidavit of support?

2. How much is an estimate cost of fees to be paid?

Thank you.

Your parents will need separate I-130 petitions. Although, you may send their cases to USCIS in the same envelope, their cases are separate. So, you will need to do everything twice - two Affidavit of Support.

Common costs

I-130 - $355

I-864 - $70

DS-230 - $400

Medical - varies $213.35 each

Supporting documents & translation - varies

Airline tickets

My father is petitioning my brother and his family from Vietnam, we expect it to be about $2,000 per person. We've had to pay for birth certificates, a marriage certificate, police certificates, Vietnamese passports and English translations for all the documents. Incidentals quickly adds up.

Great answer from Aaron. It really is the incidentals that add to the costs.

Also Photographs, phone calls (many!), postal charges, travel costs to Embassy and possible hotel accomodation.

It is like running a marathon, you hit many walls but just have to keep your eyes on the finishing line!

Hope it goes well

Richard

IR-5 FOR BOTH PARENTS

04/23/09 : I-130 Sent

04/30/09 : I-130 NOA1 Received

08/10/09 : I-130 Approved

08/14/09 : I-130 NOA2 Received

08/17/09 : NVC Case Numbers issued

08/17/09 : Called NVC and registered email addresses against Case Number

08/20/09 : Received DS-3032 & I-864 Bill

08/20/09 : Paid I-864 Bill

08/21/09 : Returned Completed DS-3032 Forms (by email)

08/23/09 : Receive I-864 Package

08/24/09 : Return Completed I-864

08/26/09 : I-864 Acknowledged at NVC

09/03/09 : Receive IV Bill

09/03/09 : Paid IV Bill

09/03/09 : DS-3032 Accepted

09/04/09 : IV Bill shown as PAID

09/04/09 : Returned Completed DS-230 package

09/08/09 : DS-230 Received NVC

09/17/09 : RFE (Military Record of Service & German Police Check)

10/02/09 : RFE Documents sent by DHL to NVC

10/07/09 : Documents arrive at NVC

10/16/09 : Case Complete NVC

10/26/09 : Received email notification of case complete

10/29/09 : Notification of interview date by email

10/30/09 : Medicals Booked

11/17/09 : Medical in London (Richard)

11/19/09 : Medical in London (My wife)

12/01/09 : Interview in London

12/01/09 : Required documents faxed to embassy

12/09/09 : Required documents faxed again to embassy

12/09/09 : Hard copies of documents mailed to embassy

12/17/09 : Visa received by courier

12/18/09 : US ENTRY ORLANDO!

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