K1 Payment

[Inky 1,110]

The petition fee and the application fee are different fees. You aren't paying " twice " your paying two separate fees.

She will be paying for passport photos she needs and police certificates from the places shes lived in as well as long form birth certificate if she doesn't have one.

You need to find out what embassy she is interviewing at there are instructions on the website as to applications for K-1 visas.

Looks like you need to do some more research and figure out where you want to interview before sending the I-129F petition so you have your ducks in a row.

( don't forget the 1070$ AOS fee after she enters the USA and you get married. )

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

You pay one fee for the filing and processing of the I129f petition . Then at the embassy you pay another fee for the interview/issuance of the visa. You are not paying twice, it is 2 separate but similar things. Like the hospital bill and the doctor bill while you are there.

[John*&*his*GG 2]

( don't forget the 1070$ AOS fee after she enters the USA and you get married. )

How long after we get married do we have to pay this?

[Inky 1,110]

How long after we get married do we have to pay this?

As soon as possible. Preferably before the 90 days to marry are gone. After the 90 days she is out of status.

If she does not apply soon after marriage she cannot leave the USA and cannot work until she applies for AOS EAD and AP and has the EAD and AP, or green card in hand.

Then 2 years after the green card you have to apply for Removal of conditions which is another big chunk of change.

[John*&*his*GG 2]

As soon as possible. Preferably before the 90 days to marry are gone. After the 90 days she is out of status.

If she does not apply soon after marriage she cannot leave the USA and cannot work until she applies for AOS EAD and AP and has the EAD and AP, or green card in hand.

Then 2 years after the green card you have to apply for Removal of conditions which is another big chunk of change.

Ok but if we don't have the 1000 by the 90 days she isn't going to be kicked out of the country or anything. She just can't work?

[Inky 1,110]

Ok but if we don't have the 1000 by the 90 days she isn't going to be kicked out of the country or anything. She just can't work?

Cant say no and cant say yes. Being out of status can cause problems if the situation arises of her being asked for her status when she has none.

Hopefully you don't live near a border town or any place that sets up check-points.

Just file as soon as you can.

[KevinF 3]

I am really glad I read this thread. i was not aware of the payment at the embassy.

[RenCor 2]

We filed our 129F or K1 last sept.15,2010 and its cost my petitioner $455 for the processing fee and think there is another $355 during the interview thats all I know for now..so keep on reading some discussions here so have more knowledge about my journey..

Goodluck to us..

[pushbrk 12,096]

You pay one fee for the filing and processing of the I129f petition . Then at the embassy you pay another fee for the interview/issuance of the visa. You are not paying twice, it is 2 separate but similar things. Like the hospital bill and the doctor bill while you are there.

The second fee is a visa application fee. You pay it before the interview and whether or not the visa is issued. It is an "application fee" and should be called by its correct name.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

correct or not when someone is confusing the fee for the I129f and the embassy fee it helps to use language the person may grasp better.

[pushbrk 12,096]

correct or not when someone is confusing the fee for the I129f and the embassy fee it helps to use language the person may grasp better.

So call them what they are, a petition filing fee and a visa application fee. A lot of this confusion stems from interchanging the terms petition and application. If all the members would stop calling petitions, applications, a lot of this confusion would go away.

Of course, if folks would read the guides and study the process, they would figure a lot of this out for themselves.

[W&M 12]

This is a handy reference:

http://www.visajourn...content/compare

It show the ball park cost of the K-1 route all tolled with AOS

Not sure if there is a difference but my fee was $455.00 to the USCIS for the 129F (K1). This was in November 2010

[charles&sowon 0]

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a10e4154d7b3d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

Go check the USCIS Site.

"Filing Fee :

$340. (There is no fee for petitions for K-3 status based on an immigrant petition filed by the same U.S. citizen.)"

If you go to Guide section on the top of this site, you can find more good helpful info.

Goooooooooooooood Luck

[John*&*his*GG 2]

So call them what they are, a petition filing fee and a visa application fee. A lot of this confusion stems from interchanging the terms petition and application. If all the members would stop calling petitions, applications, a lot of this confusion would go away.

Of course, if folks would read the guides and study the process, they would figure a lot of this out for themselves.

True we can find some of it. I did read and I found the 340 $ fee. However if these guides and process would talk to us like we are clueless (which I'll gladly admit I am) then we wouldn't be here in the first place. I looked through the process and the sites and couldn't anything at all about an interview fee just a processing fee. Even the process fee they don't give the best explanation of when and where it gets turn. I dunno maybe I need "K1 Visa for Dummies"........is there a such book?

[pushbrk 12,096]

True we can find some of it. I did read and I found the 340 $ fee. However if these guides and process would talk to us like we are clueless (which I'll gladly admit I am) then we wouldn't be here in the first place. I looked through the process and the sites and couldn't anything at all about an interview fee just a processing fee. Even the process fee they don't give the best explanation of when and where it gets turn. I dunno maybe I need "K1 Visa for Dummies"........is there a such book?

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One thing you missed in reading the guides is that USCIS is only the first of two government agencies involved in the visa process. USCIS doesn't issue visas. Consulate's do and they are part of the Dept. of State. You need to read the visa application instructions at the applicable Consulate's website in addition to the petition filing instructions.

That's why it's so important to understand that the US Citizen's petition for a fiancee is NOT a visa application.

Again, there is no "interview fee" and there is no "processing fee". There is a petition filing fee and a visa application fee. When people call them what they are, others can understand what they are.