How much will this all cost?

[The_Dude 1,142]

Oh yeah - I had to pay out my contract with Telus.

At least most of the costs are sort of spread out. Like between my interview and move was 4 months, so I had time to save for the truck rental. Then of course, a few years down the road you have to pay more money to remove conditions. It never really ends!

Oh damn that reminds me I have Rogers!

I agree JillA! At least it wasn't almost $3000 all at once! The costs are sort of spread out! With the biggest chunk for fees being the 1010 for AOS! The other big chunk is payment of bills while unemployed! Car loan and student loans!!

Lol Trying to deal with Rogers when my wife got her Visa was almost as bad as trying to call USCIS to get updates on our case haha.

Funny thing about Rogers.... while we were compiling records for our I-129, Mel called Rogers and asked for copies of her prior phone bills. They charged like $5 per bill, so roughly $60 total. Being charged that much for bills is ridiculous enough, but FFS, they sent them all to the wrong address. Rather than sending them to her current address, they sent each bill to the address that was originally on it when it went out. So she had 3 months worth sent to her old apartment, 6 months worth sent to a townhouse she no longer lived at, and then 3 months just never showed up...... until 2 weeks ago. Well over a year after it was supposed to arrive.

[bowflex 0]

Funny thing about Rogers.... while we were compiling records for our I-129, Mel called Rogers and asked for copies of her prior phone bills. They charged like $5 per bill, so roughly $60 total. Being charged that much for bills is ridiculous enough, but FFS, they sent them all to the wrong address. Rather than sending them to her current address, they sent each bill to the address that was originally on it when it went out. So she had 3 months worth sent to her old apartment, 6 months worth sent to a townhouse she no longer lived at, and then 3 months just never showed up...... until 2 weeks ago. Well over a year after it was supposed to arrive.

Haha sounds about right. I remember when we were trying to pay off her contract we first went to their store and was told that we actually had to call their home office. We then called the home office and they said we had to do so in the store. After about 5 of these nice lil run-arounds we just got a money order, sent it to the home office, and that was it. To this day I have no idea if they ever got their money or not haha.

[minnew 4]

Funny thing about Rogers.... while we were compiling records for our I-129, Mel called Rogers and asked for copies of her prior phone bills. They charged like $5 per bill, so roughly $60 total. Being charged that much for bills is ridiculous enough, but FFS, they sent them all to the wrong address. Rather than sending them to her current address, they sent each bill to the address that was originally on it when it went out. So she had 3 months worth sent to her old apartment, 6 months worth sent to a townhouse she no longer lived at, and then 3 months just never showed up...... until 2 weeks ago. Well over a year after it was supposed to arrive.

Haha sounds about right. I remember when we were trying to pay off her contract we first went to their store and was told that we actually had to call their home office. We then called the home office and they said we had to do so in the store. After about 5 of these nice lil run-arounds we just got a money order, sent it to the home office, and that was it. To this day I have no idea if they ever got their money or not haha.

Oh jeez! Sounds like I am going to have a great time trying to cancel the contract! I hope it won't be too much, the expiration date is December, I am moving in September.

[carslo 0]

Try switching to a minimal plan and pay it each month, it might be more economical.

Janet

[bowflex 0]

Oh jeez! Sounds like I am going to have a great time trying to cancel the contract! I hope it won't be too much, the expiration date is December, I am moving in September.

Oh in this economy I bet they'll jump at you since you're actually going to pay your bill

[ashenflowers 5]

Rogers has absolutely HORRID customer service. I HATE them.

Good tips on taking the train to Montreal... I have to travel from London as well. Not looking forward to that, but I think my fiance is going to fly in and accompany me, so that'll be cool

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

Don't forget about moving!

If you plan on using a uhaul, depending on how far you need to go, it can be anywhere from $500 to a couple thousand.

Moving companies and pods are even more expensive.

I think we spent roughly $3500 bucks in total.

Congrats on your engagement!

Good tips on taking the train to Montreal... I have to travel from London as well. Not looking forward to that, but I think my fiance is going to fly in and accompany me, so that'll be cool

My mom and I took the train from just outside of Toronto to Montreal.

It was a smooth ride and we enjoyed the scenery and stress free way of getting there.

I highly recommend it!

[SapphireDreams 71]

Funny thing about Rogers.... while we were compiling records for our I-129, Mel called Rogers and asked for copies of her prior phone bills. They charged like $5 per bill, so roughly $60 total. Being charged that much for bills is ridiculous enough, but FFS, they sent them all to the wrong address. Rather than sending them to her current address, they sent each bill to the address that was originally on it when it went out. So she had 3 months worth sent to her old apartment, 6 months worth sent to a townhouse she no longer lived at, and then 3 months just never showed up...... until 2 weeks ago. Well over a year after it was supposed to arrive.

Haha sounds about right. I remember when we were trying to pay off her contract we first went to their store and was told that we actually had to call their home office. We then called the home office and they said we had to do so in the store. After about 5 of these nice lil run-arounds we just got a money order, sent it to the home office, and that was it. To this day I have no idea if they ever got their money or not haha.

Oh jeez! Sounds like I am going to have a great time trying to cancel the contract! I hope it won't be too much, the expiration date is December, I am moving in September.

Usually its only $20/month for the remaining months on your contract, but sometimes they have a minimum of $100 so in your case, it will probably be more worthwhile to just keep the phone, switch the plan to the lowest and then cancel it once your contract is up.

I had to pay $280 to cancel. What a pain!

[carslo 0]

Read my U-Pack from ABF topic, they were excellent for moving.

Janet

[Ron/Sharon 0]

My fiance and I are officially engaged as of two weeks ago and we are ready to get the ball rolling! We are laying out our finances and trying to figure out how much the visa alone will cost us. I already know that the I-129 is $455 and the AOS is $1010 as of today, and I do realize that these can change the longer we wait to start. But what I'm trying to find out is are there any other fees in between the I-129 and the AOS? I thought I saw something for the medical exam once but now I can't find anything on it, and are there fees associated with any of the forms sent directly from USCIS?

Thanks for your help!!

There are costs for the interview as well as associated costs with gathering documents needed.

Medical- depends which area of the country you live, but in Vancouver- $350

Visa fee- $131

Passport photos-ranges ($30)

Police certificate (in SK)- $30

Birth certificate (in SK)- $25

Travel to interview & medical- (seat sale)- $250

3 days in Vancouver & missed work (Thankfully had family to stay with that lived in Vancouver metro)

Acquiring Canadian passport- (mine was about to expires) $80

Photocopying & other misc. $50

Tdap booster for medical (if you haven't had one in 10 years)-$80

Moving expenses- depends of course on your location and means of moving your belongings-Upack, Uhaul, PODS-starting around $1500?

Unemployment between POE to the USA, wedding, filing AOS, receiving EAD and acquiring a job int he USA- 2-4 months?? based on personal circumstances, when you move, get married, when AOS is filed, and current EAD processing times (EAD's are being processed quickly at the moment)

Removing Conditions on PR 2 years after conditional GC- $545??

To sum it up, its very costly, around $3000 or so, but so worth it in the end!!

One thing no-one has mentioned is that if there is a requirement for a waiver the price goes up, our waiver is over the $1000.00 mark and don't know if that is the end yet.

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One thing no-one has mentioned is that if there is a requirement for a waiver the price goes up, our waiver is over the $1000.00 mark and don't know if that is the end yet.

Don't forget the love 10 month plus wait time for approval plus getting the stupid evidence together for it. That was BY FAR my least favorite part of the entire process, besides actually not seeing my wife every day haha.

[joe_robin66 6]

Thanks everyone for your help! Gives us a much better financial picture!! Good luck to you all!!

Robin