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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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Maybe I'm posting this in the wrong spot, I hope not.

Well, we are almost ready for my fiance to go to his visa interview at the consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We are trying to be as prepared as possible but have been getting really confused about what kind of fees we will have to pay. I've tried looking up information in the documents provided from the consulate website but others have stated that they paid more or less at their interviews.

Does anyone know how much money we should be prepared to pay for the consular processing fee and the medical exam? Any other fees that we are not aware of would be good to know about as well. Also, what is the best way to pay for everything? Cash? Credit? Dollars, pesos?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

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Common Immigrant Visa Fees -----> http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/hivcosts.html

Immigrant Visa Schedule --------> http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/appt_schedule_content.html

The Day of the Interview -------> http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/k_step3.html

Medical Examination and Vaccines: http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/final-interview-and-medical-exam.html

Payment:

Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express cards are accepted.

Cash payments are accepted in U.S. dollars or pesos.

The only checks accepted from Mexico are from Banamex.

To reduce the risk of fraud or theft, the Consulate recommends that cash not be used to pay for consular services.

23Jan2010 "V" mailed I-129F (USPO return recp't & certified mail)

25Jan2010 NOA1 (website), 01Feb2010 via snail mail

26Jan2010 USPO return receipt received

27Jan2010 Check cashed

26Feb2010 NOA2 (website), 04Mar2010 via snail mail

06Mar2010 Petition received at NVC (website), 10Mar2010 via snail mail

17Mar2010 "Packet 3" received from Sydney Consulate (via email only)

24Mar2010 "L&V" mailed DS-230 to Sydney Consulate(sent from the US - certified mail)

_________| no activity for 26 days since "L" is still in the US. (we didn't expect the paperwork would flow so smoothly and quickly).

18Apr2010 "L" returned to Australia

19Apr2010 "L" - finger-printed & requested for police certificate

21Apr2010 "L" medical exam

23Apr2010 Police certificate received

30Apr2010 Medical results

01May2010 "L" Sent DS-1076 form + entire packet "ready for interview" to Sydney Consulate

10May2010 "Packet 4" received from Sydney Consulate (via email only)

25May2010 Interview

01Jun2010 Visa Received In-hand

28Jul2010 PoE San Francisco, California

02Aug2010 Tied the knot!!

_________ AOS (waiting for marriage certificate to file with I485/131/765/486)

"No lawyers were involved (or harmed) in this K-1 process"

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mexico
Timeline
Posted

Maybe I'm posting this in the wrong spot, I hope not.

Well, we are almost ready for my fiance to go to his visa interview at the consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We are trying to be as prepared as possible but have been getting really confused about what kind of fees we will have to pay. I've tried looking up information in the documents provided from the consulate website but others have stated that they paid more or less at their interviews.

Does anyone know how much money we should be prepared to pay for the consular processing fee and the medical exam? Any other fees that we are not aware of would be good to know about as well. Also, what is the best way to pay for everything? Cash? Credit? Dollars, pesos?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Hi there!

this might help-

http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/k_step1.html

I am trying to help mu American friend & his Mexican Fiancee (from Cozumel who has 2 kids, she is one of my best friends) anyway they will be going through the same process so I am doing a bunch of research for them! I see the new fee for 2010 on K1 visas at Cuidad Juarez has gone up to a ridiculous $350 beginning June 4, 2010! yikes! I wish you the best, I hope you r fiancee gets to CJ before June 4 because I think the fee is only like $135 at the moment!

hope this helps!

Kim

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mexico
Timeline
Posted

Thanks so much for all of your information! It is really helpful. Well, we've been trying to get all the money and papers together but when my fiancee went to his local Banamex bank they said that he needs to have an account number for paying the fee.

Does anyone know anything about this?

I know that we need to pay the fee at Banamex for the visa processing but.... how do we do that? As far as I could tell there weren't any instruction on this in the waiver packet. I didn't see a consulate bank account number.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Filed: Timeline
Posted

Thanks so much for all of your information! It is really helpful. Well, we've been trying to get all the money and papers together but when my fiancee went to his local Banamex bank they said that he needs to have an account number for paying the fee.

Does anyone know anything about this?

I know that we need to pay the fee at Banamex for the visa processing but.... how do we do that? As far as I could tell there weren't any instruction on this in the waiver packet. I didn't see a consulate bank account number.

Thanks in advance for your help!

i hadn't heard about that either before...

It would be good to know, so we can be ready!

 
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