I-751 and the fees

[kns123 0]

Hi All,

I came to the US with a fiance visa and got my green card here After paying fee somewhere around $1000. My Question is when i apply to remove my conditions do i still have to pay a fee of $590 (505+85 Biometric) Im asking this bcz i was finger printed when i got the green card.

Thank you

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Hiya,

Yeah, I'm sorry to say but unfortunately we all have to pay those fines again (and once more when you want to get citizenship). Everyone already did fingerprinting, and need to do it again when they file for ROC and again when they file for citizenship.

[kns123 0]

Hiya,

Yeah, I'm sorry to say but unfortunately we all have to pay those fines again (and once more when you want to get citizenship). Everyone already did fingerprinting, and need to do it again when they file for ROC and again when they file for citizenship.

Thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciate it

Best Regards

[Mar&Alej 0]

Are you serious, my Husband's Conditional Expires Oct 2011 , we have to pay for that all over again ? OMG no way...this immigration stuff is sure a rip off..ughhhh... When should we start the process to remove his conditions if its due to expire OCT 2011 ???

[TBoneTX 43,058]

When should we start the process to remove his conditions if its due to expire OCT 2011 ???

Look at the exact expiration date on the green card, count 90 days back from that (physically, using a calendar), and file anytime from the 89th day until (not recommended) the last day before expiration. Begin reviewing the requirements and collecting the information now.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Interestingly, unlike corporate health insurance (imagine paying $1,400 per month per person!), USCIS is self-funded but non-profit, meaning whatever they charge is whatever it costs to process the applications. They do that so that the US taxpayers are not burdened with costs related to immigration. If they were to work like insurance companies, costs would go up by about a third, as the shareholders would want to make some money off it as well.

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Interestingly, unlike corporate health insurance (imagine paying $1,400 per month per person!), USCIS is self-funded but non-profit, meaning whatever they charge is whatever it costs to process the applications. They do that so that the US taxpayers are not burdened with costs related to immigration. If they were to work like insurance companies, costs would go up by about a third, as the shareholders would want to make some money off it as well.

Didn't costs go up July 2007 in order to reduce processing times? (fact however is that processing times didn't reduce but the amount of petitions were reduced (probably because people cannot afford it (the rates went up 3 times what it was before.. like AOS, it was once 395 USD instead of the 1010 USD that it currently is) so in a way it was a scare practice). And last year they also proposed to increase the fees once again, I don't know what happened to that proposal though.

Edited January 28, 2011 by JeroenAndMichelle