k1 payment,,, help asap

[frank_jhen_01 2]

so can i just use my personal check or i have to go to the bank or get money order? and what is the name where to pay it?

[lovebirds85 12]

My fiance used personal check - use that no problem, make sure you write "U.S. Department of Homeland Security" and write fee for I129f or something like that

look here: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3850a99ba78af110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=fe529c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

[Lena and Igor 5]

The cost for a K1 Visa drops to $240 on April 13, 2012. You can use a personal check. Read the guides on VJ.

www.uscis.gov/i-129f

[K&E2009 71]

The cost for a K1 Visa drops to $240 on April 13, 2012. You can use a personal check. Read the guides on VJ.

www.uscis.gov/i-129f

Really?? Where did you read this?

[Lena and Igor 5]

Really?? Where did you read this?

Go to the home page on VJ and link to Immigration News. It's there. Good luck!

[afoyoswa 178]

The cost for a K1 Visa drops to $240 on April 13, 2012. You can use a personal check. Read the guides on VJ.

www.uscis.gov/i-129f

From what I understand, the rate change applies to the K-1 visa application fee you pay at the embassy (previously $350), not the I-129F filing fee you pay to USCIS ($340). So, you will still need to send $340 with your petition, and a personal check is fine (better than a money order, because you can easily find out when it is cashed): that's what I used.

[K&E2009 71]

Go to the home page on VJ and link to Immigration News. It's there. Good luck!

Interesting! BUT, this refers to the fee paid to the EMBASSY, not the initial I-129f application.

I-129f fee: $340

K-1 Embassy fee: $350 ($240 from April 13th, 2012)

[lovebirds85 12]

wow great news !!!

[Lena and Igor 5]

Sorry for the confusion. I stand corrected.

[frank_jhen_01 2]

im confuse now..... how much is it?

[K&E2009 71]

im confuse now..... how much is it?

To send away your initial I-129f package it's $340.

When you get approved and your file is sent to the Embassy, you will need to pay $350. From April 13th 2012, that fee will be reduced to $240.

[leishi 11]

From what I understand, the rate change applies to the K-1 visa application fee you pay at the embassy (previously $350), not the I-129F filing fee you pay to USCIS ($340). So, you will still need to send $340 with your petition, and a personal check is fine (better than a money order, because you can easily find out when it is cashed): that's what I used.

good thing i read this, gonna tell my fiance to hold off the visa fee until then, since our interview isn't scheduled yet.

[frank_jhen_01 2]

ok i got it now,,, still $340,,, ok thank you guys

[afoyoswa 178]

good thing i read this, gonna tell my fiance to hold off the visa fee until then, since our interview isn't scheduled yet.

This is one reason to be glad I'm nowhere near paying the visa fee yet! I wouldn't want to have to make the choice between saving money and speeding things up, even if only by a couple of weeks. I'm pretty ridiculously frugal, but even with that I still think I'd choose seeing my sweetheart a few weeks sooner over $110.

[leishi 11]

This is one reason to be glad I'm nowhere near paying the visa fee yet! I wouldn't want to have to make the choice between saving money and speeding things up, even if only by a couple of weeks. I'm pretty ridiculously frugal, but even with that I still think I'd choose seeing my sweetheart a few weeks sooner over $110.

but it's not the case of saving money vs speeding things up for me.

My fiance just sent out the P3, and waiting for P4, we will not know out interview date before we receive P4, and even having P4 in hand, our interview date is not scheduled a monthn after receiving p4, so we got the time to wait.