USCIS IMMIGRATION FEE

[daniellebh 0]

Hello. My fiance was approved to come to the United States four weeks ago on a K-1 fiance visa. We must pay the USCIS immigration fee for $165. I have tried sooo many times to pay this fee by entering his A number and DOS case id number EXACTLY as it is found on his paperwork. Every single time I receive an error message that his numbers have not been found in their system. What should I do? There is not an immigration office in my city and I am starting to get really worried about paying this fee seeing we are about to get married and apply for a green card.

[NikLR 13,220]

K1 do not pay this fee.

[daniellebh 0]

yes, they do. we were told during our interview that we had to pay it and were handed a direction form concerning this fee.

[NikLR 13,220]

No they do not. The fee is for producing the green card which your fiancé cannot get until he adjusts his status.

[Elf 146]

From the USCIS website:

Exemptions

The following groups do not have to pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee:

• Children who enter the United States under the orphan or Hague adoption programs;
• Iraqi and Afghan special immigrants;
• Returning lawful permanent residents (SB-1s); and
• K nonimmigrants.

The $165 fee is intended to cover the cost of producing and mailing out the actual, physical green card that is mailed to new immigrants after they enter the US for the first time on a valid immigrant visa. K-1 is technically a nonimmigrant visa - it's the adjustment of status process after the K-1 holder enters the US and marries that makes them an immigrant and triggers the production of the GC, not the K-1 visa. The cost of your fiance's actual, physical GC will be covered by the fees for the AOS process.

Incoming CR-1 visa holders have to pay the fee, i.e. spouses of US citizens, not fiances. Perhaps the person who gave you the form at your interview went onto autopilot for a moment and gave you the same spiel they'd give to a CR-1 entrant? It's happened to VJ members before, and those of them who have called USCIS to check have all been told that K-1 holders do not have to pay the $165 fee. Someone out there at the consulates isn't drinking enough coffee before their interviews

[waitingstill21 44]

I think you're thinking of the DS160 fee...each embassy is a little different but I paid the fee online after completing the DS160

[Elf 146]

I think you're thinking of the DS160 fee...each embassy is a little different but I paid the fee online after completing the DS160

That would make sense, except that the DS-160 fee (I think the official term is "MRV fee" and it's $265 for a K-1) has to be paid before scheduling the interview, and the OP said that her fiance's K-1 had already been approved.

I'm sticking with my theory that there are a few COs out there who just aren't getting their morning caffeine.

[nab-400 16]

I thought K-1 do not need to pay for the fee, since there is no alien number giving to them.

[Shauneg 762]

yes, they do. we were told during our interview that we had to pay it and were handed a direction form concerning this fee.

No they don't. They just mistold you.

[Lainie B 465]

Hello. My fiance was approved to come to the United States four weeks ago on a K-1 fiance visa. We must pay the USCIS immigration fee for $165. I have tried sooo many times to pay this fee by entering his A number and DOS case id number EXACTLY as it is found on his paperwork. Every single time I receive an error message that his numbers have not been found in their system. What should I do? There is not an immigration office in my city and I am starting to get really worried about paying this fee seeing we are about to get married and apply for a green card.

You don't pay this fee. Instead you get to pay $1070 once you are married and submit your I-485/I-765/I-131 AOS package.

[Chris&Angel 5]

See the following Link.

http://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

K1 Filing Fee is $340.00 at the time of filing the I-129F Application.

[NikLR 13,220]

See the following Link.

http://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

K1 Filing Fee is $340.00 at the time of filing the I-129F Application.

OP is reffering to the new immigrant fee not the I-129F fee.

[DaysNames15 0]

On 11/15/2015 at 1:14 AM, waitingstill21 said:

I think you're thinking of the DS160 fee...each embassy is a little different but I paid the fee online after completing the DS160

 

How did you pay the fee online? My fiancée just filled out the form and submitted it, but we haven’t paid the fee yet. 

[MrMizo 144]

9 hours ago, DaysNames15 said:

 

How did you pay the fee online? My fiancée just filled out the form and submitted it, but we haven’t paid the fee yet. 

Depends on the location of where you are, typically you will have a website from your local country's website and put the information you received after the ds160 to pay via credit card or banking information 

[TBoneTX 43,406]

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