Fees for postpone application at NVC stage

[The Bloomies 7]

I became a citizen a few years ago and have filed a I-130 petition for my mother. It has been approved and is now at the NVC, however my mother isn’t ready to immigrate yet. I understand that I can postpone the application by contacting the NVC every year, but do I need to pay the fees? Also, does my mum need to be the one to contact the NVC or can I do that for her?

[appleblossom 6,006]

5 hours ago, The Bloomies said:

I became a citizen a few years ago and have filed a I-130 petition for my mother. It has been approved and is now at the NVC, however my mother isn’t ready to immigrate yet. I understand that I can postpone the application by contacting the NVC every year, but do I need to pay the fees? Also, does my mum need to be the one to contact the NVC or can I do that for her?

You don’t need to do anything, personally I would pay the fees though as they’re likely to increase between now and her being ready. Just don’t do anything else. 
 

Your Mum should contact them, it’s her visa application. 
 

How long is she likely to want to put the application on hold for? One thing to factor in is the cost of health insurance - obviously I have no idea how old she is or what her situation is, but if she’s waiting for retirement to move, it may be better to go sooner so she could try and work enough to become eligible for SS and Medicare. Just a thought anyway. 
 

Good luck. 

Edited March 20 by appleblossom

[JeanneAdil 7,516]

Petitioner's contacts NVC /mother would not know the case # and all the info and trying to get thru to NVC is problematic even from the USA/mother has not yet applied for a visa as the fees aren't paid for her to do the ds 260

 

and i wouldn't pay the fees /if there is a hint they may go up, pay them but it takes a years for increase of fees to happen once USCOS asks for that to happen

[The Bloomies 7]

Thank you both for your comments! Truthfully, I’m not sure how long, but I know that health insurance is a big expense. She’s not old (58), but has been retired for a while. Luckily her husband is 13 years younger and has many years of work ahead of him so it might actually be the case that he ends up taking a job here, in which case her medical would be taken care of. 

[appleblossom 6,006]

9 hours ago, The Bloomies said:

Thank you both for your comments! Truthfully, I’m not sure how long, but I know that health insurance is a big expense. She’s not old (58), but has been retired for a while. Luckily her husband is 13 years younger and has many years of work ahead of him so it might actually be the case that he ends up taking a job here, in which case her medical would be taken care of. 

Her husband but not your father? So a separate application further down the line? And it’ll take much longer than her application as unlike parents of a USC, spouses of a LPR aren’t classed as ‘immediate relatives’ so they have a longer wait for a visa. 
 

So just something else to factor in as she’ll need her own healthcare until he is there and working. 
 

Best of luck. 
 

18 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

Petitioner's contacts NVC /mother would not know the case # and all the info

As the beneficiary, she’ll have all that from the Welcome Letter. USCIS have nothing to do with visa fees! 

Edited March 21 by appleblossom

[The Bloomies 7]

11 hours ago, appleblossom said:

Her husband but not your father? So a separate application further down the line? And it’ll take much longer than her application as unlike parents of a USC, spouses of a LPR aren’t classed as ‘immediate relatives’ so they have a longer wait for a visa. 
 

So just something else to factor in as she’ll need her own healthcare until he is there and working. 
 

Best of luck. 
 

As the beneficiary, she’ll have all that from the Welcome Letter. USCIS have nothing to do with visa fees! 

Yes, he’s not my father. He works for a U.S. company in the Middle East and could potentially transfer one day, in which case this petition wouldn’t be needed, of course. As yet, he isn’t interested in relocating.