Passport Question

[ahadhayat 0]

Hello,

On the form it states

D. In place of any of the above, you may give USCIS a

copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport issued with

a validity period of at least five years. You must

submit copies of all pages in the passport.

What does a validity period of at least five years mean? My passport was issued in 03 and expires in 13. Do i fullfill the requirement?

thanks

[YuAndDan 153]

They mean a 10 year adult passport, not a child's 5 year passport.

[Zee Bee 61]

Yup

[YuAndDan 153]

If you wish to immediately take a Job after entry to the USA, the K-Visa is NOT the way to go.

If considering K-3 think carefully about it. CR-1 and K-3 tend to take about the same time, K-3 may save you about a month, however the K-3 has the added pain of adjustment of status, and it NOT a work authorized visa, so also has the added period of limbo waiting for EAD to be able to do things like take a job, get SSN, etc...

For the most part CR-1 tends to take a bit longer than K-3 to get if you prepare for NVC when they request I-864 fee, and Visa fee, as well as documents requested by NVC. In many cases the CR-1 petition reaches the consulate just before K-3 interview, which causes K-3 to get dropped and the interview becomes a CR-1 visa interview.

K-3:

I-130: $355

I-129F: NONE

Consulate: $131

AOS: $1010

($1496)

CR-1

I-130: $355

NVC I-864: $70

NVC Visa fee: $400 ($355+$45)

($825)

I see many posts from K-3 holders stating, "Wow this sucks, I am stuck at home because I don't have EAD, DL, etc, or I am having hard time getting added to bank accounts because of NO SSN." K-3 has a 90 day or longer period of limbo while waiting for EAD or Green-card.

K-3 was developed at a time when CR-1 was taking much longer that today, NVC has greatly streamlined the CR-1 process to the point where K-3 becomes irrelevant.

[ahadhayat 0]

I applied for i 130. If i want to also apply for i 29f, do i need to pay 455 dollars?

[YuAndDan 153]

I applied for i 130. If i want to also apply for i 29f, do i need to pay 455 dollars?

NO additional fee for I-129F based on the pending I-130.

Filing Fee :

$455. There is no fee for petitions for K-3 status based on an immigrant petition filed by the same U.S. citizen.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Did you read my prior post? http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=2534533 I did say in that post that I-129F has NO fee.

Edited January 8, 2009 by YuAndDan

[ahadhayat 0]

i did read it and i asked that question to confirm just that. Thanks