New Here and Question about Fees

[durtro 0]

Hi everyone,

My fiance and I have been lurking on this site for ages, now that we are starting the K1 process, I figured I'd say hi! I'm a US Citizen, he's Australian. We met on Final Fantasy online and have been together for five years. I am, at this very second, waiting for a lawyer to call me back about reviewing my 129F app to be super careful and hope to mail the forms off next week. Anyway, hi!

Now for the question: Are the new K1 visa fees in effect yet? I sure would love to pay $100 less for the K1 but I don't want to get caught short.

[TracyTN 237]

Visa fees at the consulate? Yes they're in effect now. And I think they went up more than $100.

[durtro 0]

According to the press release and stuff I saw on the State Dept website (but not uscis website), the filing fee for K1 visa is now 350 down from 455. I'm just trying to clarify if that's in effect yet.

[pushbrk 12,569]

According to the press release and stuff I saw on the State Dept website (but not uscis website), the filing fee for K1 visa is now 350 down from 455. I'm just trying to clarify if that's in effect yet.

No, it is not. The current I-129F filing fee is $455. However that is not the K1 visa fee. The filing fee will potentially go down but the visa application fee that you'll pay later has gone up.

This is another example of how interchanging the terms "visa application" and "petition filing" tends to cause confusion. You asked about visa fees and got an answer about the visa application fee. You really wanted to ask about a petition filing fee but because people are interchanging those terms all over the place, you were confused.

Edited June 17, 2010 by pushbrk

[durtro 0]

Well, boo to that. thanks for the info.