Entering US on K1 missing Immigrant Data Summary paper

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Hi,

We are 2 days out from my fiancé's flight from Sydney to the US (woohoo!!). She has yet to pay the Immigrant Visa Fee and we just realized she never received the Immigrant Data Summary which has her A# and Case ID# which she must have in order to pay the fee online.

She has emailed the embassy but is worried that their typical response time is more than 2 days and she won't receive any information before she departs.

I guess there are 2 parts to this question. If she doesn't receive her Immigrant Data Summary paper before she embarks will she still be allowed in the US without it (she has her Visa and passport)? And if she is unable to pay the Immigrant Visa Fee before she departs will she be able to pay that upon arrival in the US or will that inhibit her entry?

If anyone has any experience with this please respond as we are in the dark here.

Thanks, Ben

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follow up to my post above.

I just researched a bit more online here and as of 3 years ago the K-1 was not receiving an IDS. Is this still true? And if so where are we to find the A# so we can pay the Immigrant Visa Fee?

[SparklePony 238]

From what I know, K1 visa holders don't have to pay any fee. Although grouped many times with immigrant visa, K1s are non-immigrant visas and are thus exempt from the fee,

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this is the part of the email that is confusing

Permanent & Conditional Residents must pay USCIS Immigrant Fee:

Foreign nationals who seek permanent residence in the United States and receive an immigrant visa will need to pay a USCIS Immigrant Fee beginning February 1, 2013. Please read through the attached information before paying the fee to ensure that you are not exempt. You will require the following information to complete this payment.

Follow these steps to submit payment online:

1. Fill in all fields completely and accurately. If an item is not applicable type “N/A”.

2. You will find your Alien Number and Case I.D. Number attached to the front of your Visa Package which is being mailed to you. If you are unsure where to look for these numbers please refer to the attached guidance. If your Alien Number only contains 8 digits you will be required to add a 0 after the A ie. A012345678

3. Click on Make Payment.

4. Enter your payment information and click on Continue with Payment.

5. Double check that the information presented is correct.

6. Enter your email address to receive confirmation of the transaction.

7. Check the Authorization Box and click on Submit Payment.

8.Keep a copy of the receipt for your records (Print a copy of the receipt and take with you to the United States as evidence of payment.)

so I guess that Permanent and Conditional Residents doesn't apply to K-1 visa holders.

The confusing part is why would they put that in the email then?????? Stupid US Embassy

Can anyone confirm this?

[Darnell 8,478]

a K-1 visa holder doesn't pay this fee.

A coupla topics in the China sub-forum reveal that K-1 visa holders don't have this data summary, either,

so - you burned some brain cells, chasing something non-existent for your visa type.

[SparklePony 238]

Permanent & Conditional Residents must pay USCIS Immigrant Fee:

Foreign nationals who seek permanent residence in the United States and receive an immigrant visa will need to pay a USCIS Immigrant Fee beginning February 1, 2013. Please read through the attached information before paying the fee to ensure that you are not exempt. You will require the following information to complete this payment.

(Bolding mine) That part says it all. The K1 visa is NOT an immigrant visa.