Typical cost, approximately?

[Saigon Bill 0]

Hello...

I just wanted to ask what the typical cost, including everything, is for getting the DCF visa...? I don't need to know exactly but just the general idea.

I'm at a beginning stage of deciding which route to take, whether DCF, K-1 or K-3. All 3 are still viable options at this point.

THanks!

[prairie_girl 0]

Fixed Cost (the same everywhere):

I 130 filing : $355

Visa fee: $400

Fixed Cost (differ by location):

Medical exam : e.g. EUR 125 in Frankfurt

Depending on your case (these are my examples):

Birth Ceriticates: EUR 22

Marriage Certificate: EUR 22

Police Record: EUR 13

Pictures: EUR 10

a whole bunch of copies approx $40

Miscellaneous: approx $100

If you are not lucky enough to live near the consulate, you'll also have to figure in travel expense.

Our total will be around $1200 plus travel expense. And as far as I can tell that is about as cheap as it gets.

[funkyab 0]

you dont get much cheaper than dcf.

[Saigon Bill 0]

Our total will be around $1200 plus travel expense. And as far as I can tell that is about as cheap as it gets.

Thanks!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

How cheap it is kind of misleading.

You actually have to have some kind of permanent residency in that country. The definition of that varies from consulate to consulate. That costs money because you have to fly over there in the first place and then set up shop.

Then you have to cancel everything come back and restart your life again in the US. Not the cheapest thing ever. A good percentage of DCF filers have no jobs waiting at home.

If you have a CR-1, there will still be RoC waiting for you when you get back.

DCF is best only for people who are already living in the country for reasons outside of USCIS.

[prairie_girl 0]

Sorry, I assumed that they were already both living abroad. Normally I woul advice against moving abroad just to go through DCF as it will end up costing you more and take just as long or longer, as somebody already stated above. The only thing it does is reduce the time you will have to spend apart, given that the other involved country has easy immigration laws (most do).

But if you are already living abroad, DCF is by far your best choice. We had been in Germany for almost four years before we decided to move.

Edited March 28, 2008 by prairie_girl

[Sahana 0]

How cheap it is kind of misleading.

You actually have to have some kind of permanent residency in that country. The definition of that varies from consulate to consulate. That costs money because you have to fly over there in the first place and then set up shop.

Then you have to cancel everything come back and restart your life again in the US. Not the cheapest thing ever. A good percentage of DCF filers have no jobs waiting at home.

If you have a CR-1, there will still be RoC waiting for you when you get back.

DCF is best only for people who are already living in the country for reasons outside of USCIS.

If you have a CR-1, there will still be RoC waiting for you when you get back.

what is an "RoC"

[trailmix 77]

How cheap it is kind of misleading.

You actually have to have some kind of permanent residency in that country. The definition of that varies from consulate to consulate. That costs money because you have to fly over there in the first place and then set up shop.

Then you have to cancel everything come back and restart your life again in the US. Not the cheapest thing ever. A good percentage of DCF filers have no jobs waiting at home.

If you have a CR-1, there will still be RoC waiting for you when you get back.

DCF is best only for people who are already living in the country for reasons outside of USCIS.

If you have a CR-1, there will still be RoC waiting for you when you get back.

what is an "RoC"

Hi,

ROC = Removing Conditions.

I did a tally of what it cost us for the IR1 visa - we both live in Canada and the total includes a few couriers for paperwork sent to NVC (we didn't DCF) and a trip to Montreal for the interview for my Husband.

All up, it was about $ 1900.00. That was before the fees went up in July last year, with the new fees you need to add another $ 185.00, plus I didn't include passport photos which were around $70-80 dollars.

The flight to Montreal was $ 500 - so if you subtract that, the cost now would be around $1700.00.

Here is the thread about it:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;#entry1645437

Edited March 31, 2008 by trailmix