active duty visa reimbursement

[Quail 0]

Hi all.

I stumbled upon a personal website run by a couple married in Europe and filed for a "visa" shortly after. The website doesn't specifiy what type of visa they applied for but they did say they filed the I-130. Anyhow, it the bottom of the page talking about their visa it says:

"Since Michael is an active service member, we can file for reimbursement for all expenses related to the Visa. "

Has anyone heard of this before? Are these people just nuts? Or is there some secret military paperwork I need to get my hands on... I'd hope to think that if it were true I would have known about it by now! Thoughts?

[milimelo 4,477]

Hi all.

I stumbled upon a personal website run by a couple married in Europe and filed for a "visa" shortly after. The website doesn't specifiy what type of visa they applied for but they did say they filed the I-130. Anyhow, it the bottom of the page talking about their visa it says:

"Since Michael is an active service member, we can file for reimbursement for all expenses related to the Visa. "

Has anyone heard of this before? Are these people just nuts? Or is there some secret military paperwork I need to get my hands on... I'd hope to think that if it were true I would have known about it by now! Thoughts?

My husband was deployed so active duty when we filed for the visa and we paid for everything. You don't get anything back from the government. They can certainly THINK they can ask for money back but I don't see on what basis?

Also, no deducting of the visa/ROC/moving expenses either on the tax.

[Quail 0]

My husband was deployed so active duty when we filed for the visa and we paid for everything. You don't get anything back from the government. They can certainly THINK they can ask for money back but I don't see on what basis?

Also, no deducting of the visa/ROC/moving expenses either on the tax.

I was in the same boat as you and that's exaclty what I thought too.

Would be nice if it were true

[F & J 21]

I met one of the guys (and his wife) that my husband went to school with - he and his wife did DCF and the Army paid for it. They said that when they went to Frankfurt to file the first pack of their visa, they got a little note saying that the US Military pays for the visa costs and they did. They got everything back. But they won't pay for the ROC.

In our case, we went through the I-129F/K-1 route and my husband paid for everything - he was Active Duty then (and still is now) but I suppose they only pay for spousal visas?

Edited January 28, 2010 by Fatima and Jim