Confused, I'm paying twice for K-1 Visa?

[P A U L 14]

when i send in the I-129F, i sent a check posted by USCIS...

after NOA1 and NOA2...when my fiancee goes for the interview, does she need to pay additional fees for DS-156 and other applications/visa?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yes'm. The first is a petition fee, then there is a separate visa fee. Then when you come to the US there is a $1070 fee to get her legal status.

Have you read VJ's handy dandy K-1 flowchart?

[Phil & Alla 26]

Don't you know the government is trying to pay off the national debt with our visa fees Petition fee, visa fee, AOS fee, ROC fee and citizenship fee--- you are just starting to pay. I have a stepdaughter, so it cost me double-- good luck

[CCBB 0]

So for the k1 visa after you pay the $340 application fee...how much does it cost to get the visa from the embassy??

First contact: June 2009

Started Dating: Dec 2009

Engaged: April 2011

Sent K1 Visa: Oct 2012

K1 Application

Day 000: Oct 27, 2012 I-129F sent to TSC via USPS Express Mail

Day 002: Oct 29, 2012 received at TSC at 11:03am

Day 005: Nov 1, 2012 Check cashed at TSC, Case accepted & routed to VSC

Day 009, Nov 5, 2012: NOA1 Receipt

Day ___: NOA2 - ___days from filing

[Phil & Alla 26]

"Non-immigrant visa applications for fiancé(e)s or spouses and children of fiancé(e)s or spouses of U.S. citizens (for K type visas) cost $240 per applicant;" This is from the embassy website http://panama.usembassy.gov/fees.html, I would also suggest reading everything on their website for specific instructions to that embassy

[baron555 934]

when i send in the I-129F, i sent a check posted by USCIS...

after NOA1 and NOA2...when my fiancee goes for the interview, does she need to pay additional fees for DS-156 and other applications/visa?

Yes read the Guides and Follow the Guides.

You paid for your 129f Petition and then there is a payment for the medical and the visa at the Embassy.

Then.....you are not finished with payments to USCIS.

If this is an issue....then cancel everything now!@

[P A U L 14]

nope, not an issue. i'm working on trynig to get a russian visa so i can go see her a few days before her interview. i'm gonna be in so much debt

oh well.

[Altair17 9]

have u been to Russia yet? Everything is expensive unless you're going into the middle-of-nowhere-Russia

[P A U L 14]

it's gonna be expensive period, because she lives on the eastern edge of russia next to north korea lol. if i were there and farted, kim jong-un could smell it. so first i'm flying there. then once my intro and formalities with her parents are done, she and i will be flying to moscow for her interview, and from there we will be flying to the states. assuming we get the visa. which i'm pretty damn sure we will, i see no reason why we would be denied.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

it's gonna be expensive period, because she lives on the eastern edge of russia next to north korea lol. if i were there and farted, kim jong-un could smell it. so first i'm flying there. then once my intro and formalities with her parents are done, she and i will be flying to moscow for her interview, and from there we will be flying to the states. assuming we get the visa. which i'm pretty damn sure we will, i see no reason why we would be denied.

You know you don't get it immediately right? Even if you're approved it usually takes a week, sometimes longer if you end up in AP.

[P A U L 14]

You know you don't get it immediately right? Even if you're approved it usually takes a week, sometimes longer if you end up in AP.

oh #######, that completely slipped my mind!!

i guess i'll be taking a "honeymoon" in moscow lolol

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

when i send in the I-129F, i sent a check posted by USCIS...

after NOA1 and NOA2...when my fiancee goes for the interview, does she need to pay additional fees for DS-156 and other applications/visa?

You paid a PETITION fee. She will pay a VISA APPLICATION FEE, you have not applied for a visa and never will. SHE will apply for a visa based on your approved petition. So far you have "applied to apply"

After she arrives you will pay another fee $1000+ to get her first green card, two years later another $600 (roughly) for a 10 year green card and one year after that $600 to apply for citizenship

[P A U L 14]

You paid a PETITION fee. She will pay a VISA APPLICATION FEE, you have not applied for a visa and never will. SHE will apply for a visa based on your approved petition. So far you have "applied to apply"

After she arrives you will pay another fee $1000+ to get her first green card, two years later another $600 (roughly) for a 10 year green card and one year after that $600 to apply for citizenship

Worth it.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Don't you know the government is trying to pay off the national debt with our visa fees Petition fee, visa fee, AOS fee, ROC fee and citizenship fee--- you are just starting to pay. I have a stepdaughter, so it cost me double-- good luck

I had Alla and TWO children! OMG! The only break we got was that Pasha became a citizen when she did for "free"

Worth it.

Cheap at 3 times the price!