$165 Fee? Where?

[ThailandToIndiana 11]

Does someone have a link to wherever it is I'm supposed to pay a $165 fee? My wife has entered the U.S. and now her GC is being held up because that fee has not been paid...something I didn't even know I had to pay. At any rate, I'd like to pay it as quickly as possible, but don't know what the website is to do so.

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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3a2bb75e8109b310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=fe529c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

[lagemela23 1]

Does someone have a link to wherever it is I'm supposed to pay a $165 fee? My wife has entered the U.S. and now her GC is being held up because that fee has not been paid...something I didn't even know I had to pay. At any rate, I'd like to pay it as quickly as possible, but don't know what the website is to do so.

Starting today, Feb. 1, 2013, foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the United States will need to pay a new $165 USCIS Immigrant Fee. This new fee is in addition to fees charged by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) associated with an individual’s immigrant visa application.

Applicants will pay the new fee online at www.uscis.gov/immigrantfee after they receive their visa package from DOS and before they depart for the United States. When applicants attend their consular interview, DOS will provide specific information on how to submit payment.

Children who enter the United States under the Orphan or Hague adoption programs, Iraqi and Afghan special immigrants, returning residents (SB-1s), and those issued K visas are the only immigrant visa cases exempt from paying the new fee.

The new fee allows USCIS to recover the cost of processing that is performed in the United States after immigrant visa holders receive their packages from DOS. More details about its implementation are available in the Federal Register.

For more information, see our news release and visit our USCIS Immigrant Fee Web page.

[ThailandToIndiana 11]

Thanks! Went to the website and apparently now I have to dig up the Case Number and A Number. I know I can get the Case Number easy enough (it's on my wife's visa in her passport), but I don't know if we have any paperwork with the A Number on it...I'm not a hoarder and thus threw out paperwork we no longer needed once we entered the U.S....like the old RFEs and such. If I call the NVC, could they provide me with the A Number? I wish they would have just requested the fee when we entered the U.S....would have been much easier to pay it right then and there.

[hikergirl 277]

Thanks! Went to the website and apparently now I have to dig up the Case Number and A Number. I know I can get the Case Number easy enough (it's on my wife's visa in her passport), but I don't know if we have any paperwork with the A Number on it...I'm not a hoarder and thus threw out paperwork we no longer needed once we entered the U.S....like the old RFEs and such. If I call the NVC, could they provide me with the A Number? I wish they would have just requested the fee when we entered the U.S....would have been much easier to pay it right then and there.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/418022-a-number-cr1-visa/

It’s on her visa somewhere.

Good luck!

Edited April 3, 2013 by hikergirl

[ThailandToIndiana 11]

Easy peasy...thanks!

[ThailandToIndiana 11]

It’s on her visa somewhere.

Good luck!

I'm looking at my wife's visa in her passport now. I see the case number, but I don't see the "A" number. Or, at least I don't see a number with the letter "A" preceding it.

There is a "Registration Number"...is that the same an an "A" number?

[hikergirl 277]

According to the thread that I linked the A number and Registration Number are the same.

I’m a bit behind you so I thought I’d try and help

[ThailandToIndiana 11]

Thanks Hikergirl! I filled out the form, paid the money, and hopefully my wife will now get her Green Card and Social Security Card in the mail by the end of the month. So much left to do (bank account, ID card, driver's license, credit card, et cetera), but at least we're another step closer.