May 2014 I-130 Filers

[ogbeifun 0]

♏♈̷̴̩ NOA1 is 4months today. Nebraska,pls when will I get NOA2?

[nyala62 82]

♏♈̷̴̩ NOA1 is 4months today. Nebraska,pls when will I get NOA2?

My friend ogbeifun, take it easy, one more month...Its 5 months processing time before we start to call them. We are still within the time....so we are close to NOA2.

[Phaedria 1]

Most people said to start calling after 7-10 days of receiving the NOA2. Mine is also 9/2 so will call starting next week.

I've started to gather things I need to send so as soon as the bill is available, I can send out the package.

Bill? I haven't filed yet, going to in Feb 2015, but have started to gather everything already and filled out the paperwork....but Bill? can you tell me the process? I don't recall a reference to a bill, i just assumed i would attach payment with everything.

[Phaedria 1]

I just got a job interview that is great money...so I may have to put off going to see my hubby until after we file. Can I visit my husband while the application is in process?

[Kulfi 6]

Bill? I haven't filed yet, going to in Feb 2015, but have started to gather everything already and filled out the paperwork....but Bill? can you tell me the process? I don't recall a reference to a bill, i just assumed i would attach payment with everything.

When you send in your I-130 to USCIS, you have to attach the application fee with it. And once the case is approved, there's a fee for Affidavit of Support and Immigration Fees. Two different. However, starting this week (I believe it's September 12th), the fees for both will be increased to $438 combined.

Unfortunately it's not cheap to sponsor.

I just got a job interview that is great money...so I may have to put off going to see my hubby until after we file. Can I visit my husband while the application is in process?

Are you the petitioner? If yes, you can go anytime you want.

[Phaedria 1]

When you send in your I-130 to USCIS, you have to attach the application fee with it. And once the case is approved, there's a fee for Affidavit of Support and Immigration Fees. Two different. However, starting this week (I believe it's September 12th), the fees for both will be increased to $438 combined.

Unfortunately it's not cheap to sponsor.

Are you the petitioner? If yes, you can go anytime you want.

I am the Beneficiary, I live in Canada and my husband is the Petitioner for the USA.

[Phaedria 1]

When you send in your I-130 to USCIS, you have to attach the application fee with it. And once the case is approved, there's a fee for Affidavit of Support and Immigration Fees. Two different. However, starting this week (I believe it's September 12th), the fees for both will be increased to $438 combined.

Unfortunately it's not cheap to sponsor.

Are you the petitioner? If yes, you can go anytime you want.

so its the $420 fee for the I-130 to USCIS then expect additional $438? then I read somewhere its another (roughly) $900 to file the AOS forms? is there a link of all fees? Also don't forget the DR fee and the immunizations which will set us back another $600 (sheesh) what if you have more then one affidavit of support? what then double the fees? oh and the finger prints too! here in BC its $50 (rolls eyes) and dont know about the criminal record check....

[Kulfi 6]

I am the Beneficiary, I live in Canada and my husband is the Petitioner for the USA.

Yeah you could visit. I have friends who live in Canada and they come over to visit their spouses or parents who are US citizens.

[Kulfi 6]

so its the $420 fee for the I-130 to USCIS then expect additional $438? then I read somewhere its another (roughly) $900 to file the AOS forms? is there a link of all fees? Also don't forget the DR fee and the immunizations which will set us back another $600 (sheesh) what if you have more then one affidavit of support? what then double the fees? oh and the finger prints too! here in BC its $50 (rolls eyes) and dont know about the criminal record check....

Where you getting $900 from? 438 will now be for both AOS and IV. And yup, then there's the medical examination which you'll pay when you get that done. Plus there's another fee which you have to pay before POE.. I think it's 100something.

I'm on the phone right now but I'll post a link in a bit where it has the fees listed. uscis site should have it too.

[Phaedria 1]

Where you getting $900 from? 438 will now be for both AOS and IV. And yup, then there's the medical examination which you'll pay when you get that done. Plus there's another fee which you have to pay before POE.. I think it's 100something.

I'm on the phone right now but I'll post a link in a bit where it has the fees listed. uscis site should have it too.

TY Kulfi you have been a great help...there is so much information and it can be wrong too, but the I-485 is $985 to file.

[Kulfi 6]

Okay so here's a list of forms and fees:

I-130 - $420 (http://www.uscis.gov/i-130)

I-864 $88 (http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/i-864-frequently-asked-questions.html)

The weird thing about this filing of I-864 fee is that if filed from abroad to the local consulate, there's no fee. So way to rip off US citizens who actually pay their taxes. Idiotic govt.

IV fee - $320 (http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/fees-visa-services.html)

Point of entry fee - $165. This one has to be paid before you come over to the US. This is your green card fee.

Plus the medical fees you'll have to pay but I think in that you get a choice of different doctors who are approved by the US immigration, which you can choose based on the one that's cheapest to save some money.

The I-485 is for the citizenship, isn't it? Then yah, but that's not for another 2 years after you get your green card.

Hope that helps. Hopefully thes are all correct amounts as I've linked the govt sites to where I got the actual amounts.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Kulfi

[ogbeifun 0]

Nyala, since Califonia α̲̅πϑ Vermont have been approving May fillers, I can't help been anxious

[Marie-Eve 3]

I-130 - $420 (http://www.uscis.gov/i-130)

I-864 $88 (http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/i-864-frequently-asked-questions.html)

Hello!

Im kind of confuse about the new fees... We filed in May, but our I-130 is still taking its sweet little time at the Nebraska Service Center. Will we have to pay extra to cover the difference between the fee paid in May and the new fee? If so, how will that work?

Im trying to make sense of the information here and here, but a headache has been eating my brain all morning and I cant decide if I understand what is written there or not...

Does it mean that, in the case of CR-1 filers we will have to pay extra fees for the I-864 (120 instead of 88) but that the rest remains the same?

[Phaedria 1]

Okay so here's a list of forms and fees:

I-130 - $420 (http://www.uscis.gov/i-130)

I-864 $88 (http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/i-864-frequently-asked-questions.html)

The weird thing about this filing of I-864 fee is that if filed from abroad to the local consulate, there's no fee. So way to rip off US citizens who actually pay their taxes. Idiotic govt.

IV fee - $320 (http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/fees-visa-services.html)

Point of entry fee - $165. This one has to be paid before you come over to the US. This is your green card fee.

Plus the medical fees you'll have to pay but I think in that you get a choice of different doctors who are approved by the US immigration, which you can choose based on the one that's cheapest to save some money.

The I-485 is for the citizenship, isn't it? Then yah, but that's not for another 2 years after you get your green card.

Hope that helps. Hopefully thes are all correct amounts as I've linked the govt sites to where I got the actual amounts.

HI, thank you! today my son just decided he wanted to come with me so we have to rethink the appilcation....sighs. So the I-145 doesnt come til after I am in the USA? I am confused on the process now.....thought I got that after I am approved for my NOA and then given the package for the I-145 where i have my honey do list of things needed to be done like medical, criminal, and there they want certified copies of your legal docs.... Where are the step by steps of the whole process? from beginning to final citizenship.

[S. & A. 159]

HI, thank you! today my son just decided he wanted to come with me so we have to rethink the appilcation....sighs. So the I-145 doesnt come til after I am in the USA? I am confused on the process now.....thought I got that after I am approved for my NOA and then given the package for the I-145 where i have my honey do list of things needed to be done like medical, criminal, and there they want certified copies of your legal docs.... Where are the step by steps of the whole process? from beginning to final citizenship.

No, no. I think people here are confused. The I-485 is to adjust status and you will never file that form or pay that fee if you're getting a CR-1/IR-1 visa. It is used, for example, by people entering on a K-1 visa, or by someone that is already living in the US on a work/student visa and gets married. When you do CR-1/IR-1, you get a green card upon entry to the US so there's no adjustment of status.

The I-751 is ANOTHER thing entirely. I-751 is the petition to remove conditions on residence. You have to file this two years after you enter the US if (and only if) you had been married for less than two years at the time that you got your immigrant visa (which would have been a CR-1, the C is for conditional).

The I-145 doesn't exist, I believe.

Assuming you will be in Canada and your husband in the US, the process is: 1) You file I-130 with USCIS. Big package. Lots of documents and evidence of your relationship. This package includes the check for $420. 2) USCIS sends you a letter saying they received the package. This is what people call a "NOA1" here. 3) You wait 5+ months (on average), USCIS approves your I-130. This first approval is what people call a "NOA2" here. 4) After that, USCIS ships your case to NVC. This is where you need to pay two more fees, which is what the other members are talking about (these fees increased recently). These fees, unlike the first one, are paid online. It's about $450 overall here now. After you pay these fees, you have to send two packages to NVC ("AOS" and "IV"). AOS does NOT mean "adjustment of status" here, it means "affidavit of support" (from your petitioner). The IV package is your immigrant visa application and contains documents from you, the beneficiary. 5) After a couple of months hopefully NVC approves everything, says your case is complete and ships it to the embassy in your country. 6) You go do the medical exam. 7) You are scheduled an interview. 8) You get your immigrant visa, enter the US, receive your green card in the mail (conditional 2-year green card if you have been married for less than two years). 9) If you got a conditional green card, two years after you enter the US you file the I-751 to remove the conditions and get a 10-year green card. This might involve an interview with you and your husband together. 10) Three years after you enter the US (if you entered on a spouse visa), you file the N-400 to naturalize and become a citizen.