Who is footing the bill for the Visa?

[Cristy 4]

Just wondering who is paying for the majority of the Visa costs?

To clarify...the cost of the whole process.

Edited March 16, 2006 by cristy

[shannon65 2]

I'm not paying for the entire thing, but a lot...including airline ticket to Korea, some of the cost of the hotel, the cost of a translation, the I-129F application fee..... he will pay for whatever fees are on his end for the visa application, not sure how much those are, and his flight to the US. I make more money and he has four kids.

[peejay 327]

I was the US citizen male petitioner. My wife and teenaged stepdaughter were the benifitiaries. My wife was a public school teacher of English in Belarus. The economy over there is nowhere near being equal in monetary terms to the USA economy and she never made more than $2500 a year tops with her teacher's salary and side jobs as an English language tutor. So it is obvious that I had to pay for most of the expenses associated with their visas. Likewise for travel expenses to the USA.

They arrived in the USA 2 years ago on March 8 and our 2nd wedding anniversary will be on March 18.

All things being relative...after 2 years of living in the USA they now see that while Americans earn more money, it costs much more to live here. And you have to hustle and struggle to get and keep what you got. Life here is not hassle free or fair. They are beginning to see that the grass is not 200% greener on the other side of the fence. Their fantasy of the super easy American life has clashed with reality. Welcome to America.

[crissy 0]

We shared in the cost, it did not really mattered who payed for what, because in the end we were together and that is all that matters...

Crissy

[munchkins 1]

I put beneficiary female even though it is hubby and I, ours is slightly different as out daughter is the petitioner but I would not expect her to pay anything towards it.

[Kajikit 65]

We shared the costs. My fiance paid the visa fees, booked my hotel enroute and bought my American plane ticket but I had to pay my own travel costs in Australia for my trip to have the visa interview, and then I had to save up my pension to buy my plane ticket to the US and to move my stuff. It was a struggle for either of us to find the money.

[Mand 1]

We shared the costs of the K1 and the majority of the money we got for our wedding went towards the Vaccination Supplemental and AOS fees.

[Cristy 4]

He paid the $170 application fee. I am paying for all of the stuff on my end...medicals, passports, birth certificates, passport photos. He is saving money so that will be used for my flight to the interview.

He is going to come here and drive home with me when it is time so we will split costs for the Uhaul and the drive.

So it is about even I think.

[almaty 19]

i paid for it....

[irishgirl73 1]

I paid for the k-1 so far(the $170.00) he will be paying for his medical, the visa fee and all the future costs(he better be anyway )

Don't forget about all the other stuff.................my phone bills, travelling to Ireland every three months to straighten him out(believe me he needs it), the prescription costs for my "larger than life ulcer" ......................the list goes on and on. It never ends

He is worth every minute of it-but don't think I won't remind him of all I have done for the rest of his life

[Cassie 8]

I paid for:

--medical fees

--flight to consulate for visa interview

--$100 US fee at visa interview

--flight to the US

--photos, etc etc

Jerry paid for:

--initial K-1 visa fee

--tons of photocopies

--FedEx fees

--a good chunk of our wedding, with the rest split by me, my parents and his parents

after we got married, the AOS/EAD/AP fees, the trip to Wichita for fingerprinting, and the trips to OKlahoma City District office were paid for by both of us.

[irishgirl73 1]

We shared the costs of the K1 and the majority of the money we got for our wedding went towards the Vaccination Supplemental and AOS fees.

It's a shame we can't all "register" for Immigration fees the way people do for household items

[Sister Fracas 5]

shared the costs...but I did all the paperwork cuz I was worried he'd mess that up....hehehe

[Shortie81 0]

I pay for everything to include all travel arrangements and expenses

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I did. Petitioner male. Happily, I might add.