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USCIS Sets Final Fee Schedule to Build an Immigration Service for the 21st Century

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derekkj Proficient

derekkj   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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OH #######!!!!! I miss being able to file at the old rate for removal of conditions by just a few days.....

Kez

Oh, that sucks Kez! And I was feeling bad because we are missing it by just a few weeks. :cry:

You think they could grandfather those of us that are already in the system. Sigh. Oh, well, starting to save now!

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TIMELINE

Civil Ceremony - 02/19/2005

I-130 Mailed Out - 02/25/2005

I-130 NOA1 - 03/04/2005

I-130 Approved - 04/07/2005

Pay I-864 - 05/13/2005

Return I-864 - 07/22/2005 *We mailed in the wrong birth certificate which led to a month or so delay*

Family Ceremony - 10/22/2005

Interview in Montreal - 12/22/2005

Activate Visa - 12/25/2005

Move to Virginia - 04/06/2006

Mailed I-751 - 11/02/2007

Received in Vermont - 11/05/2007

Check Cashed by VSC - 11/09/2007

Received NOA 1 - 11/10/2007

Biometrics - 01/10/2008

Card production ordered - 09/10/2008

Card received! - 09/17/2008

Now on to citizenship...

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Trumplestiltskin Grand Master

Trumplestiltskin   5,791

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I 751 - Remove conditions on your Permanent Resident status - $ 545 (filing + biometric)

...I better start saving money right now...

Wow, these things ain't cheap.

The funny thing is, the filing of this petition is not optional.

Cough up $545 or lose your status.

Yeah - that's pretty obscene IMO. If you're struggling to keep above the poverty line (as the wife and I were when we first got married) - that's serious money. What is it at the moment - $275?

tom&tata Proficient

tom&tata   2

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I 751 - Remove conditions on your Permanent Resident status - $ 545 (filing + biometric)

...I better start saving money right now...

Wow, these things ain't cheap.

The funny thing is, the filing of this petition is not optional.

Cough up $545 or lose your status.

Yeah - that's pretty obscene IMO. If you're struggling to keep above the poverty line (as the wife and I were when we first got married) - that's serious money. What is it at the moment - $275?

Think so. We don't have a choice but to pay (somewhere in Nov) but we seriously want to see the improvement in speed for doubling the fee.

I-130

Jun 28 2004 : Received at NSC

Oct 25 2004 : Transferred to CSC

Oct 29 2004 : Received at CSC

Nov 8 2004 : Received response from CSC that my file is being requested & review will be done

Nov 10 2004 : Email & online status Approved

Nov 15 2004 : NOA 2 in mail

Dec 16 2004 : NVC assigns case number

Dec 20 2004 : NVC sent DS 3032 to beneficiary, copy of DS 3032 & I-864 fee bill to petitioner

Jan 3 2005 : Petitioner received copy of DS 3032 and I-864 fee bill. Post-marked Dec 23rd.

Jan 11 2005 : Beneficiary received DS 3032 in Indonesia

Jan 31 2005 : Sent DS 3032 to NVC

Feb 8, 2005 : NVC received DS 3032

Feb 21, 2005 : IV fee generated

Feb 25, 2005 : Sent I-864 fee bill

Feb 28, 2005 : I-864 fee bill delivered to St Louis

Mar 3, 2005 : IV fee bill received

Mar 7, 2005 : Sent IV fee bill

Mar 9, 2005 : IV fee bill delivered to St Louis

Mar 28, 2005 : I-864 fee credited against case.

April 6, 2005 : Received I-864 package

April 7, 2005 : Immigrant Visa fee credited against case.

April 11, 2005 : DS 230 is generated

Aug 12, 2005 : I-864 & DS 230 received by NVC

Sep 14, 2005 : RFE on I-864

Nov 3, 2005 : Checklist response received at NVC

Nov 25, 2005 : Case completion

Dec 9, 2005 : Police Cert requested from the Netherlands

Jan 12 2006 : Interview success - Approved !!

Jan 19 2006 : Visa & brown envelope picked up

Mr. Big Dog Grand Master

Mr. Big Dog   10,747

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I 751 - Remove conditions on your Permanent Resident status - $ 545 (filing + biometric)

...I better start saving money right now...

Wow, these things ain't cheap.

The funny thing is, the filing of this petition is not optional.

Cough up $545 or lose your status.

Yeah - that's pretty obscene IMO. If you're struggling to keep above the poverty line (as the wife and I were when we first got married) - that's serious money. What is it at the moment - $275?
Think so. We don't have a choice but to pay (somewhere in Nov) but we seriously want to see the improvement in speed for doubling the fee.

Yeah right. Good one. LOL

Trumplestiltskin Grand Master

Trumplestiltskin   5,791

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I already paid the $275 - as it was I had to forgo some work that needed doing on the car to pay for it. Given the expenses involved in the various parts of the process (already over $1000), I resent having to pay a bunch more just for the right to continue going about daily life. It stinks.

Anna C. Experienced

Anna C.   4

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I have all these fees x2. It really sucks.

It really does. Considering the excellent service you don't get.

And that service won't improve, I'm pretty sure!

They could save money by getting rid of their misinformation hotline. Or by hiring people who are able to read (we printed our application, so no handwriting, still, they got both our address and my name wrong). How drunk was the guy who entered our info in their system?

AOS

8-4-2006 Date of NOA's

1-4-2007 Green Card in mail

Removal of conditions

9-29-2008 I-751 delivered to CSC

12-29-2008 Green Card ordered :)

Citizenship

10-15-2011 Package sent to NSC

10-17-2011 NOA Priority Date

11-25-2011 Biometrics done

11-29-2011 In line for interview scheduling... woohoo!

12-20-2011 Interview scheduled ...received letter 3 days later

01-24-2012 Interview & Oath

Done!

eric&gen Mentor

eric&gen   0

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The fee for the I 751 is not $275 anymore? That how much we paid in March. Wow

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Citizenship

Event Date

Service Center : California Service Center

CIS Office : San Francisco CA

Date Filed : 2008-06-11

NOA Date : 2008-06-18

Bio. Appt. : 2008-07-08

Citizenship Interview

USCIS San Francisco Field Office

Wednesday, September 10,2008

Time 2:35PM

Anna C. Experienced

Anna C.   4

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At least now you can actually talk to an “immigration officer’ – which is what the supervisors seem to be. Still each time you’ve got to get around the incompetent first responders – who will give you different info to the supervisors.

They never let me talk to someone else - even when we inquired to talk to their supervisor they hung up on us (he said: I'll transfer you, but essentially hung up!!!).

AOS

8-4-2006 Date of NOA's

1-4-2007 Green Card in mail

Removal of conditions

9-29-2008 I-751 delivered to CSC

12-29-2008 Green Card ordered :)

Citizenship

10-15-2011 Package sent to NSC

10-17-2011 NOA Priority Date

11-25-2011 Biometrics done

11-29-2011 In line for interview scheduling... woohoo!

12-20-2011 Interview scheduled ...received letter 3 days later

01-24-2012 Interview & Oath

Done!

Mr. Big Dog Grand Master

Mr. Big Dog   10,747

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OH #######!!!!! I miss being able to file at the old rate for removal of conditions by just a few days.....Kez
If it's just a few days, why don't you just mail it in a few days earlier?

I don't think they'll take it. Otherwise, people could (and perceivably would) start filing sooner. USCIS gives you a 90 day window within which you are required to file. They are typically not very flexible.

Jo1973 Explorer

Jo1973   0

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My GC expires on 20 Oct, so working out the 90 day thing I can file on 23 July, do you think I would be able to get away with the old charges? I sure hope so.

Jo & Michael

K1

29th Jun 03 - Applied for I-129f

12th Jan 05 - Interview at Embassy

AOS

20th Apr 05 - Mailed AOS and paperwork to Chicago.

27th Oct 05 - Received Green Card in Mail (2 yr Conditional)

I-751

24th Jul 07 - Mailed I-751 to TSC

27th Jul 07 - I-751 Received at TSC (Transferred to CSC)

17th Aug 07 - Check Cleared

20th Aug 07 - NOA received (2 NOA's both with dif. receipt #'s for the same thing hmmm..)

30th Aug 07 - ACS Biometrics letters received

21st Sep 07 - Biometrics appointment at Charlotte

1st Nov 07 - Case status online reads "Card production ordered"

3rd Nov 07 - Greencard received in mail

Kez/JWolf Mentor

Kez/JWolf   6

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OH #######!!!!! I miss being able to file at the old rate for removal of conditions by just a few days.....

Kez

If it's just a few days, why don't you just mail it in a few days earlier?

You can not file before the 90th day... or your application will be rejected.... they will only accept it once the 90 days window opens....

Kez

 
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