New Fee, Effective on July 30, 2007

[udlike2no2 0]

Its about time they finalized it, no more speculation. It sucks that by the time my fiancee will be filing for AOS, we will have to pay the much higher new fee. At least AP and EAD documents are included free in that fee.

I don’t see where AD and EAD are part of the AOS fee? Btw what is the AD again?

Found out didnt see it at the bottom of page

Thanks all

[udlike2no2 0]

Well it is what it is and that’s it I guess. But for me the way I see it is

I485 AOS $ 325. New AOS 1010.

I131 AP $170. New AP 305

I765 EAD $180. New EAD 340.

Ok so the way I see it is the AP and EAD are included in the AOS with means if you are doing all 3 it went up $335. Not real bad if you wanted all 3 which I do. But if it is suppose to speed things up and it takes less than 2 years to get AOS than we may not use the AP anyway since I think after AOS you can travel anyway lol. The other problem is a child 14 and up has to pay the 1010. Fee. And that’s all ok if you think the child will be working from 14 till 16 before they get the AOS approved. In my opinion the 14 and up age was not thought out to much than again I guess its cause my girl has a 15 year old is way I say this.

[kittybear 0]

I don't like spending a lot of money. I would never buy a $3000 TV. I also wouldn't spend $500+ on mulch.

I am a budget shopper, so the increase does look BIG to me. If they don't give better service as a result of the hike, then it's not right. If they actually improve service, that's good. But with the slow way they do things, how soon in the future will it actually improve?

This is my stand on things too. I'm very frugal and would rather use the money to save for our house. The fee increase is just insane, especially for AOS. We'll have to pay it, since we haven't even received NOA2 for our I-129F yet..lol.

[JamalNTam 1]

I'm gonna be just submitting my AOS - and not the EAD and AP - fingers crossed my greencard will be issued within a year and I will not need to travel back to the UK (positive thinking)! I'll just apply for each seperatly if needed and it wont be anymore than what the new fee increase will be anyway - and I wont have to pay it all at once.

[Karri 0]

::stresses:: One more thing to stress about lol. Will my apartment be ready in time? lol. It's supposed to be ready mid to late July and I wanted to confirm I had access to my new mailbox before I sent off my I-129F packet.

::prays to the apartment building gods:: Please finish on timeeeeeee lol so I don't have to Pay so much dough.

[JoeCanuk 3]

I don't know...the way I understand it is that though the fee increase is pretty severe, we're better off for it than under the old system.

[Rube y Rocio 0]

im not so happy about the fee increases either. however thats how its going to be so we have to suck it up and deal with it. and on my student budget an increase is a great deal. many ppl are ok with fees and many organizations take advantage of this atitude of well i have to pay this fee also. IE: http://www.rd.com/content/dont-pay-these-new-hidden-fees/we don't mind paying extra fees due to the mentality of well i have to pay it.

Edited July 6, 2007 by Rube y Rocio

[Rube y Rocio 0]

http://www.rd.com/content/dont-pay-these-new-hidden-fees

[gemini23nj 2]

I am sorry, but I do not see how the heck these fees are jusified. If you take into consideration that in order to sponsor/petition a relative you need to earn a mere 125% of the Federal Poverty Guideline, and many people struggle at that. My husband will need to remove his conditional LPR status in a few months, and although we are fortunate enough to be able to pay this amount, I am going to feel it in my account that month. There will be no guarantee's that any of the services USCIS will be providing will improve. Even if operations were to improve, how do they plan on replacing the entire incompetent workforce! Sorry if this is a rant, but I have personally experienced nothing short of hell with each USCIS experience.

If they want to create revenue, USCIS should wait until the immigration reform bill, if or when it comes to pass and then stick it to all of those that may be "forgiven" for being here illegally. There is no justification for being here illegally, but if they are getting forgiveness anyway, put a "big ticket" on it. Ok, I am done now!

[John & Annie 0]

I am sorry, but I do not see how the heck these fees are jusified. If you take into consideration that in order to sponsor/petition a relative you need to earn a mere 125% of the Federal Poverty Guideline, and many people struggle at that. My husband will need to remove his conditional LPR status in a few months, and although we are fortunate enough to be able to pay this amount, I am going to feel it in my account that month. There will be no guarantee's that any of the services USCIS will be providing will improve. Even if operations were to improve, how do they plan on replacing the entire incompetent workforce! Sorry if this is a rant, but I have personally experienced nothing short of hell with each USCIS experience.

If they want to create revenue, USCIS should wait until the immigration reform bill, if or when it comes to pass and then stick it to all of those that may be "forgiven" for being here illegally. There is no justification for being here illegally, but if they are getting forgiveness anyway, put a "big ticket" on it. Ok, I am done now!

For more information on how they are looking to improve things you may want to read around

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[AustinJohn 2]

Brazilitaliana,

Just out of curiosity - how much did you pay for you last TV set?

Yodrak

Wow! so let me get this straight...next year, when I have to remove conditions on my GC, I'll have to pay $545? that's insane!!!

Yodrak,

I didn't understand your question...are you criticizing me for thinking that $545 is a lot of money? for your info, the last (and brand new) TV set I bought cost only around $150, but not in this country.

Brazilitaliana

What does buying a TV have to do with wanting to marry someone from a different country and bring them to the U.S.?

The cost of the process has nothing to do with how much I love and value (if priceless is a value) my future wife.

I don't think people are out of line when they complain that the government is taking even more of our money. I think they get quite enough of it already and are not what I would consider very frugal with it.

Edited July 21, 2007 by AustinJohn

[Saddle Bronc 124]

From $170 to $455????

Wow inflation is really sucking.

Yes, and look at the new AOS fee. You can kiss a Grand goodbye there.

I don't want to get into the politics of fee increases, but each recent increase has come with a goal of a quicker and more streamlined process, but the process tends to get slower.

The "poly ticks" of fee increases are rather simple actually--this is a "safe" avenue for sucking blood (money) for federal budget.

[deleting profile 0]

I was just crunching some numbers and realized that the new fee for AOS is really not that unreasonable considering that it now includes the EAD and the AP. If you add it up, the fee for AOS (including biometrics) was $395, add new EAD fee of $340 and AP fee of $305 and that comes to $1040. So you are actually saving $30! I guess this doesn't really impress anyone who doesn't want the EAD or AP, but for me, since I will be applying for both, it's actually a bonus.

[WillyKid 0]

OK, so for those people filing AOS after the deadling (August in my case), are the below fees correct?

1. G-325a - no fee

2. I-864 - no fee

3. I-485 - $1010

4. I-765 (we want this) - no fee; included in I-485

5. I-131 (we want this) - no fee; included in I-485

TOTAL: $1010

Did I make any mistakes? Please advise. Thanks.

- Willy

[deleting profile 0]

Looks right to me!