USCIS I-129f update!

[Reza 0]

Petition for Alien Fiance(e)

Purpose of Form :

This form is used to petition to bring your fiancé(e) and that person's children to the United States for marriage to you or to bring your spouse and that person's children (K-3 and K-4 visas, respectively) to the United States to complete processing for permanent resident status (under the LIFE Act and Amendments of 2000); please see section 12 of the Instructions to the form.

Number of Pages :

7

Edition Date :

11/24/06. Prior edition dated 05/23/06 will be acceptable until 02/18/07.

Where to File :

Service Center

Filing Fee :

$170.00 Please see Special Instructions for fee increase information.

Special Instructions :

Fee Increase Information:

Effective July 30, 2007, the fee for general fiancée petitions will increase to $455. All petitions postmarked on or after July 30 must be accompanied by the new fee.

Petitions for K-3 status based on an immigrant petition filed by the same U.S. citizen husband or wife will have no fee.

Please note: You will need version 7 or later of Adobe Reader software to use this form. You can download the latest version of Adobe Reader for free from the Adobe website. A link to the Adobe website is in the Related Links section of this page.

Note on Where to File:

If you are filing for your fiance(e), file this petition at the Service Center with jurisdiction over your area of residence. See the related link "Where Do I File?" for which Service Center has jurisdiction over your area of residence.

If you are filing for your fiance(e) and live outside the United States, submit this petition to the Service Center with jurisdiction over your last place of residence in the U.S.

If you are a U.S. citizen, and are using this form to bring in your wife or unmarried child under the LIFE Act, file this petition at:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

P.O. Box 7218

Chicago, IL 60680-7218

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

goodGod we paied $170 woohooo

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Holy Cow! What an increase. That's just rediculous. Are they TRYING to discourage immigration or something??

[Dan J 277]

Holy Cow! What an increase. That's just rediculous. Are they TRYING to discourage immigration or something??

Old news. But no not really, they are trying to make it so the petition processing doesn't take longer than it already does. The fees are about on par as it would be immigrating to Australia or the UK. For me anyway, other expenses, such as plane tickets and wedding stuff is going to cost more than the filing fees.

[Reza 0]

$455 is allot, Its USCIS Road Robbery easy money dude...

[Arrta 1]

I came back from the Philippines on July 3rd after proposing to my fiancee in person.

I had researched the process before going over there and I thought I'll take my time to get it all together, until I checked the site and saw that it was going to $455.

Spent all month getting all the paperwork completed and the G-325a from my fiancee finally arrived on the 24th.

I put everything together yesterday in a lateral binder, complete with tabbed seperators, cover letter and summary pages for evidence. Showed it to my parents to have them review it for anything they might see that I missed. My mom says it looks very professional and that, "If you did work like this for projects when you were in school you could have gotten better grades." lol

Anyway, I mailed it today return receipt requested. Luckly it only has to be postmarked before the 30th.

The waiting game begins.

[ryza 0]

$455 is allot, Its USCIS Road Robbery easy money dude...

That's old news...

$455 is allot, Its USCIS Road Robbery easy money dude...

AOS/EAP/AP is going to be $1010

[h_bomb 0]

hey, it could be worse. i'm a permanent resident in canada and to file as a spouse, it costs $575. then, at the interview $975 is due.... not including the almost $200 the medical costs. they only give you about a month's notice for your interview, so if you don't have the money by your interview date, you run the risk of being denied. then you have to refile, and the process takes about a year or more.