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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Spain
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USCIS is expected to raise GC fee around March, in addition to making the EAD and AP no longer free when applying for them along with the GC🫠

 

The AOS is going to go from $1,225 to almost $3,000, crazy🙄

 

These changes will probably catch me since I won't be able to do AOS until April, so I'm considering applying for the GC only (it will cost $1540)🤔

 

Am I okay if I only apply for the GC? Once I have the GC I will be able to work and travel, right?🙏

 

Thank you❤️

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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I agree, the I765 and I131 are optional (my wife back in 2014 only submitted the I765), and yes, once you receive the GC, you can work and travel. 

 

Good Luck!

 

 

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5 hours ago, Elays said:

USCIS is expected to raise GC fee around March, in addition to making the EAD and AP no longer free when applying for them along with the GC🫠

 

The AOS is going to go from $1,225 to almost $3,000, crazy🙄

That's aweful!

 

I guess K-1 makes even less sense in  light of these changes and current processing times. How much would I-765 and I-131 would be?

 

The problem with not having these:

- I-131 can help if immigrant needs to urgently go visit sick parents etc

- I-765 allows to work (and thus support new family) and get DL / ID,  open bank accounts etc

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5 hours ago, Elays said:

Am I okay if I only apply for the GC? Once I have the GC I will be able to work and travel, right?🙏

Yes, just consider the fact that in between applying and getting the green card you won't have ANY WAY of leaving the country for ANY REASON. Also no income until the green card is in hands. I know it sounds okay to wait 6-8 months when you are starting your process but when it takes longer - and you don't know if your case will take longer or not - and something comes up like a family member illness, funerals, weddings, births etc. or if your partner loses their job and you need income it becomes really hard to deal with.

 

This is not to scare you into getting EAD and AP, and honestly there are cases that the GC is approved before you get them, making them a moot point (and more reason continue to be free but I digress). But there are a lot of topics created here in the forums with people in situations they could not have predicted asking if there's a way to get an emergency AP and the answer in practical terms is no. It is extremely difficult for USCIS to even bother looking at your case let alone grant you AP(or EAD) quickly because you are in a rush.

 

So consider either rushing to apply before the fee increase or paying for EAD/AP even if it's tight on your budget as a form of insurance for the near future.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Morocco
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so far the changes reflect the I 129 f for worker and preminum processing according to USICS and the federal registry

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-announces-inflation-adjustment-to-premium-processing-fees

 

 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/28/2023-28529/adjustment-to-premium-processing-fees

 

the fees schedule for other classes is to be ruled on in April so u may be able to AOS before those fees go up /praying for u

 

This fee increases are over a year in process

 

Expect the increase that was proposed in Federal registry 1/4/2023 to be announced in the late spring as approved as

only 8000+/_  responded with comments pro and con (out of the over 9 million who petition each year ) reguarding the proposed changes to the january 2023 federal registry 

 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/04/2022-27066/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigratio

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Spain
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1 hour ago, OldUser said:

That's aweful!

 

I guess K-1 makes even less sense in  light of these changes and current processing times. How much would I-765 and I-131 would be?

 

The problem with not having these:

- I-131 can help if immigrant needs to urgently go visit sick parents etc

- I-765 allows to work (and thus support new family) and get DL / ID,  open bank accounts etc

Yes its awful :(

 

The EAD and AP will be $650 each...its crazy plus $1540 for the GC...

 

But the GC will allow me open bank accounts, work, travel and all that, right? 

 

3k is too much after all the expenses we are having with this visa....

 

I know ppl who got their GC in 3 months so I hope to be lucky too

 

 

 

 

 

 

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27 minutes ago, Elays said:

Yes its awful :(

 

The EAD and AP will be $650 each...its crazy plus $1540 for the GC...

 

But the GC will allow me open bank accounts, work, travel and all that, right? 

 

3k is too much after all the expenses we are having with this visa....

 

I know ppl who got their GC in 3 months so I hope to be lucky too

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why even do a K-1 though?   That’s what makes no sense.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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7 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

Not working for 9-12 months will probably decrease your income much more than $1500... 

Cannot agree more. California 2024. $1500 can be made in 94 hours of minimum wage work, or ~12 days of full shifts. Starting April 2024, $20/hr is the mimimum wage for fast food employee workers in CA. $1500 be made in 75 hours.

Opportunity cost is at least ~25K in 9 months of waiting....

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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11 hours ago, jackiegringa said:

This is not to scare you into getting EAD and AP, and honestly there are cases that the GC is approved before you get them, making them a moot point (and more reason continue to be free but I digress).

 

My EAD/AP took over 9 months to be processed, and finally showed up a week before my green card did. 🙄

 

Such a waste of effort ... thank goodness I didn't pay extra. If they expect people to fork out $$$ for EAD/AP now, they darn well better guarantee that they'll be processed within a matter of weeks.

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19 minutes ago, Thrillhouse said:

 

My EAD/AP took over 9 months to be processed, and finally showed up a week before my green card did. 🙄

 

Sorry to hear about that. Your case is definitely annoying (though you didn't pay for it?) I had my EAD for about 5 months before GC approval. 

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