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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Is there an additional fee after we paid the CEAC fees? (Affidavit and IV Application)? After reading the interview prep guide in their website it indicated there's an immigrant fee. I thought that's what the $325 fee was when we had to submit those before the civil documents? Is this another fee we'll have to pay provided we get approved? These fees are adding up 😩Boundless was supposed to give us the breakdown but they didn't give us that fee!

 

 

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There's a fee to get the actual green card issued. Once you get your immigrant visa in the passport, you go online and pay for it on uscis.gov (either before or after entry into US). 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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2 minutes ago, milimelo said:

There's a fee to get the actual green card issued. Once you get your immigrant visa in the passport, you go online and pay for it on uscis.gov (either before or after entry into US). 

 

I wasn't even remotely aware of that fee so thank you. I'm glad we found it now. So you mention you can pay for it after entry into the US? Not paying for it right away is acceptable? Not implying that's what we'll do, just trying to budget accordingly!!

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1 minute ago, WallowinWasabi said:

 

I wasn't even remotely aware of that fee so thank you. I'm glad we found it now. So you mention you can pay for it after entry into the US? Not paying for it right away is acceptable? Not implying that's what we'll do, just trying to budget accordingly!!

 

Yes, up to you when you want to pay it. Your immigrant visa turns into temporary green card good for a year after you activate it at POE. To get the real plastic one, you pay the fee - takes them about 90 days to produce and mail you the card. 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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2 minutes ago, Volli said:

Be aware that the actual green card process will not be initiated until they received the fee.

That makes sense , definitely plan on paying it before leaving the interview location!

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1 minute ago, WallowinWasabi said:

That makes sense , definitely plan on paying it before leaving the interview location!

 

You get a year on the 'temporary green card' when you enter the US. So you don't actually need the physical plastic GC right away, and you could wait 6 months or so to pay the fee if money was tight. 

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7 hours ago, WallowinWasabi said:

That makes sense , definitely plan on paying it before leaving the interview location!

Not sure what you mean by leaving the interview location.  You cannot pay the fee until the visa is in hand.  You will not walk out of the "Interview location" (US Consulate) with the visa in hand.  It will arrive affixed to a page of the passport, some days later.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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9 hours ago, WallowinWasabi said:

That makes sense , definitely plan on paying it before leaving the interview location!

No. You cannot pay until you have your passport back in hand as you need 2 documents numbers which are on the visa foil in your passport. 
Pay only after receiving back your passport , but you can pay either before or after you enter the US.  Processing of your passed GC will not commence until BOTH the fee is paid AND you have entered the US on your immigrant visa 

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