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Wow have I been sleeping??? I've been researching this process for over a year and I'm finally about to send off my I-129F tomorrow. I figured I better check the USCIS website one more time as I haven't for awhile. The fee that was $170. is now $455. and now I have to send it to Calif. instead of Nebraska. #######!!!! When did this change take place??? As you can probably tell I'm not happy!

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Sent I-129 application package to CSC. 9/10/07

Received hard copy NOA1 09/27/07

Received email of I-129 approval 01/31/08

Received had copy NOA2 and notice that

petition has been sent to NVC 02/05/08

Received Packet 3 03/03/08

Returned Packet 3 to Emabassy 03/06/08

Interview 06/06/08

This is a long, painful story so I'll just say that Wilaiwan finally arrived in Seattle(in a blizzard) on 12/21/08

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Wow have I been sleeping??? I've been researching this process for over a year and I'm finally about to send off my I-129F tomorrow. I figured I better check the USCIS website one more time as I haven't for awhile. The fee that was $170. is now $455. and now I have to send it to Calif. instead of Nebraska. #######!!!! When did this change take place??? As you can probably tell I'm not happy!

Fees increased at the end of July. Check into Direct Filing: http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/Up...iling062107.pdf

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Welcome to Capitalism at it's finest! How is George supposed to fund that little conflict in the Middle East anyway :wacko:

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Wow have I been sleeping???

Probably :) But on the bright side, your application should process a bit faster since you will be filing to CSC direct!

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So what's different about "Direct filing" other than the fees and only having Cal. and Vermont service centers? Did you read the bs reasons for the fee hike! What a joke! "To enhance the security and integrity of the immigration system" . F'em! I'm going back to Thialand!

Thanks for the link!

Timeline

Sent I-129 application package to CSC. 9/10/07

Received hard copy NOA1 09/27/07

Received email of I-129 approval 01/31/08

Received had copy NOA2 and notice that

petition has been sent to NVC 02/05/08

Received Packet 3 03/03/08

Returned Packet 3 to Emabassy 03/06/08

Interview 06/06/08

This is a long, painful story so I'll just say that Wilaiwan finally arrived in Seattle(in a blizzard) on 12/21/08

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The added fees mean that instead of taking around 90 days for petition approval, it's now around 120 :thumbs: sweet huh?

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Petition mailed to Nebraska Service Center 06/04/2007

Petition received by CSC 06/19/2007...NOA1

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Welcome to Capitalism at it's finest! How is George supposed to fund that little conflict in the Middle East anyway :wacko:

This is only a guess, but I think the increase in fees has to do with the DHS going digital. The are they going to replace the pencil pushers with computer users and/or train the pencil pushers to be computer literate.

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