dnoblett Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Yes, I just did the math. K-1:I-129F: $455Consulate: $131 (Soon to be $350)Adjustment Of Status: $1010 I-485Removal of Conditions: $545 (I-751)($2141 ~ $2360) (K-3 is $100 less ($355 for I-130 vs $455 for I-129F) CR-1:I-130: $355NVC I-864: $70NVC Visa fee: $400 ($355+$45)($825)Note: I did not include I-751 for removal because CR-1 is also subject to removal of conditions CR = CONDITIONAL Resident. Only if couple are married MORE than 2 years before residency is granted would they avoid Conditional Residency. For example Applied for CR-1 and got visa after 2 years of marriage then visa is IR-1, or got CR-1 but entered USA after 2 years of marriage, then the visa is treated as an IR-1. IR-1 results in a 10 year UN-Conditional green-card. Link to comment
Minister Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Is there any chance these fees are increasing because the dollar is taking a dump and they need more cash to pay the local staff at the consulates? Link to comment
dnoblett Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Is there any chance these fees are increasing because the dollar is taking a dump and they need more cash to pay the local staff at the consulates?No, again the fee for visitor/tourist is only going up by a few bucks. B-Visas $131 to $140 is a minor increase, $131 to $150 for petition based non immigrant visa go to $150 (Understandable considering that the consulate may have to mail out a packet to the person getting this visa) It looks like more of a correction to cover the added immigrations processing for Immigrant intent NON-Immigrant visas like K-Visas. As we all know the consulate does extensive investigations before and sometimes after the visa interview that they do not do for the other NON-immigrant visa types. It only makes sense to charge a higher fee for K-Visas verses the other types. Link to comment
Guest Tony n Terrific Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 China more then likely will raise their visa rates again for Americans only. Link to comment
dnoblett Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 China more then likely will raise their visa rates again for Americans only.Probably not or it will be a small increase, there is no "K-Visa" for moving to China. Again the fee for visitors (B-visa) to the USA is going up only $9, If China matches this the increase would match and be only a few bucks. Link to comment
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