Amer Embassy Residency Fees

[Dustoff]

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I applied for a residency visa for my Thai wife back in October and was hit with a $350 application fee.

She just went in for her interview in Bangkok this morning and they hit her for another $404!

Is $754 correct for this visa or were we unintentionally double-charged?

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[Thanyaburi Mac]

Could be, altho I don't know where the $404 came from.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1263.html

Coming to the U.S. Permanently - Immigrant Services

Important Notice - New Immigrant Application Fees: Immigrant visa application processing fees and other immigrant visa services fees changed on July 13, 2010, and immigrant visa application processing fees are now tiered. (There is no longer one single visa application fee for all immigrant categories.) Applicants will have to pay the full fees in effect on the day they apply, with the exception of applicants whose fees are collected by the National Visa Center (NVC). Applicants whose fees are collected by NVC, both prior to and after July 13, 2010, will be required to pay only the fees in effect on the day they are billed. Applicants billed by NVC at the current rate prior to July 13, 2010 will not be required to pay the difference between the current and new fees. (Review additional information, including a cost of service study on the www.Regulations.gov website.)

Description of Service and Fee Amount (All fees = $ in US currency)

Filing an Immigrant Visa Petition (When collected by U.S. Embassies and Consulates for USCIS. Fees subject to change.)

Immigrant petition for relative (I-130) $420

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There's more links here to State Department and fees: http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/immigrant_visas.html

Mac

[fishhooks]

Many Australians would hope for fee's like these. Spouse Residency is now close to $2000!

Then again we are known as the "Lucky Country" just ask Oprah.