How much do you need to pay for the Immigrant Spouse Visa?…
How much do you need to pay for the Immigrant Spouse Visa?
Keep in mind that besides the visa fees, you might also have to pay extra for translations, certificates, medical examinations, etc.
When it comes to the Immigrant Spouse Visa specifically, then you need to pay for the petition fee which is 535 dollars and the Visa application fee to process DS-260 which is 325 dollars!
What are the Employment Visa Fees?
Each applicant to be able to apply and get their Visa issued must pay the required fees for the Employment Visa.
The required fees are:
Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker,
Form I-140 or Special Immigrant,
Form I-360; the DS-260 Form;
required vaccinations and medical examination;
other fees might include:
photocopies,
translations,
birth or police certificates and travel expenses to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate.
What are the Family-Based Immigrant Fees?
Each applicant to be able to apply and get their Visa issued must pay the required fees for the Family Visa.
The required fees are:
The USCID filing fee for the I-130 petition which is almost 200 dollars (non-refundable),
the I-130 petition alone which is more than 500 dollars and the Immigration Visa which is around 220 dollars.
How Long Does It Take to Receive an Employment Immigrant Visa?
Cases with immigrant visas, dependent on jobs require more time when they are in numerically restricted categories of visas.
The amount of time ranges from case to case and can not be estimated with much accuracy for particular cases.
Any cases can be postponed due to candidates not carefully following the process/instructions.
Any applicants for the Immigrant Visa require additional processing, which requires more time until the applicant is interviewed by the consular officer.
Step by step guide for the Immigrant Visa application!
The first step is to submit a petition/ the I-130 Form by a U.S. citizen, after that your petition needs to get processed and if it does, you have to pay the fees.
You need to submit the I-864 Form which is an Affidavit of Support to continue with your application, after that you gather the financial documents and fill in the online application which is the DS-260 Form.
After the online application you need to collect all your civil documents, scan them and submit them when the time for the interview comes. After you have collected all the documents you attend the Visa interview but do not forget to schedule it beforehand!
What is left is attending the interview and waiting for the result.
Why do so many people apply for the Immigrant Visa?
Every year, thousands of people around the world apply for a visa to enter the US.
A lot of them want to go to the US to immigrate.
The explanation why there are so many applications for immigrants is for:
better work prospects, better living conditions, better education, being with their spouse / family and fleeing from their troubled home country.
Which 3 States have the most Immigrants?
The three states in the United States which have the most immigrant are:
California with around 10 million of them which make almost 30% of the state’s population;
New York with around 5 million immigrants which make a bit more than 20% of the population and New Jersey with almost 2 million immigrants and 20% of them make up the population in NJ.
Which type of Immigrant Visa should YOU apply for?
There are many Immigrant Visas, therefore you should be very careful when you choose which one you want to apply for.
Based on your reason for traveling to the US you choose the type of Immigrant Visa you need.
You have Immediate Relative & Family Sponsored Visas, Employment Sponsored Visas and Other Immigrants Visas such as:
Diversity Immigrant Visa and
Returning Resident.
