Targaff

Just reading through the local INS office's website, let me see if I've got
this straight: not only do you have to pay the $255 required to file the I-
485 AoS documentation, but in order to obtain an EAD, you also have to pay
the additional $120 with the I-765? That's certainly what they seem to
indicate. Or do they simply require the I-765 to be submitted together with
the I-485 and can't be bothered writing an additional webpage to actually
clarify that?

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DCMark

You have to pay the extra for the EAD. The EAD really has nothing to do with the AOS. It would not make sense for it to be the same form.

Issuing all these documents costs MONEY. We need to pay so the American taxpayer, who does not have a foreign husband/wife, does not have to pay it.

Targaff

DCMark wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    >
    > You have to pay the extra for the EAD. The EAD really has nothing to
    > do with the AOS. It would not make sense for it to be the same form.
    >
    > Issuing all these documents costs MONEY. We need to pay so the
    > American taxpayer, who does not have a foreign husband/wife, does not
    > have to pay it.

Which is fair enough, to some degree, but I doubt somehow that $375
equates to a genuinely justifiable fee for processing that paperwork in
whichever particular office it's being done in. Just a small number of
those would cover the quarterly services bill even after taking out the
payments made to employees for actually going through the paperwork. If
the US taxpayer were really so concerned about where their money was
going they'd do better to look at the billions listed on budgets as
unspecified "black projects".

Anyhow, thanks for your reply, it's clarified the issue for me. Now if
only I could actually work to *earn* the $120 to pay for the EAD in the
first place...

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Karen

I hear that. I am in the same boat, got here a week ago and I am just
about to start filing my paperwork. Ouch on the $120 for the work
permit, I did not know it was that much. I agree though, does it
really cost that much to file all that paperwork? I think not!

Kare


    >
    > Which is fair enough, to some degree, but I doubt somehow that $375
    > equates to a genuinely justifiable fee for processing that paperwork in
    > whichever particular office it's being done in. Just a small number of
    > those would cover the quarterly services bill even after taking out the
    > payments made to employees for actually going through the paperwork. If
    > the US taxpayer were really so concerned about where their money was
    > going they'd do better to look at the billions listed on budgets as
    > unspecified "black projects".
    >
    > Anyhow, thanks for your reply, it's clarified the issue for me. Now if
    > only I could actually work to *earn* the $120 to pay for the EAD in the
    > first place...

Des

Karen,

I agree ist's expensive to adjust for status but we're not given any
choice!
If you have very little income, I believe there is an option to apply
for waivers - there is some form on the INS website (don't know where
at the moment).

We filed the I-485, I-131, I-765, and I-130 two years ago and it took
us quite a while to save up for the USD 550 (and those were the old
prices)!

Good luck!
- Des

Targaff

[email protected] (Des) wrote in news:32ace79e.0211060033.509d9bd8
@posting.google.com:

    > If you have very little income, I believe there is an option to apply
    > for waivers - there is some form on the INS website (don't know where
    > at the moment).

I'd be astonished if there were a waiver, but I'll have a look around and
see if I can find it.

The problem is that one of the conditions set for coming to the US is that
the US resident/citizen have enough money to support their fiance - so the
logical extension of that is to be able to turn around and say that this
includes payment for all the paperwork. In our case, for example, as a
student my fiancee is just below the minimum and we had to have her parents
as co-sponsors, but of course that doesn't mean we can rely on them for
finances it just means we are able to if we absolutely need to. That's
seemingly not a differentiation made by the INS, however...

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Joe

I filed my AOS yesterday and it cost me a total of $560, the break
down is as follows:

I-130: $185 ($130+$55 (fingerprinting))
I-485: $255
I-765: $120

And I haven't yet filed the travel document - I -131! This is my
second attempt at AOS. I went through the same forms & fees back in
1992. :-(

Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to file I-485 suppliment A
(for Sect 245 LIFE legislation) where the filing fee is $1000!!

I just read yesterday that INS awarded a $250 million contract to
Northrop Grumman's to upgrade INS legacy Information Technology
systems. So that is where your hard earned cash is going to...creating
US JOBS!

"The contract will add more than 500 new jobs to Northrop Grumman IT.
Work on the program will be performed at more than 100 INS operating
locations in the U.S. and at several INS international operating
centers."

Squire

In article , Targaff
writes
    >[email protected] (Des) wrote in news:32ace79e.0211060033.509d9bd8
    >@posting.google.com:
    >> If you have very little income, I believe there is an option to apply
    >> for waivers - there is some form on the INS website (don't know where
    >> at the moment).
    >I'd be astonished if there were a waiver, but I'll have a look around and
    >see if I can find it.
    >The problem is that one of the conditions set for coming to the US is that
    >the US resident/citizen have enough money to support their fiance - so the
    >logical extension of that is to be able to turn around and say that this
    >includes payment for all the paperwork. In our case, for example, as a
    >student my fiancee is just below the minimum and we had to have her parents
    >as co-sponsors, but of course that doesn't mean we can rely on them for
    >finances it just means we are able to if we absolutely need to. That's
    >seemingly not a differentiation made by the INS, however...


You may care to search on google.com for the following posting and
thread which, though it doesnt cover your circumstances as outlined by
you, does show that fee waivers are sometimes granted.

From: "Mrs_Blackross"
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us.marriage-based
Subject: Re: Fee Wavier?
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 19:00:12 -0400
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
Message-ID:


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squire
Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others. (Groucho)

Targaff

squire wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > You may care to search on google.com for the following posting and
    > thread which, though it doesnt cover your circumstances as outlined by
    > you, does show that fee waivers are sometimes granted.

Thanks for the pointer

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Targaff

[email protected] (Joe) wrote in news:8354c5d1.0211060805.45137b11
@posting.google.com:

    > I filed my AOS yesterday and it cost me a total of $560, the break
    > down is as follows:
    >
    > I-130: $185 ($130+$55 (fingerprinting))
    > I-485: $255
    > I-765: $120
    >
    > And I haven't yet filed the travel document - I -131! This is my
    > second attempt at AOS. I went through the same forms & fees back in
    > 1992. :-(
    >
    > Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to file I-485 suppliment A
    > (for Sect 245 LIFE legislation) where the filing fee is $1000!!

I assure you, I'm considering!

    > I just read yesterday that INS awarded a $250 million contract to
    > Northrop Grumman's to upgrade INS legacy Information Technology
    > systems. So that is where your hard earned cash is going to...creating
    > US JOBS!

Presumably that's US in the sense of United States and not *us*, nice
though that thought might be :> I think their being able to to order such
an upgrade, though, simply confirms that their charges are significantly
more than really necessary - and somewhat reaffirms my suspicion that the
high charges are to some degree imposed to dissuade fake applications.

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Rete

You can apply for a waiver of the fees and if you qualify, they will be waived.

However, note that the fingerprinting fee is $50 not $55 and is to be sent at the same time as the fees for the I-485 and I-765 and I-131 if you are applying for advance parole.

Rete