rcritcher

Does anyone know the fee for the actual visa stamp at the interview? I heard it was $325, plus a $100 processing fee payed to Banco Continental before the interview, which is completely different than the any embassy fees. I also heard the fee for the "medical exam" is now $145. This all seems a little expensive? If anyone has experienced this, or knows any info, please help, as my interview date is December 6th.

Thanks,
Rob

Scarlett

Hi,

K1 visa is supposed to be free and the charge for processing is $100 translated
into whichever currency you use in your country. the medical here in londond
cost £125 which is more than $145 dollars so you got lucky there. i think the
$325 is an immigrant visa fee which should not affect you - are you mixing it
up with K3?

regards
-=-
scarlett

Matildaknot

Hi...Rob, I sent you an email about what I learned at the embassy. But I'll
post for other folks. Although you need to go to the immigrant section of the
consulate for K1 visas due to the fact the forms are the same, you will only
pay non immmigrant fees. The fee is $100 for the application fee and the
medical exam is extra...$100 for exam approx plus tests. Total for medical at
least $150. But I asked specifically about that $365 and the woman said
absolutely not necessary.
Good luck to all!

Myself And I Me

rcritcher wrote in message news:...
    > Does anyone know the fee for the actual visa stamp at the interview? I
    > heard it was $325, plus a $100 processing fee payed to Banco Continental
    > before the interview, which is completely different than the any embassy
    > fees. I also heard the fee for the "medical exam" is now $145. This
    > all seems a little expensive? If anyone has experienced this, or knows
    > any info, please help, as my interview date is December 6th.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Rob

My K1 interview will be in just two weeks. The visa fee is $100.00 and
the medical fee is $78.00 plus an extra for any necessary shots. I'm
dealing with the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic consulate.

EgomezB

Randie

please let me know more about your k-1 petition for Peruvian fiancee. I'm debating whether to go the k-1 route or k-3. Peruvian consulate said to me yesterday k-3 was the way to go and she practically convinced me. Marry down there and petition for spouse in the US. But then I read more threads and change my mind. July 1st I'll initiate either I-129F or I-130. Thanks

David Brown

Hey Randie... :-)
1- Suggest you try to keep posts as a response to your original so they
don't get spread all over. A year from now they will come up in the
archives as somehow being related, and somehow together.
2- MrTravel is a guru! He is giving you advice rather than personal
experience with Peru. I believe his fiancé came over years ago (from
somewhere else), he shares but he's been in the business so long that his
advice is gold :-)
3- Watch 'who is who' for a couple of days and you will figure it out.
Rete, Folinskyla, Udahl, are good people to watch. Search the archives
first, then put your question out. If the question isn't in the FAQ's you
get a prompt response. Never speak directly to the Oracle! (wink)
4- Lawyers won't come back to you directly because that implies "legal
advice". Ease your way in, spend a few days with us... share what YOU are
doing. Reinforce if it happened to you... and the guru's will help if no
one else does or if you are getting 'shaky advise.

I'm in NC and have a fiancé in Chile. NOA2 - march 13, 2003.

I personally don't know the answer to your question.

Do you know what DCF is? (Direct Consular Filing) Investigate that option
also (besides 129 and 130) since in a few countries it saves a lot of time,
but hear this:
Don't get married until the plan/route is determined. It's hard to change
course. Once the course is charted, be patient.

avi8tornole

Hi,
My fiance has his interview the 10th of April. The medical is quoted at $95 for an adult, and $100 for the interview. The interview payment is done at Banco Continental beforehand. The medical is less for children.
I hope that helps.
Hilary

Gabriela

Randie wrote in message news:...
    > please let me know more about your k-1 petition for Peruvian fiancee.
    > I'm debating whether to go the k-1 route or k-3. Peruvian consulate
    > said to me yesterday k-3 was the way to go and she practically convinced
    > me. Marry down there and petition for spouse in the US. But then I
    > read more threads and change my mind. July 1st I'll initiate either
    > I-129F or I-130. Thanks

Randie, (or Peruvian applicants)

I want to tell you about our experience. Russ and I got engaged in
March 2002, we started to gather documents and fill out forms for the
k-1 petition for
fiancee in May, when I was visiting him in Philadelphia. After
researching a lot we realized the k-1 visa was the best option because
the k-3 would
take more time.
Russ sent the application for my k-1 visa at the end of June 2002
(sorry I can't give you exact days in some cases). It was received by
the Vermont Center (as he was living in Pennsylvania) on July 5, 2002.
It was approved on July 22 and we received the Notice of Action the
first days of August (giving us the
approval of the petition and stating that the Consulate in Lima would
contact me).
I received the package from the US Consulate in Lima a couple weeks
later and I had my interview on September 26, 2002 and received my
fiancee visa the next day.
So, it took us a bit more than three months to get my fiancee visa.
Not all the cases are the same, but probably our experience will help
you to decide
between the k-1 or k-3.
The interview with the Vice-Consul in Lima was easy, because we had
lots of proofs of our relationship and I had already traveled to USA
many times.
We thought it was going to take longer to get the k-1 visa, so we
scheduled our civil wedding for February 15, 2003. We got married on
that day surrounded by our families and now we are living together
close to Philadelphia.
If you want you can give my email to your fiancee. She could have some
questions about a new life in the USA.
I hope this information helps you,
Gabriela