What fees does the Family-Based Immigrant Visa have? For the Family Visa you need…
What fees does the Family-Based Immigrant Visa have?
For the Family Visa you need to pay for the I-130 petition Form which is about 500$, the USCID filing fee for the I-130 petition Form which is almost 200$ and the Immigration Visa for 220$.
What are the categories of the Immigrant Visa?
Because there are so many types of Immigrant Visas in the U.S., dividing them into categories is necessary based on the reason for applying. The categories of this type of Visa are: Immediate Relative & Family Sponsored Visas, Employment Sponsored Visas and Other Immigrants Visas such as: Diversity Immigrant Visa and Returning Resident.
What are the two groups eligible for the Family Visa?
The two groups are: Immediate relatives such as unmarried children under 21 of U.S. citizens, spouses of U.S. citizens;
orphans to be adopted in the U.S.;
orphans adopted abroad and parents of U.S. citizens who are at least 21 years old;
and Family Preference Categories like:
spouses, minor children and unmarried sons and daughters over 21 of LPRs;
married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens and their spouses and minor children and unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, their spouses and their children.
How many immigrants does the US take in per year?
The United States according to the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, had 1 million immigrant enter the U.S. where more than 600,000 were new arrivals and more than half a million were status adjustments.
The number has gone down due to the changes in the Immigration policies in recent years.
If you are applying for the Immigrant Spouse Visa, then you need to pay 535 dollars for the petition fee and 325 dollars for the visa application fee to process the DS-260 Form.
Other than that you need to pay fees for processing your other documents such as translations or certificates and your trip to the Embassy/Consulate for the interview.
How does the Immigrant Visa process go?
First of all, you need to submit a petition, 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.
What are the general requirements of the Employment Immigrant Visa?
The general requirements of the Employment Immigrant Visa are: a valid passport, two 2×2 photographs of yourself, the DS-260 Form, the I-140 Form from the employer, Civil documents like birth and marriage certificates, the I-864 Form which is evidence of financial support if you have a sponsor who can financially support you and the Completed Medical Forms.
The top 5 reasons why you should move to America are:
1. The abundance of education fields and universities;
2. Availability of international food is very good;
3. Career opportunities;
4. Cars and gasoline are inexpensive and infrastructure is readily accessible and
5. Real estate and housing are generally of high quality and inexpensive compared to most of the developed, and even developing world.
