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rolex123 said:
yap I understood, ya they gave u a form related USCIS ,(united states citizen immigration service payment fee), u need to pay online ( ur sponsore ) 165 per person, per person , for example if u have 3 member including u u need to pay 496usd , but this payment is usally done from USA because there is no only credit service payment form here. If I can I will google and attache the form but it should be paid from USA, BEFORE U ENTERED USA! I am I right @Britsimon ?
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Hi Rolex: I deliberately refused to pay the USCIS fee for 5 members while in Kenya I only relocated here(USA) WITH ONLY $250 enough for my USCIS fee i.e $165.After POE I could not pay the fee since the system demanded i pay the total $825.It took me 4 workings days after POE to pay the amount.You know what the SSN processing is not depedent on paymnet but presence...
POE 21st Nov 2014
USCIS payment 25th Nov 2014
SSN received on 2nd Dec 2014

The opposite happened to @Citizen K SSN received after 10 days from POE but he had paid while in Ghana.He is also in NewJersey
 
ZGREAT said:
am honestly tired of it and I have a feeling that they will increase only 3000 and I might get current on March ! and may be my forms didn't complete processing

it's awkward that I was told it was complete on Oct and now they say they almost complete processing ;

let's see what February have in store for me !!
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That's the kind of waiting I talked about in my case- SSN.It torturse your mind...All the best bro...
 
rolex123 said:
yap I understood, ya they gave u a form related USCIS ,(united states citizen immigration service payment fee), u need to pay online ( ur sponsore ) 165 per person, per person , for example if u have 3 member including u u need to pay 496usd , but this payment is usally done from USA because there is no only credit service payment form here. If I can I will google and attache the form but it should be paid from USA, BEFORE U ENTERED USA! I am I right @Britsimon ?
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The $165 USCIS fee can either be paid before you enter the U.S. (the payment can be made from anywhere in the world if you have he means of doing so) or after you enter the U.S. It is not a must for it to be paid before one enters the U.S.
 
q boss said:
Yaa I did that for my birth certificate ..I'm playin as single so I don't think ,any marriage staff needed one last question @God-Is-Love with my sponsor I don't have relation but when I fill the ds260 I said we r cousin ,but he is not . I'm related with his wife even his wife is not my cousin she is my mothers cousin ....what can I say If I was asked about my relation with the sponsor?....the other thing I have sister in USA she is citizen but I didn't take here as a sponsor coz by the time when I fill the ds260 she was moving from dc to las vegas and so she doesn't hav an address and I choice my moms cousin address they r now living In vegas ..so should i change the address with my sis or the was it was!
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When you show up for your interview let the COZ know that you wish to change your host/sponsor. The more closely related you are to the host, the more easier it will be for the CO to believe you're likely to get the help you may need to prevent you from becoming a public charge.

You will have a stronger case using your sister who is now a citizen than using your mom's cousin.
 
ZGREAT said:
am honestly tired of it and I have a feeling that they will increase only 3000 and I might get current on March ! and may be my forms didn't complete processing

it's awkward that I was told it was complete on Oct and now they say they almost complete processing ;

let's see what February have in store for me !!
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I understand the feeling dear @ZGREAT. Lets pray that the upcoming VB may bring good news.
 
GodisGreat said:
They said the sponsor has to pay 160$ ...I was so happy I did not see the form after the interview.
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There is no such form or charge. There IS a fee of $165 per person that every person emigrating has to pay (paid online). Embassies normally tell people to pay before travel, but it can also be paid once you arrive in the USA. You will not receive your Green Card until it is paid.

I should imagine that us the charge being discussed, but as usual the details get fuzzy once it is discussed, misunderstood, discussed, embellished, and repeated.
 
God-Is-Love said:
You know what @GodisGreat
..."Lam esat weledech:: Endatlisew fejat: endatitewew lijwa honebat".
Let me try to translate it even though it won't give you the exact sense.
..."A cow gave birth to fire, she couldn't give it her breast feed because it is fire; she also couldn't ignore because it her born". [USER=362848]@ZGREAT, @rolex123 and @GodisGreat may correct the translation.
What i want to mention is, how much one hates what US is doing, he/she never say i don't want to go. Because it is USA.[/USER]
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the translation is awesome but to say few word:
To be honest and wrap up this issue, I feel like why ppl want to immigrate to usa , b/c it’s a land of opportunities, prosperity and higher standard of living than anywhere else even it is easy there to start investment if u have a capacity or experience of being an investor in ur home country besides it’s a big plus getting green card as a beginner , u can google USA immigrant living status statistics u will get so many successful immigrants who r become even an investor, I really want to be like one of them and it's is USA can come my dream true.
@God-Is-Love and @GodisGreat I truly envy on ur status right now , especially for @GodisGreat praise god getting the visa and plan to work hard head to grasp the juices out of land of opportunities .
@ZEGREAT feb is coming to uuu though the waiting is bitter & sweet.
Btw I can’t wait to c my number is current ..…. the waiting is sooooooo bitter sweet .. I am right @ZEGREAT?

rolex123
 
Simon said:
Hi Rolex: I deliberately refused to pay the USCIS fee for 5 members while in Kenya I only relocated here(USA) WITH ONLY $250 enough for my USCIS fee i.e $165.After POE I could not pay the fee since the system demanded i pay the total $825.It took me 4 workings days after POE to pay the amount.You know what the SSN processing is not depedent on paymnet but presence...
POE 21st Nov 2014
USCIS payment 25th Nov 2014
SSN received on 2nd Dec 2014

The opposite happened to @Citizen K SSN received after 10 days from POE but he had paid while in Ghana.He is also in NewJersey
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I got it @Simon, SSN processing is depend on the presence b/c almost in ten days time u two received SSN, but did anyone can get SSN number if he did not pay the service fee? Btw why is this payment necessary ? previously there was no such payment request. I c on some area on the explanation why ppl need to pay USCISC fee but I do not exactly understood why?
still big thumbs up for ur update Simon u r the best.
 
rolex123 said:


the translation is awesome but to say few word:
To be honest and wrap up this issue, I feel like why ppl want to immigrate to usa , b/c it’s a land of opportunities, prosperity and higher standard of living than anywhere else even it is easy there to start investment if u have a capacity or experience of being an investor in ur home country besides it’s a big plus getting green card as a beginner , u can google USA immigrant living status statistics u will get so many successful immigrants who r become even an investor, I really want to be like one of them and it's is USA can come my dream true.
@God-Is-Love and @GodisGreat I truly envy on ur status right now , especially for @GodisGreat praise god getting the visa and plan to work hard head to grasp the juices out of land of opportunities .
@ZEGREAT feb is coming to uuu though the waiting is bitter & sweet.
Btw I can’t wait to c my number is current ..…. the waiting is sooooooo bitter sweet .. I am right @ZEGREAT?

rolex123
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eweyyy endafesh yarglegn dear !!


translation
*Let it be like your words *

you will be current in march

fingers crossed
 
rolex123 said:
I got it @Simon, SSN processing is depend on the presence b/c almost in ten days time u two received SSN, but did anyone can get SSN number if he did not pay the service fee? Btw why is this payment necessary ? previously there was no such payment request. I c on some area on the explanation why ppl need to pay USCISC fee but I do not exactly understood why?
still big thumbs up for ur update Simon u r the best.
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You will get your SSN regardless of when or if the $165 fee is paid or not. @Britsimon just explained a couple of posts above yours that without the $165 fee payment you will not get the plastic GC itself. Simply put, that means that is the fee for the cost of producing and sending out the GC. Precisely what do you mean by "previously there was no such payment request" - how previously long ago are you referring to?
 
rolex123 said:
I got it @Simon, SSN processing is depend on the presence b/c almost in ten days time u two received SSN, but did anyone can get SSN number if he did not pay the service fee? Btw why is this payment necessary ? previously there was no such payment request. I c on some area on the explanation why ppl need to pay USCISC fee but I do not exactly understood why?
still big thumbs up for ur update Simon u r the best.
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May be they won't post it...
 
SusieQQQ said:
Good gracious. What statistics are you looking at? Even taking into account that rape is under-reported in many developing countries, I'd be surprised to find it has the highest rape incidence in the world...
And if you have such a problem with US influence then maybe you should consider why you want to move to the US where (1) things like gay marriage are becoming accepted as the norm and (b) your tax money will be used for promotion of these things you so abhor.

Whether or not I agree with anything in principle is not the issue here - but your post is a beautiful example of the culture shock angle I mentioned. And of how people criticise all these things yet still move to the US in a heartbeat when given the chance...

Finally, please don't generalise about Africa. Gay marriage was legal in South Africa before it was legal in the USA.
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Please consider me as one of the millions of Americans who are against the idea of making gay marriage legal. The media cannot represent every American.
 
ZGREAT said:
eweyyy endafesh yarglegn dear !!


translation
*Let it be like your words *

you will be current in march

fingers crossed
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it would be @ZEGREAT ,
if u c previous visa bulletin (2014) stat the cut off # for Ethiopia was :
FEB : 19,000
MARCH: 24,000
shall we bet on the coming VB number ? I bet 1 to 100 anything to anyone that i say ur's will be current on the next VB.
anything I MEAN like 10 BIRR with 1000birr.
 
Sm1smom said:
You will get your SSN regardless of when or if the $165 fee is paid or not. @Britsimon just explained a couple of posts above yours that without the $165 fee payment you will not get the plastic GC itself. Simply put, that means that is the fee for the cost of producing and sending out the GC. Precisely what do you mean by "previously there was no such payment request" - how previously long ago are you referring to?
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Dv 2011,2012, interview fee was very high,was it because the USCIS fee was part of the Interview fee paid at the Embassy or how were they paying the USCIS
 
rolex123 said:
I got it @Simon, SSN processing is depend on the presence b/c almost in ten days time u two received SSN, but did anyone can get SSN number if he did not pay the service fee? Btw why is this payment necessary ? previously there was no such payment request. I c on some area on the explanation why ppl need to pay USCISC fee but I do not exactly understood why?
still big thumbs up for ur update Simon u r the best.
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It is the charge for the plastic Green Card - and it is not a new charge at all.
 
Simon said:
May be they won't post it...
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btw I got this on USICS site :
'USCIS uses this fee to process and maintain your immigrant visa packet and to produce and deliver your Permanent Resident Card (commonly known as a Green Card).'

that means they need the fee for green card delivery not SSN.
 
@Sm1smom Previously I mean before five years , I knew one of my family girl friend who won but never requested such payment .
 
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