Comments on: USCIS Fees for I-600A http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/ Join the Rumor Queen as she looks for the latest rumors and then analyzes them, trying to figure out what the CCAA will do next. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:25:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lauriesue http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15484 Lauriesue Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:10:43 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15484 Maybe the best the way to decide on whether or not to file for a renewal of your 171H is to assume that it will take 3 months once you send in the I-600A. So, for instance, if your 171H expires December 14th, you should plan on filing for renewal no later than September 14th. Of course, mine expires on Dec. 14th, and I filed last week. Maybe the best the way to decide on whether or not to file for a renewal of your 171H is to assume that it will take 3 months once you send in the I-600A. So, for instance, if your 171H expires December 14th, you should plan on filing for renewal no later than September 14th. Of course, mine expires on Dec. 14th, and I filed last week.

]]> By: RumorQueen http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15422 RumorQueen Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:03:42 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15422 Your I-171H needs to be valid the day of your consulate appt. It can expire the next day, but I doubt your agency will let you cut it that close. Also, many agencies seem to be telling people with LID's a ways out to not get started yet. I think this is because the agency thinks it may be a long while before those people travel and they want to give the USCIS a chance to come up with a solution before the family gets started again. Your I-171H needs to be valid the day of your consulate appt. It can expire the next day, but I doubt your agency will let you cut it that close.

Also, many agencies seem to be telling people with LID’s a ways out to not get started yet. I think this is because the agency thinks it may be a long while before those people travel and they want to give the USCIS a chance to come up with a solution before the family gets started again.

]]> By: jadynsmom http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15421 jadynsmom Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:36:53 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15421 hi... need to know the horrors of the Detroit office. 171H expires 12-15 -- was holding onto strings that we'd be included this last batch. We are moving in 3 weeks (building a home - don't recomment it in this situation but it has really helped to have something else to keep me consumed! ).... We redid our homestudy this week and SW will come out in 4 weeks to do another homestudy to carry to China (yes, 2 homestudies within a month) ... anyway she was trying to convince me to wait until we moved to redo the 171H - her clients have been flying through the Detroit office. I didn't want to take the chance. What was the holdup / issue for y'all? I'd certainly like to avoid those issues..... I'm resubmitting next week. Wow - georgiabrown -- had never heard that it needed to be valid for 4 months after --- has anyone else? What a great money making opp for the gvmt. We all need to re-do. LID8/15 expecting to be in the next batch. hi… need to know the horrors of the Detroit office. 171H expires 12-15 — was holding onto strings that we’d be included this last batch. We are moving in 3 weeks (building a home - don’t recomment it in this situation but it has really helped to have something else to keep me consumed! )…. We redid our homestudy this week and SW will come out in 4 weeks to do another homestudy to carry to China (yes, 2 homestudies within a month) … anyway she was trying to convince me to wait until we moved to redo the 171H - her clients have been flying through the Detroit office. I didn’t want to take the chance. What was the holdup / issue for y’all? I’d certainly like to avoid those issues….. I’m resubmitting next week.

Wow - georgiabrown — had never heard that it needed to be valid for 4 months after — has anyone else? What a great money making opp for the gvmt. We all need to re-do.

LID8/15 expecting to be in the next batch.

]]> By: skye06 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15417 skye06 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:45:24 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15417 Oh, hello. Just re-read the title of this thread. Nevermind. I'm okay. Really. Oh, hello. Just re-read the title of this thread.
Nevermind. I’m okay. Really.

]]> By: skye06 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15416 skye06 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:11:22 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15416 SarahJane, what fees are you talking about that are going up? SarahJane, what fees are you talking about that are going up?

]]> By: gnanna http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15414 gnanna Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:03:20 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15414 katydid-- our Senator is Jim DeMint and his office has been wonderful. He has a local person on adoption issues and a DC person. They always return my calls and sent me the transcripts from the hearings a few months back. He is very supportive of adoptive parents. I am just disappointed that it looks like all of our work won't help all of us caught in this unexpected slowdown. The fees on top of fees just get out of hand! And tonight I got a speeding ticket to take some more of my money. Sometimes you just gotta laugh! katydid– our Senator is Jim DeMint and his office has been wonderful. He has a local person on adoption issues and a DC person. They always return my calls and sent me the transcripts from the hearings a few months back. He is very supportive of adoptive parents.
I am just disappointed that it looks like all of our work won’t help all of us caught in this unexpected slowdown. The fees on top of fees just get out of hand! And tonight I got a speeding ticket to take some more of my money. Sometimes you just gotta laugh!

]]> By: sarahjane http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15413 sarahjane Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:40:01 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15413 Hi there, I got an email that our fees will increase and our rep here is is washington. I was hoping to find out about an extention. I am a dreamer! Hi there, I got an email that our fees will increase and our rep here is is washington. I was hoping to find out about an extention. I am a dreamer!

]]> By: Carol http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15412 Carol Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:46:22 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15412 Ladies, we might as well get out our checkbooks. If H.R. 5888 dies in committee, and the issue of expiring I171Hs is going to be buried in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, we can forget about any meaningful relief anytime soon. Immigration reform is just too wrapped up with homeland security issues, as well as being a hot issue with Latino voters in a midterm election year, not to be debated for a loooong time. Carol in AZ Ladies, we might as well get out our checkbooks.
If H.R. 5888 dies in committee, and the issue of expiring I171Hs is going to be buried in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, we can forget about any meaningful relief anytime soon. Immigration reform is just too wrapped up with homeland security issues, as well as being a hot issue with Latino voters in a midterm election year, not to be debated for a loooong time.

Carol in AZ

]]> By: patienceinwaiting http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15411 patienceinwaiting Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:42:24 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15411 I'm with you Liz -- PEEE EEEWWWW! I’m with you Liz — PEEE EEEWWWW!

]]> By: chasdav6us http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15410 chasdav6us Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:09:07 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2006/09/28/uscis-fees-for-i-600a/#comment-15410 Speaking as someone who is in the process of updating that **&@* I-171h, I feel completely abandoned by my congressman and senators! Our I-171h is probably going to expire just DAYS prior to our needing it to be current. I'm writing checks for updated homestudies and to the US Govt which will add up to significantly over $1000. You can bet I'll never see any sort of refund--or allowance made simply because we're in that first batch of folks who have expiring paperwork. I'm irritated beyond belief. I'm tired of hearing how this protects our child's interests. Our situation has not changed ONE IOTA since the original paperwork was filed. It's just 18 months later and so my guess is we'll change a few dates and get on with it. My child's interests are not going to be any more protected with a new piece of paper from BCIS than they were 18 months ago. I think this whole thing STINKS. There ought to be an easier and LESS expensive and less time consuming way to satisfy the US Government. As it is, I just spent a chunk of change that could have gone into a college fund...or toward music lessons....or toward swim lessons--on a blasted piece of paper. WHAT a waste of time, energy, money and resources. There....that's my vent for the evening. Where's the merlot? Liz in CO Speaking as someone who is in the process of updating that **&@* I-171h, I feel completely abandoned by my congressman and senators! Our I-171h is probably going to expire just DAYS prior to our needing it to be current. I’m writing checks for updated homestudies and to the US Govt which will add up to significantly over $1000. You can bet I’ll never see any sort of refund–or allowance made simply because we’re in that first batch of folks who have expiring paperwork.

I’m irritated beyond belief. I’m tired of hearing how this protects our child’s interests. Our situation has not changed ONE IOTA since the original paperwork was filed. It’s just 18 months later and so my guess is we’ll change a few dates and get on with it. My child’s interests are not going to be any more protected with a new piece of paper from BCIS than they were 18 months ago.

I think this whole thing STINKS. There ought to be an easier and LESS expensive and less time consuming way to satisfy the US Government. As it is, I just spent a chunk of change that could have gone into a college fund…or toward music lessons….or toward swim lessons–on a blasted piece of paper. WHAT a waste of time, energy, money and resources.

There….that’s my vent for the evening. Where’s the merlot?

Liz in CO

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