I was really curious after my last entry about how much time and money we've been required to spend so far on Albert's path to citizenship. This is what we can remember:
Fee (in USD)
|
Time Duration
| |
For the US government
to check to make sure I
was single before getting married
|
$50
|
1 day
|
For the TW government
to verify this check
|
$12.50
| |
I-130 form for green card
|
$535
|
6 months
|
I-864 form Affidavit of Support
|
~$400*
|
1 year 2 months
|
Biometrics
|
$85
|
1 day
|
Interview at American Institute
|
0
|
1 day
|
Receiving the green card in
the mail after entering the US
|
0
|
1 month 2 weeks
|
Waiting to be eligible to file I-751
|
0
|
2 years
|
I-751 form to remove
conditions from green card
|
$595
|
1 year 7 months
|
Biometrics
|
$85
|
1 day
|
N-400 application for citizenship
|
$640
|
200 days
|
Biometrics
|
$85
|
1 day
|
Waiting for Oath Ceremony
Applying for a US passport at the ceremony |
0
$205 |
1 week 6 days
|
Total
|
$2,492.50
|
5 years 3 months 33 weeks 1 day
|
This does not count money spent on postage for each application and gas spent going to biometrics and interview appointments
*I wrote in a previous entry that we had to spend this much but when I checked the USCIS website they said there is no fee if you submit it to the Department of State abroad. Somehow this was not applicable to our case back then.
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