Foreign students' visa costs rise

randee wrote:

But it was made quite clear
by the INS that she had to renew it in Austria, it could not be done
locally in the US.

That's not entirely true either. To renew an F-1 visa, you have to do it
_outside_ the US, but not necessarily in your home country, even if
thatg is usually the case. I always renewed mine in my home country, but
that was because I travelled there a lot. I knew of students who would
go to Canada to do it. It's a stupid system, but there you go.

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David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

On 10/2/05 5:18 am, in article , "Frank
F. Matthews" wrote:

This is just rubbish, sorry. The cost is 100 dollars for the visa, and
100 dollars for the SEVIS fee.


Alas it costs whatever some idiot in the consulate says.


In most cases you don't pay at the consular section. You pay by remittance
to their bank account. And the fees are clearly stated on the Web site: (1)
SEVIS fee, (2) application fee, (3) reciprocal visa fee (which is often
zero).

Diplomatic and service passports are handled without fee so long as the
bearer (or his/her sponsor, if a dependent) is on official assignment to the
USA. NATO forces don't need visas at all, just ID cards and official orders.

Biwah wrote:

On 10/2/05 5:18 am, in article , "Frank
F. Matthews" wrote:

This is just rubbish, sorry. The cost is 100 dollars for the visa, and
100 dollars for the SEVIS fee.


Alas it costs whatever some idiot in the consulate says.


In most cases you don't pay at the consular section. You pay by remittance
to their bank account. And the fees are clearly stated on the Web site: (1)
SEVIS fee, (2) application fee, (3) reciprocal visa fee (which is often
zero).

I think it's zero in the case of all the European (or at least EU/EEA)
countries.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

AFAIR she actually did try to renew it in Juarez, but there was some
reason they could not do it easily there, so she just decided to deal
with the visa back in Austria during the holiday break. If I think of
it I'll try to get the whole story next time we see her.

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn wrote:

randee wrote:

But it was made quite clear
by the INS that she had to renew it in Austria, it could not be done
locally in the US.

That's not entirely true either. To renew an F-1 visa, you have to do it
_outside_ the US, but not necessarily in your home country, even if
thatg is usually the case. I always renewed mine in my home country, but
that was because I travelled there a lot. I knew of students who would
go to Canada to do it. It's a stupid system, but there you go.

--

Emilia wrote:

(chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
th' barn) wrote in news:1grsnsu.19m1j7nqlu9q8N%
:

randee wrote:

But it was made quite clear
by the INS that she had to renew it in Austria, it could not be done
locally in the US.

That's not entirely true either. To renew an F-1 visa, you have to do it
_outside_ the US, but not necessarily in your home country, even if
thatg is usually the case. I always renewed mine in my home country, but
that was because I travelled there a lot. I knew of students who would
go to Canada to do it. It's a stupid system, but there you go.


I heard this as well. My American friend wanted to marry a man from Egypt.
He had to go to Montreal for his fiance visa before he entered the US.

If they'd been married while he was in the US (providing he was there
legally), he could have applied for permanent residency from within the
US. That's one of the few (only?) immigration status changes I'm aware
of which can be applied for within the country. However, applying for
the fiance visa has advantages- it's generally quicker for a start,
which might be why they did it- in addition to mariage plans etc.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk