What does it really cost

[Pineau]

I am chatting with a lady I met in China last year. She has a boyfriend in America that I think is bull shitting her about the cost of a K1 visa. I think he is setting her up for a scam.
Here are a few extracts from the QQ chat.

Hello! My friend told me the following: "a fiancee visa will take a year or more to complete. It will cost 6,000.00 dollars or more." I do not believe so much money, whether you tell me the real price. The real situation. He said: "a fiancee visa will take a year or more to complete. It will cost 6,000.00 dollars or more." 

I want to deal with the visa is k1

  12:10:51 PM
k1
**Fish 鱼  12:11:16 PM
cost should be about the same as k3.

** beijing  12:13:33 PM
I hope you to help me, to go to the web site consulting a cost, is how much?

**Fish 鱼  12:15:10 PM
i will ask someone with more experience. send you the answer when I get it.

**  beijing  12:15:17 PM
Do not contain ticket costs. Just apply for visa fees fiancee.

**Wen  beijing  12:15:45 PM
Ok, thank you

**   beijing  12:17:27 PM
He told me that he loved me, but he will be in the next year's four, five months to China and visit me. He had no money, I want to pay for the cost of him.
** beijing  12:18:13 PM
April or may
** beijing  12:18:56 PM
He will  be in the next year's April or may to China.

**Fish 鱼  12:19:23 PM
First rule of online dating. NEVER SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE YOU HAVE NOT MET>

** 12:20:23 PM
Yes!!!!!I understand
**  12:20:43 PM
Thank you

**Fish 鱼  12:22:17 PM
I am going back to America tomorrow. I will contact you when I get an answer. About 2 days.
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So what does it really cost for a K1. I applied for a k3 and it was no where close to $6000.

[Vince G]

K1 - I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) Filing Fee : $340.

K3 - I-130, Petition for Alien Relative Filing Fee : $420


http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=92c5e116de9eb210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=5b33aca797e63110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD


You know a couple of years ago on the chnlove forum was a guy that spouted large amounts for his wife to come to the states. When it was broken down he included all the EMF costs and the cargo shipping of her furniture and everything else she had? Who knows what this guy is including in?

[Willy The Londoner]

Costs of getting rid of a scamming male. Free

A friend of mine here spent a lot of time talking with a Texan.  He told her he wanted to get here and then spelt out a lot of reasons why his money was needed elsewhere.  He suggested that he could get here in a month or so if she sent him the cost of Business Flight airline ticket.   My advice was ditch him. The Texan was put out to pastures new.

Willy

[shaun]

He really isn't all that far off.

K-1 Visa Application                         $  420.00
Odd Document fees                         $  300.00
Interview Fee                                  $  300.00
Lawyer                                            $1800.00
Medical                                            $  100.00
Flight                                               $1000.00
Status change                                 $1000.00
                                                        =======
                                                        $4920.00

You consider incidental fees and that is pretty close to $6000.00.     Sounds like a guy who is counting the cost mid stream.

[Vince G]

Right Shaun, if he's figuring in All expenses, lawyer fees and flights?

[Pineau]

The 6 grand is supposed to be for just the application and processing. Neither her nor there if he is trying to count up everything up front. I will itemize it like Shaun did and send it to her so she can see for herself. 

What worries me is that he is making noise that he is broke and she is starting to consider paying for his plane tickets. 

[Vince G]

Personally I wouldn't let the woman lay out any money, so I don't know where he's coming from? (can't relate) This could be a real mess in the future. If he's broke now? How is he suppose to show support when and if she comes to the country? If she must, then she should pay for half his ticket, sending him back.

Get me more info, I'll figure out this guy.

[daghoi]

To be continued ....   
Anyway, he should visit china first (if he has not). The girl will probably not be allowed out of China to start with, and US will probably not grant a visa to visit someone that she has not met in person ? I'm form Europe so i do not know the US laws. In addition you have the scam thing, and if not a scam, it appear to be someone that is not ready to take responsible for another human being. Off course we only now a small portion of it, but so far it seems something to walk away from.

[shaun]

There are too many unknowns to be offering the advice of ditching the guy.  Why don't we wait and see what the issues are first.

[Willy The Londoner]

If a guy is going into this blind then he should not be.  He should know that there are a lot of costs involved and he he cannot cope with the cost or he did not even figure on what it may cost then he should not have put himself in the position he now is.

It sounds like he has never even been to China yet.   

Willy

[Vince G]

It sounds like he has never even been to China yet.

Well it's not me! lol

Part of this is we don't know if he asked her to pay for the travel or she's offering? Is he thinking the end result ($6000.) or he's coming up with excuses? 

[shaun]

exactly Vince

[maxx]

It doe's sound like excuses to me.

[shaun]

The fact that he is in the ballpark as far as figures are concerned tells me that at least he has counted the cost.

[Arnold]

The fact that he is in the ballpark as far as figures are concerned tells me that at least he has counted the cost.

Yeah .. but most likely no clue how much for the "Whole" package , from start to finish ! Did I say finish ? haha