Yesterday we found out the fees for renewing the I-600A paperwork went up. It was $670 and is now $720.
About a month ago, we sent our renewal off to the USCIS for processing. It’s our 3rd renewal since we started this whole adoption process. My biggest fear was that we would receive notice that we needed to pay yet another fee to the US government because what else do they do besides take all of our money?
Came home from work today and found that we had received our renewal. We have until April of 2012 to complete our adoption before we have to start the whole immigration process over…from scratch. So, what that means is, we should be done with that. Considering that we’re anticipating a spring referral. This latest one was a “grandfathered” extension which was free. Yes, folks, you read this correctly! We didn’t have to pay for this one! Free Free Free! And we’re done!
With all of the things we’ve had to pay for this year, I’m so relieved that this one came through the way it did. Finally, something went our way. And…we also got away without having to do another Home Study for this renewal. We were one month away from needing an updated one for USCIS. That would have been $425. We will have to probably get our fingerprints done right before we leave, but I can live with that.
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