Many people want to immigrate to the United States, so what are the application fees and living expenses for American immigrants?

Extended reading: American immigration application fee

I. Application I-526

2065438+February 23, 2006, 65438+2006, USCIS issued a notice to increase the fees related to immigration naturalization applications. The application fee for I-526 has increased from 1500 USD to 3675 USD.

Second, the NVC visa fee

$400 per person is the fee that the investor I-526 will pay to the National Visa Center after being approved. Applicable to investors who are in China and need to go to the Guangzhou Consulate for an interview. Require investors and their families to pay.

Three. I-485 application

This fee will only be used when the investor is in the United States and needs to change his identity. After the fee is increased, the I- application fee is 1 140 USD per person; The fee for applicants under 14 is $750.

Fourth, the medical examination fee

900 yuan for adults and 600 yuan for children.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) I-829 Application

Investors should submit condition I-829 to apply for termination conditions three months before the green card expires, and the price is $3,750 per person.

Sixth, fingerprints

The biometric service fee announced by USCIS is $85 per person, which is the same as before.

Seven. Immigration fee

The latest USCIS immigration fee rose from 165 to 220. The USCIS investor immigration visa package will be the investor's immigration visa package, and a green card will be made. Major applicants and many immigrant families need to pay fees through the Internet as soon as possible after obtaining immigrant visas, otherwise the time for receiving green cards may be delayed.

Further reading: the living expenses of American immigrants

0 1- living expenses

After coming to the United States, the first thing involved is life. Renting and buying a house are huge expenses. Due to different residence and personal requirements, the cost gap is very large. For example, if you are near Los Angeles, California, a four-bedroom apartment in an ordinary middle-class community will be between 500,000 and 654.38+00,000, but the same type of house may be half the price of Houston. Of course, you can also choose to buy by mortgage. Take 6.5438+00,000 as an example. The average mortgage term in the United States is 30 years (or less), and the current mortgage interest rate is between 4% and 5%. If it is 30 years, the interest rate is 4.5%, and the down payment is 10%, your annual mortgage is about 5%. But in addition, you also need to pay property tax, insurance and community management fees. Real estate tax rates vary greatly from state to state. Other additional taxes and fees are about 20,000 per year. In short, you should pay 654.38+ 10,000 yuan first, and then about 70,000 yuan a year. This is much cheaper than the housing prices in many cities in China.

Besides, it is impossible for America to have no car. Two people buy a car, a small-displacement car and an SUV, which costs about 50 thousand yuan.

02- Living expenses

The prices of daily necessities vary from state to state. (necessities of life include housing, food, children's health care, transportation, medical care and other necessities and taxes.