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BlueDevil
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:35 am 
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By the way, the application fee was increased from $140 to $160.


Those kind of fees just never seem to go down. :|
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Irish Drifter
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 1:08 pm 
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BlueDevil wrote:
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By the way, the application fee was increased from $140 to $160.


Those kind of fees just never seem to go down. :|


Monopolies never lower their prices :lol: They only place you can get a visa to the U.S. is from the U.S. State Department so there is no competition to moderate pricing.

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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 6:27 pm 
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The application fee was increased from $140 to $160.


At 50 to 100 applications a day, they were taking in $5000 to $10,000 grand a day back in 2006-2008 when it was $100 an application.

I don't know if they are doing that number of apps now.

Its sad to see some of the good people get rejected. The USA was built on immigrants and I'd love to see a lot more getting approved. I've never seen a Costa Rican terrorist.

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Maximus62
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:21 am 
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San Te wrote:
Can't you fill out form I-134 to sponsor them? It should help.

That's an immigrant visa support form. It is not applicable to tourist visas.

Contrary to what the government says, the tourist visa process is completely subjective and arbitrary. The CO's give visas to whomever they want. 214(b) is just the excuse to deny for whatever reason. They give 10-yr tourist visas to full-time hookers, but professional women who have a real job can't get one. It's a joke. And they encourage you to keep trying since you put $140 in their pockets each time.



The reason hookers get 10 year visas is that they probably OWN a house or property. (The smart ones anyway) Therefore they a have a reason to come back to Costa Rica.

I've heard of one instance where the mother signed over the house to the daughter so she would get approved for a Visa.
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Horhey
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 3:16 pm 
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One thing I know for sure. If they stay past the visa expiration date forget about ever getting another one. Have heard about some deportations lately. And no one can help you once you stay past the visa. Your fvcked forever.
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