No , you 're going the wrong way. The "year" of the patent annual fee is calculated from the date of application, and the annual fee of the current year is paid when authorized. For example, if your application is submitted on April 1 day, 2008, the first year is from April 1 day to March 3 1 day, and the second year is from April 1 day to March 3 1 day. If you were authorized in May 2009, you should pay the annual fee for the second year. Your actual situation may be that the authorization time is less than one year from the application date (utility model column), so you have to pay the annual fee for the first year.
In addition, the protection period of the patent is counted from the date of application, and it cannot be regarded as giving money for nothing.
The second question, if your request for fee waiver is made after actually paying the examination fee and application fee, it is non-refundable.