Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently proposed to increase the fee charged for each immigration and naturalization benefit request. For examples: Proposed increase for H-1B base fee (I-129) is $460.00; for naturalization (N-400), $640.00; for family immigration (I-130), $535.00. The agency's last fee increase was November 23, 2010. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is primarily a fee-based agency. In order words, its operations and staff are funded by immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged to applicants and petitioners. Without the fee increases, USCIS anticipates an average annual shortfall of $560 million in coming years.
Comments on the proposal can be submitted to DHS by July 5, 2016, via email. (Email USCIS at uscisfrcomment@dhs.gov. Include DHS Docket No.USCIS–2016–0001 in the subject line of the message.).
Proposed new fees for selected immigration benefit request:
Immigration benefit request
|
Current fee ($)
|
Proposed fee ($)
| |
I-90
|
Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
|
365
|
455
|
I-102
|
Application for Replacement/initial Non-immigrant Arrival-Departure Document
|
330
|
445
|
I-129
|
Petition for a Non-immigrant worker
|
325
|
460
|
I-129F
|
Petition for Alien Fiance(e)
|
340
|
535
|
I-130
|
Petition for Alien Relative
|
420
|
535
|
I-131/131A
|
Application for Travel Document
|
360
|
575
|
I-140
|
Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
|
580
|
700
|
I-290B
|
Notice of Appeal or Motion
|
630
|
675
|
I-360
| Petition for Amerasian Widow(er) or Special Immigrant |
405
|
435
|
I-485
|
Application to Adjust Status
|
985
|
1140
|
I-526
|
Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur
|
1500
|
3675
|
I-539
|
Application to Extend/Change Non-immigrant Status
|
290
|
370
|
I-601A
|
Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver
|
585
|
630
|
I-751
| Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence |
505
|
595
|
I-765
|
Application for Employment Authorization
|
380
|
410
|
I-824
|
Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition
|
405
|
465
|
I-829
|
Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions
|
3750
|
3750
|
I-910
|
Application for Civil Surgeon Designation
|
615
|
785
|
N-400
|
Application for Naturalization
|
595
|
640
|
N-600/600K
|
Application for Certificate of Citizenship
|
600
|
1170
|
USCIS Immigration Fee
|
USCIS Immigrant Fee
|
165
|
220
|
Biometric Services
|
Biometric Services
|
85
|
85
|
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