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USCIS issues final rule increasing fees

  1. Original Date Announced

    August 3, 2020

    USCIS issues a final rule increasing fees by a weighted average of 20 percent and adding new fees, including a $50 fee for asylum applications, and a $1,170 fee for naturalization applications. The rule also establishes multiple fees for nonimmigrant worker petitions, removes certain fee exemptions, limits fee waivers, establishes new forms, and alters premium processing time limits, among other things. The final rule was signed by Chad Mizelle, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the General Counsel, on behalf of Acting Secretary Wolf; the NPRM was signed by Acting Secretary McAleenan.

    [ID #1016]

    2020.08.03 USCIS Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements
  2. Effective Date

    October 2, 2020
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  4. Biden Administration Action: Under Study

    June 14, 2021

    Unified Agenda: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule

    This notice made known the Biden administration's intention to rescind and replace the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.

    DHS issued a Uniform Regulatory Agenda notice announcing its intention to propose to adjust the fees charged by USCIS for immigration and naturalization benefit requests.  This proposed rule would rescind and replace the changes made by the August 3, 2020, rule and establish new USCIS fees to recover USCIS operating costs.   

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  5. Biden Administration Action: Proposed Revocation/Replacement/Modification

    January 4, 2023

    NPRM on USCIS Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements

    On January 4, 2023, the Biden administration issued a proposed rule to rescind and replace the enjoined Trump-era fee schedule that is the original entry. In the NPRM, DHS proposes to adjust USCIS fees, add new fees for certain benefit requests, establish distinct fees for petitions for nonimmigrant workers, and limit the number of beneficiaries on certain forms. DHS also proposes additional fee exemptions for certain humanitarian categories and changes to certain other immigration benefit request requirements.

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Current Status

Not in effect

Most Recent Action

January 4, 2023 Action: Proposed Revocation/Replacement/Modification NPRM on USCIS Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements
June 14, 2021
Acted on by Biden Administration
January 4, 2023
Acted on by Biden Administration

Original Trump Policy Status

Trump Administration Action: Rule
Agencies Affected: USCIS

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