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Original Date Announced
July 22, 2025USCIS updates the instructions for Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver, as a result of the enactment of H.R.-1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on July 4, 2025. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act creates new fees for initial applications for asylum, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and a new annual fee for pending asylum applications. It also creates new application fees for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for asylum seekers, parolees, and TPS holders and makes some preexisting EAD renewal fees non-waivable. All new fees created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are non-waivable.
This update only affects the instructions to Form I-912. The form itself remains unchanged from the prior version that was released on April 1, 2024. The instructions to Form I-912 were updated to state that fees required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are non-waivable; to replace "noncitizen" with "alien"; and to reflect that the fee for a Petition for CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker (Form I-129CW) filed for a CW-1 may be waivable under certain conditions.
Trump 2.0 [#1931]
2025.07.22 USCIS 2829-25 - Immigration Fees Required by HR-1 2025.07.22 USCIS Form I-912 - Request for Fee Waiver 2025.07.22 Instructions for USCIS Form I-912 - Request for Fee WaiverEffective Date
July 22, 2025Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Forms and Information CollectionSubject Matter: Immigrant Visas HumanitarianAgencies Affected: USCISAssociated or Derivative Policies
Pre Trump-Era Policies
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Prior edition of instructions for Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver (4/01/2024 edition)
2024.04.01 Instructions for USCIS Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
2025.07.22 USCIS 2829-25 - Immigration Fees Required by HR-1
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New Policy
Original Source:
2025.07.22 USCIS Form I-912 - Request for Fee Waiver
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New Policy
Original Source:
2025.07.22 Instructions for USCIS Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver
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Prior Policy
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