New USCIS Fee Increase Released by Biden Administration

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this week published a final rule in the Federal Register that officially implements an increase for several immigration filing fees starting in April 2024.

The fee increase announced by USCIS affects most forms.

The agency justifies the higher fees to “more fully recover its operating costs, restore and maintain timely processing of cases, and prevent the accumulation of future case backlogs,” according to a public statement.

Learn about the increases and new costs of immigration procedures:

WORK VISAS

H1B (professional workers): goes from $460 to $780.

H2A (family members of professional workers) goes from $460 to $1,090.

I-129 (temporary workers) goes from $545 to $1,015.

I-765 (work permit) goes from $410 to $555 (online) and $650 (on paper).

I-526 (investor) goes from $3,675 to $11,160.

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

N-400 (naturalization application) goes from $640 to $760.

N-600 (request for copy of citizenship certificate) goes from $1,170 to $1,385.

HUMANITARIAN

I-687 (temporary residence under section 245A) goes from $1,130 to $1,240)

I-817 (family unit benefits) goes from $600 to $875.

I-881 (withholding of deportation for an individual) goes from $285 to $340.

I-881 (withholding of deportation for a family) is reduced from $570 to $340.

Applications for T (human trafficking) and U (crime victim) visas will continue to be free.

RELATIVES and OTHERS

I-129 (fiancé petition) goes from $535 to $720.

I-130 (petition for husband, child or parents) goes from $535 to $710 if done online or $820 if done on paper).

I-601A (perdón provisional por presencia ilegal en el país) pasa de $630 a $1,105.

I-751 (changing from temporary to permanent residence) goes from $595 to $1,195.

I-90 (replace permanent resident card) is reduced from $540 to $465.

I-131 (travel permit) goes from $575 to $630.

I-212 (permission for admission to the US after deportation) goes from $930 to $1,395.

I-485 (adjustment of status or residency application) goes from $1,140 to $1,540.

I-539 (extension in exchange for nonimmigrant visas) goes from $455 to $525.