USCIS Filing Fee Increases Effective November 23, 2010

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on September 23, 2010 the final rule adjusting fees for immigration applications and petitions. The final rule will increase overall fees by a weighted average of about 10 percent but will not increase the fee for the naturalization applications. The rule will also reduce fees for six individual applications and petitions and will expand the availability of fee waivers to new categories. The adjusted fees will go into effect on November 23, 2010.

Below are the increased fee schedule for some commonly used immigration applications and petitions:

• I-130 Petition for Alien Relative: $355 to $420
• I-485 Applicant to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status: $930 to $985 (Biometrics fee not included). The current I-485 filing fee $1,010 amount includes $930 and biometrics fee $80. The adjusted filing fee will be $985 plus $85 biometrics fee which becomes $1,070.
• I-140 Immigration Petition for Alien Worker: $475 to $580
• I-907 premium processing service: $1000 to $1225
• I-129 Petition for a Non-Immigrant Worker: $320 to $325
• I-765 Application for Employment Authorization: $340 to $380

USCIS also reduced filing fees for six individual applications and petitions, including:

• I-129F Petition for Alien Fiance: $455 to $340
• I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status: $300 to $290 and
• I-698 Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident: $ $1,370 to $1,020.

The adjusted fees will go into effect on November 23, 2010. Applications or petitions mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or after November 23, 2010 must include the new fee. Applications filed with inappropriate filing on and after such date will not be considered properly filed and may be rejected.

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