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DHS finalizes USCIS fee schedule changes effective April 2024

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CountryUnited States
Operative dateApril 1, 2024
CategoryWork, residence, family, humanitarian, other
Policy toolFees
Affected groupNew applicants

Policy effect

DHS finalized broad USCIS fee schedule changes, including new and adjusted fees for many immigration benefit requests and a new asylum program fee for certain employment-based petitioners.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: DHS finalized broad USCIS fee schedule changes, including new and adjusted fees for many immigration benefit requests and a new asylum program fee for certain employment-based petitioners.

Official source excerpt

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Request Requirements; Final Rule Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2024 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 6194]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 8 CFR Parts 103, 106, 204, 212, 214, 240, 244, 245, 245a, 264, and 274a [CIS No. 2687-21; DHS Docket No. USCIS 2021-0010] RIN 1615-AC68 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). … ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This final rule adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by USCIS. This rule also provides additional fee exemptions for certain humanitarian categories and makes changes to certain other immigration benefit request requirements. USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial fee review and determined that current fees do not recover the full cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services. DHS is adjusting the fee schedule to fully recover costs and maintain … approximately $4,424.0 million. DHS removes approximately $726.7 million of average annual estimated costs by transferring costs to premium processing revenue, reducing the work to be funded by the Asylum Program Fee, and considering the budget effects of improved efficiency measures. 2. Changes in the Asylum Program Fee DHS proposed a new Asylum Program Fee of $600 to be paid by employers who file either a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, Form I-129CW, Petition for a CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker, or Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. 88 FR 451. In the … final rule, DHS exempts the Asylum Program Fee for nonprofit petitioners and reduces it by half for small employers. See 8 CFR 106.2(c)(13). The fee will be $0 for nonprofits; $300 for small employers (defined as firms or individuals having 25 or fewer FTE [[Page 6196]] employees); and $600 for all other filers of Forms I-129 and I-140. See 8 CFR 106.1(f) and 106.2(c)(13). 3. Changes to Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fees DHS has updated the USCIS volume forecasts for the EB-5 workload based on more recent and reliable information than what was available while drafting …
Federal Register 89 FR 6194Federal Register 89 FR 6194. DHS finalizes USCIS fee schedule changes effective April 2024. Effective 2024-04-01.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/31/2024-01427/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigration

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