Refugee travel-document application fees reduced under the 2010 USCIS fee schedule

Policy effect

Effective November 23, 2010, the USCIS fee schedule reduced the Form I-131 refugee travel-document application fee to $135 for applicants aged 16 or older and $105 for children under 16. The $85 biometric-services fee remained separate where applicable. A November 16 correction fixed the final rule’s incorrectly printed $165 adult amount before the rule took effect. The original rule and correction establish one operative refugee travel-document fee change; the correction is not counted as a second fee change.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Effective November 23, 2010, the USCIS fee schedule reduced the Form I-131 refugee travel-document application fee to $135 for applicants aged 16 or older and $105 for children under 16.; The $85 biometric-services fee remained separate where applicable.; A November 16 correction fixed the final rule’s incorrectly printed $165 adult amount before the rule took effect.; The original rule and correction establish one operative refugee travel-document fee change; the correction is not counted as a second fee change.

Official source excerpt

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… ted States citizen ($110 plus a $25 dollar execution fee). 75 FR at 58964, 58972. Accordingly, DHS intended to reduce the fee for filing Application for Travel Document, Form I-131, for a refugee travel document to $135 for an adult age 16 or older. The final rule inadvertently listed a fee of $165 for filing an Application for Travel Document, Form I-131, for a refugee travel document for an adult age 16 or older. 75 FR at 58987. DHS needs to correct that portion of the final rule to indicate that an adult age 16 or older must submit a fee of $135 with an Application for Travel Document, Form … I-131, to request a refugee travel document. No other changes are made in this correction. Correction of Publication 0 Accordingly, the publication on September 24, 2010 (75 FR 58962) of the final rule that was the subject of FR Doc. 2010-23725 is corrected as follows: Sec. 103.7 [Corrected] 0 1. On page 58987, in the first column, Sec. 103.7 is amended by revising the dollar figure ``$165'' in paragraph (b)(1)(i)(M)(1) to read: ``$135''. Dated: November 9, 2010. Christina E. McDonald, Acting Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2010-2871 … tment of Veterans Affairs, or U.S. government facility in the United States. New 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1)(i)(SS). Reduce the fee for an Application for Travel Document, Form I-131, when it is filed to request a Refugee Travel Document. DHS has reduced the fee for an Application for Travel Document in the final rule to $135 for a Refugee Travel Document for an adult age 16 or older, and $105 for a child under the age of 16. DHS has decided also to permit the fee for an Application for Travel Document to be waived based on inability to pay when it is based on a request for Humanitarian Parole. New 8 CF … for an adult over the age of 16 is $110 plus a $25 execution fee. For an applicant under the age of 16, the fee is $80 plus a $25 execution fee. Accordingly, this final rule reduces the fee for the filing of a Form I-131 for a Refugee Travel Document to $135 for an adult age 16 or older, and $105 for a child under the age of 16. USCIS will continue to charge the $85 biometrics fee since that fee is intended to cover the costs of a service that is separate from the issuance of the refugee travel document. The fee for other applications for advance parole and travel documents will be $360 as ca … izenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule; Correction AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS. ACTION: Final rule; correction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security corrects an inadvertent error in the amendatory language of the final rule U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2010. DATES: This correction is effective November 23, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Rosado, Acting Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Citizens …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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• 2010-01-04HIV-based inadmissibility and required immigration HIV testing removed
• 2010-01-08USCIS Guidance on Determining Employer-Employee Relationship in H-1B Petitions
• 2010-01-21Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status
• 2010-03-15Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States
• 2010-03-31Deferred Enforced Departure and Employment Authorization Extension for Liberians
• 2010-04-05incorporates the exemption for facilities in Guam, the CNMI, and the Virgin Islands from certain cost reporting criteria necessary for H-1C eligibility under sec.
• 2010-07-06Extension of the Designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status and Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation
• 2010-08-13Border Security Supplemental H-1B Nonimmigrant Fee Surcharge
• 2010-08-13Border Security Supplemental L-1 Nonimmigrant Fee Surcharge
• 2010-11-23Humanitarian parole applications made eligible for hardship fee waivers
• 2010-11-23Military members and veterans exempted from citizenship certificate application fees
• 2010-11-30International Adoption Simplification Act of 2010