USCIS FEE increaSES COMING DECEMBER 2016

If you are thinking about all the great deals that will be available on Black Friday, you might want to set aside some of that money for your yet to be filed immigration case. USCIS will be increasing filing fees across the board starting on December 23rd, 2016. 

It is not all bad news. The biometrics services fee will remain $85 and low-income naturalization applicants who are not eligible for the full fee waiver (Form I-912) will now have a chance to apply to pay a reduced fee of $320 for form N-400. 

Applicants can apply for this benefit by submitting their naturalization application along with the new Form I-942. We'll soon be posting a blog post to talk about these waivers and their requirements in detail. 

Employers will, unfortunately, experience a new fee increase by way of Form I-129. This base form will go from $325 to $460. The good news for employers is that the Premium Processing fee will remain $1,225.

Here's the new fee schedule: ​
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Immigration Benefit Request	New Fee ($)	Old Fee ($)
G–1041 Genealogy Index Search Request	65	20
G–1041A Genealogy Records Request (Copy from Microfilm)	65	20
G–1041A Genealogy Records Request (Copy from Textual Record)	65	35
I–90 Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card	455	365
I–102 Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival- Departure Document	445	330
I–129/129CW Petition for a Nonimmigrant worker	460	325
I–129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)	535	340
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative	535	420
I-131/I-131A Application for Travel Document	575	360
I–140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker	700	580
I-191 Application for Relief Under Former Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)	930	585
I-192 Application for Advance Permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant	585/930	585
I-193 Application for Waiver of Passport and/or Visa	585	585
I-212 Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the U.S. After Deportation or Removal	930	585
I–290B Notice of Appeal or Motion	675	630
I–360 Petition for Amerasian Widow(er) or Special Immigrant	435	405
I–485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status	1,140	985
I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (certain applicants under the age of 14 years)	750	635
I–526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur	3,675	1,500
I–539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status	370	290
I–600/600A Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative/Application for Advance Petition Processing of Orphan Petition	775	720
I-601 Application for Waiver of Ground of Excludability	930	585
I–601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver	630	585
I-612 Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement (Under Section 212(e) of the INA, as Amended)	930	585
I–687 Application for Status as a Temporary Resident under Section 245A	1,130	1,130
of the Immigration and Nationality Act
I–690 Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility	715	200
I–694 Notice of Appeal of Decision	890	755

I–698 Application to Adjust Status From Temporary to Permanent Resident	1,670	1,020
(Under Section 245A of the INA)
I–751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence	595	505
I–765 Application for Employment Authorization	410	380
I-800/800A Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative/Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country	775	720
I–800A Supp. 3 Request for Action on Approved Form I–800A	385	360
I–817 Application for Family Unity Benefits	600	435
I–824 Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition	465	405
I–829 Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions	3,750	3,750
I–910 Application for Civil Surgeon Designation	785	615
I–924 Application for Regional Center Designation Under the Immigrant	17,795	6,230
Investor Program
I–924A Annual Certification of Regional Center	3,035	0
I–929 Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U–1 Nonimmigrant	230	215
N–300 Application to File Declaration of Intention	270	250
N–336 Request for Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings	700	650
N–400 Application for Naturalization2	640	595
N–470 Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes	355	330
N–565 Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document	555	345
N–600/N–600K Application for Certificate of Citizenship	1,170	600/550
USCIS Immigrant Fee	220	165
Biometric Services Fee	85	85

www.uscis.gov/forms/our-fees​