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USCIS Filing Fee Increases Coming Soon

5/12/2016

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Application fees for most benefit applications filed with USCIS are expected to increase in fiscal year 2016/17.  The average fee increase is projected to be 21%, though many applications and petitions will increase even more.  For example, here are the current new proposed fees for some of the most common immigration forms:
  • Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative
    • Current fee = $420
    • New fee = $535 (27% increase)
  • Form I-131 Application for Travel Document
    • ​Current fee = $360
    • New fee = $575 (60% increase)
  • Form I-485 Application to Adjust Status
    • Current fee = $985
    • New fee = $1,140 (%16 increase)
  • Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
    • Current fee = $505
    • New fee = $595 (18% increase)
  • Form I-765 Application for Employment Authorization
    • ​Current fee = $380
    • New fee = $410 (8% increase)
  • Form N-400 Application for Naturalization
    • Current fee = $595
    • New fee = $640 (8% increase) 

For a list of all proposed fee increases, visit:

​https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/05/04/2016-10297/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule#t-9
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Upcoming Engagements

5/4/2016

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Maryland State Bar Association: 
Immigration Fundamentals & Advanced Topics of Discussion
Thursday, May 19, 2016
8:30 am – 5:30 pm
University of Baltimore, School of Law
Baltimore, MD
8.5 CLE Credits, 7.5 VA Credits
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

​Advanced Removal

Adam Crandell, Esq., Law Office of Adam N. Crandell, L.L.C and Gabriela Kahrl, Esq., Maryland Office of the Public Defender Collateral Unit


Maryland State Bar Association:
2016 Joint Bench/Bar
Conference
June 15-18, 2016
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel 
Ocean City, Maryland 


Friday, June 17, 2016, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
IMMIGRATION DETENTION 101
How does my client's noncitizen status change the way I look at their criminal case?
  • Why Immigration Law matters in the Criminal Law context?
  • What is an ICE hold?
  • What is mandatory detention?
  • Who is subject to mandatory detention?
  • Immigration consequences of sample Maryland offenses.
  • Criminal bars to DACA.
  • Prosecutorial discretion.
  • Padilla v. Kentucky and obligation of criminal defense attorney to advise noncitizen client about the deportation risks of a guilty plea.
  • Benefits of criminal defense counsel working with immigration counsel (such as fashioning a plea to avoid adverse immigration consequences).
Speakers:Rachel Ullman, Esq., The Law Office of Rachel S. Ullman; Himedes V. Chicas, Esq. , Law Offices of Jezic & Moyse, LLC; Adam N. Crandell, Esq., Law Office of Adam N. Crandell, LLC; Judge John F. Gossart, Jr., United States Immigration Judge (retired) and Adjunct professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law (invited)
Program Sponsor:Immigration Section
Program Chairs:Klaudia Hall, Esq.
Conference Room:Conference Room #2
Lunch will be served.
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