USCIS Filing Fee Increases Coming Soon

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