{"id":1814,"date":"2016-10-31T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/en\/blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2016-10-31T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:41:59","slug":"new-uscis-filing-fees-take-effect-on-december-23-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/new-uscis-filing-fees-take-effect-on-december-23-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW USCIS FILING FEES TAKE EFFECT ON DECEMBER 23, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On December 23, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will increase the fees of certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) applications. Fee increases generally range from 8 to 60%. However, as we previously mentioned, filing fees related to the EB-5 green card process have been the most dramatic with increases ranging from 145 to 186%.<\/p>\n

Below is a chart with the new fees. Please note that the premium processing fee of $1,225 will not increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Form<\/th>\nCurrent<\/th>\nNew Fee<\/th>\n%Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-129 Petition for
\nNonimmigrant Worker<\/td>\n		$325<\/td>\n$460<\/td>\n42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-140 Petition for Alien
\nWorker<\/td>\n		$580<\/td>\n$700<\/td>\n21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-485 Application to Adjust Status Includes the cost of concurrently filed Forms
\nI-765 and 1-131<\/td>\n		$985<\/td>\n$1,140<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-765 Application for
\nEmployment Authorization<\/td>\n		$380<\/td>\n$410<\/td>\n8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-131-Application for Travel
\nDocument<\/td>\n		$360<\/td>\n$575<\/td>\n60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-539 Application to
\nExtend\/Change Nonimmigrant
\nStatus<\/td>\n		$290<\/td>\n$370<\/td>\n28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form1-90 Application to Replace
\nPermanent Resident card<\/td>\n		$365<\/td>\n$455<\/td>\n25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form N-400 Application for
\nNaturalization – Standard Applications<\/td>\n		$595<\/td>\n$640<\/td>\n8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form N-400 Application for
\nNaturalization -Applications filed by those who meet certain requirements with respect to military service and for those with approved fee waivers<\/td>\n		$595<\/td>\n$0<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form N-400 Application for
\nNaturalization-Applications filed by those whose family income is greater than 150% and not more than 200%of the Federal Poverty Guidelines<\/td>\n		$595<\/td>\n$320<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur<\/td>\n$1,500<\/td>\n$3,675<\/td>\n145%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form I-924 Application for Regional Center Designation under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program<\/td>\n$6,230<\/td>\n$17,795<\/td>\n186%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form I-924 Annual Certification of EB-5 Regional Center<\/td>\n%0<\/td>\n$3,035<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biometrics Fee<\/td>\n$85<\/td>\n$85<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As the chart shows, an important new fee that the DHS will collect is for the USCIS Form-924A, Supplement to Form I-924, Application for Regional Center under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program. This form is used for the Employment Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) category. Currently the USCIS doesn\u2019t require a filing fee; however, effective December 23, 2016, the fee will be $3,035.00.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On December 23, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will increase the fees of certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) applications. Fee increases generally range from 8 to 60%. However, as we previously mentioned, filing fees related to the EB-5 green card process have been the most dramatic with increases ranging from 145 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}