USCIS PROPOSES TO INCREASE GOVERNMENT FILING FEES
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a proposed rule to increase many of the government filing fees by an average of approximately 20%. Below is a chart of some of the most important fee change increases. The public can comment on the proposed fee increases on the Federal Register website until July 5, 2016 and see all of the proposed fee increases at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/05/04/2016-10297/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule#t-9 Future updates on the filing fee increase will be included in our firm's immigration updates.
|
Form Number & Type
|
Current Fee
|
Proposed Fee
|
|
I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
|
$365
|
$455
|
|
I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
|
$325
|
$460
|
|
I-130, Petition for Alien Relative
|
$420
|
$535
|
|
I-131, Application for Travel Document
|
$360
|
$575
|
|
I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
|
$580
|
$700
|
|
I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
|
$985
|
$1,140
|
|
I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
|
$290
|
$370
|
|
I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
|
$505
|
$595
|
|
I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
|
$380
|
$410
|
|
N-400, Application for Naturalization
|
$595
|
$640
|
|
I-924, Application for Regional Center Designation Under the Immigrant Investor Program
|
$6,230
|
$17,795
|
|
I-924A, Annual Certification of Regional Center
|
NONE
|
$3,035
|
|
USCIS Immigrant Fee
|
$165
|
$220
|
MFEM NEWS
Ms. Esther Contreras, a principal in the firm's Immigration Practice Group, will be the main presenter at the Rock River Human Resource Professional Association and the Northwest Human Resources Council monthly meetings to be held on May 24th in Dixon and June 9th in Schaumburg, respectively. Both organizations are affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Ms. Contreras will speak to both groups about Form I-9 compliance, providing a basic overview of the completion process, reviewing common mistakes, best practices, and will focus on recently issued government guidance and the latest version of form, the "Smart" I-9.
© 2024 Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. All rights reserved. 本書は、特定の事実や状況に関する法務アドバイスまたは法的見解に代わるものではありません。本書に含まれる内容は、情報の提供を目的としたものです。かかる情報を利用なさる場合は、弁護士にご相談の上、アドバイスに従ってください。本書は、広告物とみなされることもあります。