United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced the publication of a final rule to adjust immigration and naturalization requests fees. Noting that the fee increase is the first since 2016, and necessary for recovering the costs of operations, the new fees will be effective on April 1, 2024. The new fee schedule table details the filing fees to be collected by petition or application type. “For individual filers, the final rule generally limits newly established fees to no more than the increase in the Consumer Price Index since 2016, which is 26%.” However, the fees associated with employment-based visas and employer sponsored green card petitions have been significantly increased.
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On December 27, 2023 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that as a result of inflation, the agency will be increasing the premium processing fees of certain employment-based applications and petitions effective February 26, 2024.
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