Some people applying for immigration benefits will have to pay hundreds of dollars more in additional fees because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a law passed in July 2025. USCIS began collecting ...

Last January I posted about "An Unwelcome Update to Start 2023: USCIS Proposing Rule to Raise Filing Fees; Set Specific Filing Fees for Different Types of I-129 Filings". That unwelcome proposal to ...

USCIS has officially increased immigration processing fees under the new HR-1 law, impacting asylum, TPS, parole, and work permit applications.) wildpixel Getty Images/iStockphoto U.S. Citizenship and ...

A naturalization ceremony welcoming 61 new U.S. citizens from 39 countries on Ellis Island, New York, May 27, 2016. (Official DHS photo by Barry Bahler) Today, the Department of Homeland Security ...

On January 4, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing significant filing fee increases for employment-based, family-based, ...

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The Trump administration is hiking the fees for a range of immigration benefits, including an 83% increase for petitions from green card holders seeking to become U.S. citizens and the first ever ...