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USCIS Announces Fee Increase and Other Changes Effective October 2, 2020

USCIS Announces Fee Increase and Other Changes Effective October 2, 2020

August 3, 2020 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule today which will adjust fees for several immigration applications and petitions, including many employment-based cases, starting on October 2, 2020. In addition to the changes in fees, there will be other changes affecting employment-based cases.  

These changes include: 

  • New I-129 Forms for each visa classification, with different fees per classification 
    • H-1B fees will increase from $460 to $555 (not including the education/training fee and anti-fraud fees) 
    • L-1 fees will increase from $460 to $805 
    • O-1 fees will increase from $460 to $705 
    • TN and E-3 fees will increase from $460 to $695 
  • Decrease in filing fees for Form I-140 Immigrant Visa Petition from $700 to $555 
  • Increase in filing fees for Form I-485 Adjustment of Status Applications filed with Form I-765 Employment Authorization and Form I-131 Advance Parole from current bundled fee of $1,225 to $2,270 
  • Increase in filing fees for Form I-539 from $370 to $400 
  • Extension of time for adjudication of Premium Processing requests from 15 calendar days to 15 business days 
  • Elimination of the $85 biometric fee for most case types (will be rolled into the application fee) 
  • Increase in filing fees for N-400 Naturalization from $640 to $1,170 

 

 

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