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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

USCIS To Increase Filing Fees Effective April 1, 2024

Harris Beach PLLC on 2/19/2024

The Department of Homeland Security recently published a Final Rule in the Federal Register establishing a filing fee increase that will go into effect on April 1, 2024. The new fee schedule significantly increases several...more

Proposed Fee Increases for EB-5 and Potential Implications

Saul Ewing LLP on 2/15/2024

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put forth a Proposed Rule in January 2023 (“Proposed Rule”), suggesting fee increases and other modifications. Under this proposal, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

Higher USCIS Filing Fees Could Be Coming Very Soon

Lippes Mathias LLP on 1/26/2024

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 start 2023 may become an...more

USCIS Poised to Increase Immigration Filing Fees

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 1/18/2024

Increases to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS’s) immigration fees are all but guaranteed as the White House reviews the agency’s final proposed fee schedule. The agency is working to publish the...more

USCIS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Fee Increases

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/1/2023

USCIS has proposed raising its filing fees – and the burden of those increased fees will fall primarily on employers large and small. For example, the filing fee for an H-1B visa would be raised by 70% from $460 to $780....more

USCIS Proposes Significant Fee Increases for Immigration Services; Will Impact U.S. Employers and Foreign Investors

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/16/2023

On January 4, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Notice of Prospective Rulemaking proposing a sweeping fee hike for immigration services across the board. The proposed fee increases range between...more

DHS Announces Proposed Fee Increases for Immigration Benefits

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/16/2023

On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would increase fees for specific immigration and naturalization benefit requests. The department’s U.S....more

USCIS Proposes Significant Fee Increases for U.S. Employer Filings

Stinson LLP on 1/13/2023

On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule seeking 60-day comment on proposed changes to the fee schedule for benefit requests before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

Upcoming Immigration Regulatory Changes

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 7/8/2022

At the beginning of each fiscal year, U.S. government agencies announce their regulatory agendas, which guide the agencies’ future actions. Here are the most relevant short and long-term regulatory changes that have been...more

USCIS Withdraws Proposed Filing Fee Increases

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/7/2021

The USCIS filing fee increases that were proposed last summer will not be implemented. In August 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a new filing fee rule in the Federal Register that raised USCIS...more

USCIS to Expand Premium Processing Program, Increase Fee Rates

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/13/2020

On October 1, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law a stopgap spending measure to fund the U.S. government through December 11, 2020. The spending measure includes a provision titled “Emergency Stopgap USCIS...more

Good News On USCIS Fees And Expansion Of Premium Processing

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/7/2020

As we reported previously, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was due to increase filing fees by approximately 20 percent across many filing types, including new fees on asylum and additional fees for applicants...more

Federal Judge Blocks USCIS Immigration Fee Increases

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/2/2020

On September 29, 2020, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) proposed...more

Judge Temporarily Blocks USCIS Fee Rule

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 10/2/2020

A federal court has temporarily barred the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing a rule that would have significantly increased many immigration application filing fees. The rule was set to take effect...more

USCIS Fee Increase and Form Changes Expected October 2, 2020

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/29/2020

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will implement a new fee schedule on October 2, 2020 to account for increased costs in adjudicating immigration applications and petitions. The new fee schedule also ushers in...more

New USCIS Forms, Fees, and Procedures in Effect as of October 2, 2020, Unless an Injunction is Issued

Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/28/2020

On August 3, 2020, USCIS published a final rule that will significantly change forms and increase fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests effective October 2, 2020. Any application, petition, or...more

New USCIS Filing Fees May Become Effective October 2

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/28/2020

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is poised to implement new filing fees on October 2, under regulations published in the Federal Register on August 3. However, two lawsuits were filed in federal court about a...more

September 2020 Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/17/2020

Updates to USCIS Policy on New Forms, Premium Processing, and Filing Fee Increases Take Effect on October 2, 2020 - As previously reported in Epstein Becker Green’s August 2020 Immigration Alert, U.S. Citizenship and...more

USCIS Fees Set to Change on October 2, 2020

Dickinson Wright on 9/14/2020

On August 3, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule that makes sweeping changes to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule. It also removes certain fee exceptions,...more

August 2020 Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/12/2020

USCIS Will Increase Filing Fees as of October 2, 2020 - On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) announced it will increase filing fees effective October 2, 2020. The fee increases will...more

USCIS To Increase Filing Fees While The Latest Executive Order Demands H-1B Compliance

Fisher Phillips on 8/6/2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration continues to install stringent measures that will impact employers hiring foreign national temporary workers. Fee Increases - On July 31, the Department...more

USCIS Will Adjust Filing Fees on October 2, 2020

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 8/4/2020

Effective October 2, 2020, filing fees for certain non-immigrant, immigrant, and naturalization benefit requests will be adjusted to help meet U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operational needs. As a...more

DHS Spring Regulatory Agenda Projects Changes to H-1B Visas, the Rescission of H-4 Work Authorization, Increased Fees, and More

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/13/2019

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its spring 2019 regulatory agenda, highlighting the agency’s rulemaking priorities through 2019. While many of the agenda items appear to be carryovers from agendas past,...more

EB-5 Program Gets Temporary Extension; USCIS Issues New EB-5 Policy Manual

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/13/2016

The EB-5 Regional Center Program has been extended through April 28, 2017, following the passage of a continuing resolution (CR) by Congress that narrowly avoided a government shutdown. The CR provides continued funding...more

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