Immigration Filing Fees Increasing

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that starting on April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) filing fees for temporary visa petitions, family and employment-based visa petitions for lawful permanent residence (“Green Cards”), and applications for adjustment of status, naturalization, and waivers will increase.

The key employment-based petitions and applications that will see fee increases are as follows:

• Petitions filed on behalf of non-immigrant workers (Form I-129) will increase as follows:

• H-1B: increase from $460 to $780

• L-1: increase from $460 to $1,385

• O-1: increase from $460 to $1,055

• Immigrant petitions filed on behalf of alien relatives (Form I-130): increase from $535 to $675.

• Fiance(e) petitions (Form I-129F): increase from $535 to $675.

• Immigrant petitions on behalf of alien workers (Form I-140): increase from $700 to $715.

• Immigrant petition by alien entrepreneur under the EB-5 program (Form I-526): increase from $3,675 to $11,160.

• Application for adjustment of status (Form I-485): increase from $1,225 to $1,440.

• Application for Employment Authorization Document (EAD) (Form I-765): increase from $410 to $520.

• Application for naturalization/U.S. Citizenship (Form N-400): increase from $725 to $760. 

• USCIS Immigrant Fee for individuals entering the U.S. on immigrant visas issued by a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad: increase from $220 to $235.

Additionally, starting February 26, 2024, USCIS will increase its most common “premium processing” fee from $2,500 to $2,805.

To view all of the USCIS filing fee increases, please visit https://www.uscis.gov/frequently-asked-questions-on-the-uscis-fee-rule 

Those wishing to apply for immigration benefits should therefore submit petitions and applications as soon as possible to take advantage of the current fees.  Employers should also take these changes into consideration when budgeting for the immigration costs of their employees.