USCIS Immigration Fee Increase 2010

Posted: September 30, 2010 at 9:41 am

USCIS has announced a US immigration fee increase of approximately 10% on most US immigration petition types except for naturalization (US citizenship), to take effect 23 Nov 2010. Fees for Premium Processing have also increased from $1000 to $1225 per petition. Some fees, including those for Fiance(e) Petitions (I-129F) and the Petition/Extension of Nonimmigrant Status (I-539), have been reduced. The filing fee for naturalization will remain the same.

USCIS is a primarily fee-based organization, with about 90% ($2.4 billion) of its FY2011 budget ($2.8 billion) coming from fees paid by applicants and petitioners for US immigration benefits. USCIS’s fee revenue in FYs 2008 and 2009 was much lower than projected, and fee revenue in FY2010 is low. Congressional appropriations and budget cuts of approximately $160 million have not bridged the remaining gap between costs and anticipated revenue. USCIS has thus decided to institute this immigration fee increase in 2010.

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