CIS Raises Fees For Applications And Petitions

CIS raises fees for applications and petitions
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 18, No. 3, May 20, 2004

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has issued a final rule that raises the fees for immigration benefit applications and petitions, as well as the fee for “capturing” the fingerprints and photographs that must be filed with certain applications and petitions. According to the rule’s summary in the Federal Register, application fees have been raised by approximately $55 per application, and the fingerprint/photo fee has been raised by $20. (Many immigration-related applications and petitions require that the fingerprint/photo fee be paid when they are filed, in addition to the regular application or petition fee.)

The final rule was effective Apr. 30, 2004. Any application or petition mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or after April 30 must be accompanied by the new, higher fee.

The table below shows the new fees for the applications and petitions that probably are of the most interest to Immigrants’ Rights Update readers.

*New Application and Petition Fees*
Form No.	Description	Fee
I-90	Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card	$185
I-129F	Petition for Alien Fiance(e)	165
I-130	Petition for Alien Relative	185
I-131	Application for Travel Document	165
I-140	Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker	190
I-212	Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the U.S. After Deportation or Removal.	250
I-360	Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant	185
I-485	Residence or to Adjust Status Application to Register Permanent	315
I-600/600A	Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative/Application for Advance Processing or Orphan Petition	525
I-601	Application for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability	250
I-612	Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement	250
I-687	For Filing Application for Status as a Temporary Resident.	240
I-690	Application for Waiver of Excludability	90
I-694	Notice of Appeal of Decision	105
I-695	Application for Replacement Employment Authorization or Temporary Residence Card	65
I-698	Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident	175
I-751	Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence	200
I-765	Application for Employment Authorization	175
I-817	Application for Family Unity Benefits	195
I-824	Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition.	195
I-881	NACARA—Suspension of Deportation or Application for Special Rule Cancellation of Removal for adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security.	275
I-881	NACARA—Suspension of Deportation or Application for Special Rule Cancellation of Removal for adjudication by the Immigration Court.	155
I-914	Application for T Nonimmigrant Status	255
N-300	Application to File Declaration of Intention	115
N-336	Request for Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Procedures	250
N-400	Application for Naturalization	320
N-470	Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes	150
N-565	Application for Replacement Naturalization Citizenship Document	210
N-600	Application for Certification of Citizenship	240
N-600K	Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate under Section 322	240
—	For Capturing Biometric Information (i.e., fingerprint/photo fee)	70