{"id":10300,"date":"2024-02-01T19:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roseimmigration.com\/?p=10300"},"modified":"2024-02-01T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T20:44:14","slug":"uscis-fee-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roseimmigration.com\/uscis-fee-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"New USCIS Fee Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
USCIS is updating its fee schedule, which will impact U.S. employers sponsoring foreign national workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beginning February 26, 2024, USCIS\u2019s new premium processing fees will go into effect. This includes the following fees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beginning on April 1, 2024, the new USCIS fee schedule will go into effect. This new fee schedule increases fees across the board for employment-based cases. It also adds new fees for most I-129 and I-140 petitions. Here is a sample of the common employment-based fees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the above fees, USCIS is adding a $600 Asylum Program Fee to all I-129 and I-140 petitions. This fee is reduced to $300 for employers with 25 or less full-time equivalent employees. Nonprofit employers are exempt from this fee altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n USCIS also changed the fee structure for I-485 adjustment of status applications. Currently, the I-485 application fee of $1,225 covers the costs for concurrently filed Forms I-765 and I-131. After April 1, 2024 if an adjustment applicant files those applications, they must pay additional fees, as indicated below:<\/p>\n\n\n\nImmigration Benefit<\/strong><\/td> Current Premium Processing Fee<\/strong><\/td> New Premium Processing Fee<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> I-129 (H-2B or R-1 status)<\/td> $1,500<\/td> $1,685<\/td><\/tr> I-129 (all other classifications)<\/td> $2,500<\/td> $2,805<\/td><\/tr> I-140<\/td> $2,500<\/td> $2,805<\/td><\/tr> I-539<\/td> $1,750<\/td> $1,965<\/td><\/tr> I-765<\/td> $1,500<\/td> $1,685<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n New I-129 and I-140 Petition Fees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Immigration Benefit Request<\/strong><\/td> Current Fee(s)<\/strong><\/td> New Fees (for small employers with 25 or less employees and nonprofits)<\/strong><\/td> New fees (for-profit employers with 26 or more full-time equivalent employees)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> H-1B Registration<\/td> $10<\/td> $215<\/td> $215<\/td><\/tr> I-129 (L-1, including blanket petitions)<\/td> $460<\/td> $695<\/td> $1,385<\/td><\/tr> I-129 (H-1B)<\/td> $460<\/td> $460<\/td> $780<\/td><\/tr> I-129 (O-1)<\/td> $460<\/td> $530<\/td> $1,055<\/td><\/tr> I-129 (E, H-3, P, Q, R, or TN)<\/td> $460<\/td> $510<\/td> $1,015<\/td><\/tr> I-140<\/td> $700<\/td> $715<\/td> $715<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n New Adjustment of Status Fees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n