The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a fee-based agency of the Department of Homeland Security, has proposed a raise in the application fees for
green card and
naturalization. Before implementing raise in the application fee, the USCIS has forwarded the proposed changes to Federal Register for comment from the public.
According to this proposal, the petitioners and applicants will pay much more for
green card application. The USCIS wants to increase the application fee for becoming a legal permanent resident from $325 to $905 and for citizenship from $330 to $595. The decision to raise the application fee was necessary as the USCIS has to depend on these application fees for its operation.
In raising fees matter, the USCIS states that as a fee-based agency they must be able to recover the cost needed to manage a secure and efficient immigration system.
