USCIS put forward a suggestion to increase filing fees
The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they are planning to increase the filing fees for immigration and
naturalization applications and petitions. The plan affects
non-immigrant visas such as
H1B visas and
L-1 visas;
employment-based immigration petitions,
family-based green cards and naturalization cases.
On February 1, 2007, the USCIS has published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in the Federal Register, which lists the proposed fee increases and the reasons for raising the filing fee. The USCIS states that the raised fees will pay for the rising cost of processing applications and petitions.
For its day-to-day operation, the USCIS, a fee-based agency, does not receive any funding from the Federal Government. So, its expenses must be funded by these filing fees. Along with the increased revenue, the USCIS also plans to reduce the processing times by 20% over the next few years. Under the proposed fee structure, the applicants and petitioners will have to pay more for immigration benefits.
Posted
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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