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USCIS Filing Fees Costing You More to Immigrate to the United States
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Jenny Martin | 03.02.2011
The increase in USCIS fees that was announced on September 24th resulted after a comprehensive review by the USCIS that began in 2009. There is a fee rule that was enacted in 2007 that requires the USCIS conduct fee reviews every two years. The USCIS is a primarily fee-based organization and about 90 percent of its budget coming from fees paid by applicants US immigration applications and petitions. The increase in fees that was announced on September 24th resulted after a comprehensive review by the USCIS that began in 2009. There is a fee rule that was enacted in 2007 that requires the USCIS conduct fee reviews every two years. And after the last review, the USCIS determined that filing fees for some forms had to go up to support the proper infrastructure needed to support US immigration activities. The USCIS has been losing revenue since 2008 and the outlook for 2010 is not encouraging. The USCIS has made budget cuts totaling $160 million but these were not enough to bridge the gap between the USCIS’ projected $2.1 billion in revenue and $2.3 billion in costs. Therefore, filing fees had been raised. Some of the US immigration forms with new filing fees are: Form I-90 for green card renewal increased from $290 to $365. |
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