On January 31, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) published a Final Rule that will adjust the filing fee for various immigration and naturalization benefit requests. While few fees were lowered, the most significant fee increases will impact employment-based filings.
According to the Final Rule, these fee increases, the first since 2016, will allow USCIS to recover the agency’s operating costs and improved efficiency measures, support more timely processing of new applications, and necessary expansion of humanitarian programs.
The new fees under the Final Rule will go into effect on April 1, 2024. The effective date of the fee increases will be particularly significant for H-1B cap petitions, as the new fee schedule is set to take effect on April 1, 2024, the earliest date that H-1B cap petitions may be filed. For additional details click here.
If you have any questions please contact: Anthony F. Siliato, Scott R. Malyk, Lin R. Walker, or Stacey A. Simon.
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