Some people applying for immigration benefits will have to pay hundreds of dollars more in additional fees because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a law passed in July 2025. USCIS began collecting ...

A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens in New York City. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Employers would pay significantly ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced an interim final rule to implement immigration fees and requirements ...

Last January I posted about "An Unwelcome Update to Start 2023: USCIS Proposing Rule to Raise Filing Fees; Set Specific Filing Fees for Different Types of I-129 Filings". That unwelcome proposal to ...

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On January 4, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing significant filing fee increases for employment-based, family-based, ...

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A naturalization ceremony welcoming 61 new U.S. citizens from 39 countries on Ellis Island, New York, May 27, 2016. (Official DHS photo by Barry Bahler) Today, the Department of Homeland Security ...