USCIS Implements New Immigration Parole Fee

On October 16, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security announced publication of a Federal Register notice, effective the same day, to implement a new immigration parole fee required by the reconciliation bill (H.R. 1). The fee is $1,000 for fiscal year 2025 and is subject to annual adjustments for inflation. Parolees must pay the fee when they are paroled into the United States unless they qualify for an exception.

The notice states that the fee applies each time a person “is granted parole under INA sec. 212(d)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A), including initial parole from outside the United States, Congressionally-authorized ‘parole in place,’ re-parole, or parole from DHS custody.” The fee is not due “when an application is merely submitted or when a travel document is issued,” but rather, DHS will collect the fee after it determines that the person “merits a grant of parole as a matter of discretion” and “either appears for inspection at a port of entry or is already physically present in the United States.”

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