USCIS To Increase Fees for Various Immigration-Related Applications and Benefits

Applicants must submit the new fees with benefit requests postmarked on or after July 22, 2025. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it will reject any form postmarked on or after August 21, 2025, without the proper fees.

On July 18, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it plans to publish a Federal Register notice on July 22, 2025, to raise fees for various immigration-related forms, benefits, statuses, petitions, applications, and requests administered by multiple government agencies.

Applicants must submit the new fees with benefit requests postmarked on or after July 22, 2025. USCIS said it will reject any form postmarked on or after August 21, 2025, without the proper fees.

The new fees include, among others:

• A new fee of $100 for individuals who file Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal.
• An annual asylum fee of $100 (which must be paid online) for all individuals with a pending Form I-589 for each calendar year their application remains pending.
• A new fee for individuals who file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, for asylum, parolee, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) categories. The categories are (a)(4), (a)(12), (c)(8), (c)(11), (c)(19), and (c)(34). The fees are:
• For initial Employment Authorization Document (EAD) applications, $550; and
• For renewal or extension EAD applications, $275.

There is one exception to these fees. If an individual requests an EAD after USCIS approves a new period of parole (re-parole) by filing Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, the fee will be $275.

• A new Special Immigrant Juvenile fee of $250 for any individual who files a Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, as a special immigrant juvenile.
• Increasing the maximum cost to register for TPS using Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, from $50 to $500.

Any person who filed or files a Form I-589 after October 1, 2024, that remains pending with USCIS for 365 days must pay the annual asylum fee as of the one-year anniversary of their filing date and each year thereafter that the application remains pending.

USCIS also noted that for parolees, initial work authorization is valid for a period of no more than one year or for the duration of the person’s parole, whichever is shorter. For those with TPS, initial and renewal work authorizations are valid for no more than one year or for the duration of the person’s TPS status, whichever is shorter.

USCIS said that the Department of Homeland Security will announce implementation of fees not covered in this notice in a future action. Several forms have associated fee changes that are not included in this notice, including Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, and Form I-102, Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review also issued a memorandum with a list of updated fees, including a $2,940 fee for Form I-485, Adjustment of Status.

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