Citizenship fees may be increasing

[Randy W]

from the NY Times

 

New Trump Administration Proposal Would Charge Asylum Seekers an Application Fee

The proposal also includes increasing fees for those applying for citizenship by more than 60 percent.

 

 

 

The rule, which will be published on Thursday and will have a monthlong comment period, would increase citizenship fees more than 60 percent, to $1,170 from $725, for most applicants. For some, the increase would reach 83 percent. The government would also begin charging asylum seekers $50 for applications and $490 for work permits, a move that would make the United States one of four countries to charge people for asylum.

It would also increase renewal fees for hundreds of thousands of participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. That group, known as “Dreamers,” would need to pay $765, rather than $495, for a renewal request. The fee hike comes days before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the validity of President Trump’s justification to terminate DACA.

 

 

 

. . . or from CBSNews

 

 

U.S. seeks to hike fees for immigration applications and impose first-ever asylum charge

[seafood10]

Does anyone know when these new fees will take affect? My wife is about file us citizenship test and we are waiting for our irs transcript to be send to us. The current fee is $725, so we don't want to pay the $1,170 if it is not necessary.

Edited November 23, 2019 by seafood10 (see edit history)

[Randy W]

Does anyone know when these new fees will take affect? My wife is about file us citizenship test and we are waiting for our irs transcript to be send to us. The current fee is $725, so we don't want to pay the $1,170 if it is not necessary.

 

 

Nothing will be announced until after the monthlong comment period.

 

If you have copies of your tax returns, there is no reason whatsoever to wait for the transcripts.

 

Someone on VJ predicts: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/723850-uscis-proposes-increasing-n-400-fees-by-83-merged/?do=findComment&comment=9935039

 

between October 1st 2020 and September 30th 2021, if the proposal is approved