These would be the new visa, citizenship and green card rates of the United States immigration service

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust certain application fees for immigration and naturalization benefits.

The new fees would allow USCIS to more fully recover its operating costs, restore and maintain timely case processing, and prevent future case backlogs.

The proposal, presented in a document, seeks to increase, among other things, the prices of employment visas, but they will maintain the prices of humanitarian visas.

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“The new fees would allow USCIS to more fully recover its operating costs, restore and maintain timely case processing, and prevent future case backlogs,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday.

The agency did not establish changes in visas for non-immigrants, such as type B1-B2 tourist visas.

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New visa, citizenship and green card fees in the United States

Some of the most notable changes in the increase in the prices of visas and immigration procedures are those that have to do with specialized workers with H-2A, L or O visas.

• H-1B type visas, for highly-skilled workers, would increase from US$460 to US$780 once the proposal takes effect.
• The H-2A type visa, for foreign workers who come to do agricultural work, would go from US$460 to US$1,090, an increase of 137%.
• Type L visas, for workers with specialized knowledge, would go from US$460 to US$1,385, an increase of 201%.
• H-3, E (investors), O (people with extraordinary achievements or abilities), P (for well-known people, either athletes or artists), Q (for cultural exchange), R (religious workers), or TN visas (NAFTA temporary professionals) would increase from US$460 to US$1,015, a 121% rate increase.
• Investor visa petitions could go from US$3,675 to US$11,160.
• The electronic registration fee for the H-1B visa would go from US$10 to US$215, an increase of 2050%.
• The citizenship by naturalization process, through the N-400 form, would go from US$640 to US$760, an increase of 19%.
• The petition for the permanent residence record, which is made through form I-485, would go from US$1,140 to US$1,540. This form allows you to check if the person requesting the service is qualified or eligible to obtain legal permanence or Green Card.

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USCIS said it would preserve the fee waiver for low-income and vulnerable populations, as it currently is, as well as add new waivers for some humanitarian programs.

USCIS expects that with this proposal it can raise an average of $5.2 billion per year in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

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With the addition of Premium processing of some visas, a total collection of US$ 6.4 billion per year is projected. This is a difference of an additional US$1.9 million compared to current collection projections.

The rates will not change immediately, but in about 60 days, until the final rule takes effect after public comments and adjustments have been made after them, the agency said on its website.

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