HOW MUCH MORE $

           There are many types of applications and petitions that are filed by many applicants and petitioners to USCIS every year. Some applications and petitions are even submitted in one package. It is useless to detail here all those applications and petitions in this short message. The following information is about some of the most frequently used applications and petitions. The Immigration Service relates to each one by the FORM NUMBERS, and so will we:

Form I-129 (H-1B) – increase from $460 to $780 (an increase of 70%).

H-1B Registration for the lottery, increase from $10 to $215 (2,050%). This is one increase that I agree with wholeheartedly, because it is designed to minimize fraudulent registrations for this rare type of working visa.

Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) – increase from $535 to $625 (17%), if filing online. For the same petition but “paper filing”, the increase is by $50 more to $675 (26%).

Form I-140 (Petition for Alien Worker), increase from $700 to $715 (2%).

Form I-485 (Application for Adjustment of Status), increase from $1,140 to $1,440 (26%).

Form I-485 (Application for Adjustment of Status with Biometrics), increase from $1,225 to $1,440 (12%).

Form I-539 (Application to Extend/Change Non-Immigrant Status), if online filing – increase from $370 to $420 (14%), but “paper filing” for same application, the increase will be from $370 to $470 (27%).

Form I-601 (Application for Waiver), increase from $930 to $1,050 (13%).