Several Department of Homeland Security agencies have announced changes in fees:
- S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, effective October 16, 2026, fees will increase for several benefits. Any request postmarked on or after that date without the proper filing fee will be rejected, USCIS said. The agency provided the following information:
| Form Type | Previous Fee | New Fee |
| Annual Asylum Application Fee | $102 | $105 |
| Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, Immigration Parole Fee | $1,020 | $1,050 |
| Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, if you are applying for an initial:
· Asylum applicant Employment Authorization Document (EAD) · Parole EAD · Temporary Protected Status EAD |
$560 | $570 |
| Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status | $510 | $520 |
- S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced increases in the fees for parole into the United States (from $1,020 to $1,050), Electronic System for Travel Authorization (from $40.27 to $40.62), and Electronic Visa Update System enrollment (from $30.75 to $31.75). There is no change in the fee for an application for CBP Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, at land border ports of entry ($30).
- USCIS announced that under a final rule effective November 30, 2026, fees for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program will be adjusted “to ensure EB-5 fees fully recover the cost of operating the program, meet statutory processing time goals, and support integrity measures such as audits and site visits.” In most cases, the fees are increasing, with a few decreasing.
A table in USCIS’s Federal Register final rule summarizes the current, proposed, and final fees for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. As examples, the fee for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, will increase from $3,675 to $7,615, and the fee for Form I-527, Amendment to Legacy Form I-526, will increase from $0 to $10,330.
