DOS Cable on Increase in INS Fees

R 160620Z Oct 98
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS, CMGT, AFIN
Subject: Increase in INS Fees

1. The following INS filing fees became effective on October 13, 1998. Posts which accept petitions on behalf of INS or perform other services for INS should collect the new fees and ensure that ACRS is programmed accordingly.

2.

Form I-130 (Alien Relative Petition) $110.00

Form I-193 (Waiver of Passport and/or Visa) $170.00

Form I-600 (Orphan Petition) $405.00

(When more than one petition is submitted by the same petitioner on behalf of orphans who are siblings, only one fee will be required).

Form I-601 (Waiver of Inadmissibility) $170.00

(Only a single application and fee shall be required when the alien is applying simultaneously for a waiver under both 212(H) and (I)).

Form I-612 (Waiver of 212(e)) $170.00

3. Other INS filing fees which normally would not be collected by consular officers overseas have also been increased and are listed in the final rule published in the Federal Register, Volume 63, Number 157, pages 43604-43610 (August 14, 1998) and below:

4.

Form I-17 (School Approval Application) $200.00
Form I-90 (Replacement LPR Card Application) $110.00
Form I-102 (Replacement I-94 Application) $ 85.00
Form I-129 (Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker) $110.00
Form I-129F (Petition for Fiance/e) $ 95.00
Form I-129H (Petition for Temporary Worker) $110.00
Form I-129L (Petition for Intracompany Transferee) $110.00
Form I-131 (Application for Travel Documents) $ 95.00
Form I-140 (Petition for Immigrant Worker) $115.00
Form I-191 (Application for 212(c) Relief) $170.00
Form I-192 (Application for 212(d)(3) Relief) $170.00
Form I-212 (Application to Reapply After Removal) $170.00
Form I-485 (Application for LPR Status):
14 yrs and older $220.00
Under 14 yrs $160.00
Form I-526 (Petition for Alien Entrepreneur) $350.00
Form I-539 (Applic. to Extend/Change NIV Status) $120.00
Form I-600A (Advance Processing of Orphan Pet.) $405.00

(When more than one petition is submitted
by the same petitioner on behalf of orphans
who are siblings, only one fee will be required)
Form I-751 (Removal of Conditionality for LPR) $125.00
Form I-765 (Applic. for Employment Authorization) $100.00
Form I-817 (Applic. for Voluntary Departure) $120.00
Form I-824 (Action on Approved Application/Pet.) $120.00
Form I-829 (Removal of Conditionality for Alien
Entrepreneur) $345.00
Form N-400 (Application for Naturalization) $225.00
Form N-565 (Replacement of Natz. Certificate) $135.00
Form N-600 (Application for Cert. of Citizenship) $160.00
Form N-643 (Cert. of Citizenship for Adoptee) $125.00

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