On April 14, 2004, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would be increasing the fees charged for filing petitions and applications.  The average fee increase is $55.  Biometric fees (fingerprints)  will also be increasing by $20 per application.  Under the new fee schedule, the filing fee for H-1B petitions will increase from $130 to $185, the filing fee for EADs  will increase from $120 to $175, and I-485s will increase from $255 to $315.  The new fee schedule will become effective on April 30, 2004.  This means that all applications filed on or after April 29, 2004 are subject to the new fee schedule.

Click here for the USCIS announcement: http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/FeesRelease.pdf. 

You can view the new fee structure at http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/USCISFeeStructure.pdf

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