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02/27/2003 IMMIGRATION ALERT:
INS FILING FEE INCREASE
Effective February 27, 2003, the INS has readjusted the fee schedule to
restore filing fees to their original rate. Since January 24, 2003, the INS
has accepted a reduced rate on filing fees in order to comply with the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 in which Congress required the INS to
eliminate the surcharge on filing fees for asylum and refugee services.
However, on February 20, 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Omnibus
Budget Bill, which deleted the fee provision in the Homeland Security Act of
2002.
The INS' filing fees have returned to their pre-January 24 level. For
instance, an I-129 petition will now need to include a filing fee of $130.
The INS will accept the reduced fee for petitions postmarked or received at
the INS on February 27, 2003 but anything postmarked after February 27, 2003
will require the adjusted fee.
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