USCIS To Adjust EB-5 Program Filing Fees

Effective October 2, 2020, USCIS will adjust most of their immigration request fees. Here’s how that affects EB-5 Program filing fees.

In a news statement released by USCIS, this adjustment comes after a biennial fee review that determined that there was a need to increase fees to recover costs for services and operations. USCIS is 97% funded by these immigration fees and they state that without this adjustment that they would be underfunded by roughly $1 billion yearly.  

According to USCIS, the following EB-5 related fees will be adjusted:

Immigration Benefit Request	Current Fee	Final Fee	Change ($)	Percentage Change
I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor	$3,675	$4,010	$335	9%
I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence	$1,140	$1,130	($10)	-1%
Biometrics Services	$85	$30	($55)	-65%
I-829 Petition by Investor To Remove Conditions	$3,750	$3,900	$150	4%
I-924 Application for Regional center Designation Under the Immigrant Investor Program	$17,795	$17,795	$0	0%
I-924A Annual Certification of Regional Center	$3,035	$4,465	$1,430	47%

For prospective EB-5 investors, the I-526 Petition fees are set to increase by 9% and the I-829 fees by 4%. For regional centers, the I-924 application fee (the most expensive fee at USCIS) will remain the same, but the I-924A fee is set to increase by a significant 47%. 

For more information about the fee adjustment, or to get started with EB-5 prior to the fee increase, fill out the quick free EB-5 evaluation below.