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이미 언론매체 보도나 인터넷 정보등을 통하여 대부분 알고 계실 내용이지만, USCIS는 12월 23일부터 인상된 접수비를 받게 됩니다.

변호사를 통하여 접수를 하시는 분들은 별 문제 없으실 것으로 생각이 되지만, 혹시라도 직접 접수를 하시거나 Fee 인상에 대해서 확인하지 않으셔서 불이익을 받으시는 일이 없으시기를 바라는 마음으로 칼럼에 정리를 해 드립니다.

2016년 12월 23일부터 USCIS는 대부분의 application/petition들의 filing fee를 인상하였기 때문에 12월 23일, 그리고 그 이후에 접수하시는 혹은 메일로 보내시는 경우는 인상된 금액으로 보내셔야 합니다. (“Applications or petitions mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or after December 23, 2016 must include the new fee”.)

12월 23일 이후에 반드시 접수를 해야 하는 서류라면 인상된 금액을 반드시 보내셔야 Reject 당하시는 것을 피하실 수 있으며, 12월 23일 이전에 접수가 가능하신 서류라면 (예를 들어 시민권 신청이나 영주권 갱신 등 비교적 간단한 서류들을 포함하여) 가능한 한 12월 23일 이전에 접수하셔서 비용을 절감하실 수 있기를 바랍니다.

다음은 New fees에 관한 설명입니다 (괄호안의 금액은 변경 이전 금액입니다).
참고하시기 바랍니다.

G-1041 Genealogy Index Search Request — $65 ($20)
G-1041A Genealogy Records Request (Copy from Microfilm) — $65 ($20)
G-1041A Genealogy Records Request (Copy from Textual Record) — $65 ($20)
I-90 Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card — $455 ($365)
I-102 Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document — $445 ($330)
I-129/129CW Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker — $460 ($325)
I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) — $535 ($340)
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative — $535 ($420)
I-131/I-131A Application for Travel Document — $575 ($360)
I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker — $700 ($580)
I-191 Application for Relief Under Former Section 212(c) of the INA — $930 ($585)
I-192 Application for Advance permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant — $585/930 ($585)
I-193 Application for Waiver of Passport and/or Visa — $585 ($585)
I-212 Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the U.S. After Deportation or Removal — $930 ($585)
I-290B Notice of Appeal or Motion — $675 ($630)
I-360 Petition for Amerasian Widow(er) or Special Immigrant — $435 ($405)
I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status — $1,140 ($985)
I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (certain applicants under the age of 14 years) — $750 ($635)
I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur — $3,675 ($1,500)
I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status — $370 ($290)
I-600/600A Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative/Application for Advance Petition Processing of Orphan Petition — $775 ($720)
I-601 Application for Waiver of Ground of Excludability — $930 ($585)
I-601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver — $630 ($585)
I-612 Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement (Under Section 212(e) of the INA, as Amended) — $930 ($585)
I-687 Application for Status as a Temporary Resident under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act — $1,130 ($1,130)
I-690 Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility — $715 ($200)
I-694 Notice of Appeal of Decision — $890 ($755)
I-698 Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident (under Section 245A of the INA) — $1,670 ($1,020)
I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence — $595 ($505)
I-765 Application for Employment Authorization — $410 ($380)
I-800/800A Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative/Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country — $775 ($720)
I-800A Supp. 3 Request for Action on Approved Form I-800A — $385 ($360)
I-817 Application for Family Unity Benefits — $600 ($435)
I-824 Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition — $465 ($405)
I-829 Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions — $3,750 ($3,750)
I-910 Application for Civil Surgeon Designation — $785 ($615)
I-924 Application for Regional Center Designation Under the Immigrant Investor Program — $17,795 ($6,230)
I-924A Annual Certification of Regional Center — $3,035 ($0)
I-929 Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Immigrant — $230 ($215)
N-300 Application to File Declaration of Intention — $270 ($250)
N-336 Request for Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings — $700 ($650)
N-400 Application for Naturalization — $640 ($595)
N-470 Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes — $355 ($330)
N-565 Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document — $555 ($345)
N-600/N-600K application for Certificate of Citizenship — $1,170 ($600/550)
USCIS Immigrant Fee — $220 ($165)
Biometric Services Fee — $85 ($85)