Adjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees

• Document number: 03-1853
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: January 24, 2003
• Effective: January 24, 2003
• Agency: Justice Department; Immigration and Naturalization Service

Official abstract

This rule adjusts the immigration benefit application fee schedule by subtracting the applicable amount of surcharges used for asylum and refugee services, fee exemptions and fee waivers to comply with section 457 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107- 296. Fees collected from persons filing immigration benefit applications are deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA) and used to recover the full cost of processing immigration benefit applications and associated administrative costs. Federal guidelines require the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service or INS) to establish and collect fees to recover the full costs of processing immigration benefit applications.

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