11-15-2025 USCIS Announces FY 2026 Inflation Increase for Certain Immigration-Related Fees

We have issued a Federal Register notice that will increase certain H.R. 1 immigration-related fees for fiscal year (FY) 2026. These fee adjustments reflect the amount of inflation from July 2024 through July 2025.

On July 22, we published a Federal Register notice announcing the implementation of these H.R. 1 immigration-related fees. Beginning in FY 2026, and continuing for each subsequent fiscal year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will adjust some of these fees for inflation, as specified in H.R. 1.

The new inflationary-adjusted fees are effective on Jan. 1, 2026. If you submit a benefit request postmarked on or after Jan. 1, 2026, that requires one of these HR-1 fees, you must include the new fee for the specific benefit you are requesting. The fees that are increasing due to this Federal Register notice are listed in the table below.

Form Type 

Previous Fee 

New Fee 

Annual Asylum Application Fee

(currently stayed via court order)

$100

$102

 

Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization – Initial Asylum Applicant Employment Authorization Document (EAD)

 

 

$550

 

$560

Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization – Initial Parole EAD

 

$550

$560

Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization – Renewal or Extension of Parole EAD

 

$275

$280

Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization – Initial Temporary Protected Status (TPS) EAD

 

$550

$560

Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization – Renewal or Extension of TPS EAD

 

$275

$280

Form I-131, Part 9 – EAD requested upon authorization of a new period of Parole (Re-parole)

 

$275

$280

Form I-821, Application for TPS

 

$500

$510

The fees that are not increasing due to this Federal Register notice are listed in the table below. In the future, DHS will publish a Federal Register notice with information about the inflationary adjustment for the immigration parole fee.

Form Type 

Previous Fee 

New Fee 

I-589 Asylum Fee (Initial fee for aliens filing an application for asylum)

$100

$100

I-765 Renewal or Extension of Asylum Applicant EAD

$275

$275

I-360 Special Immigrant Juvenile Fee

$250

$250