U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed inflationary adjustments to four H.R. 1 immigration fees for FY 2027. The new amounts apply to covered requests postmarked on or after October 16, 2026.
Background: USCIS Updates Form G-1055, FY 2027 Inflation Adjustment Due October 16, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security notice was dated September 30 and appeared in the Federal Register the next day, as 91 FR 62540 and FR Doc No. 2026-20187. The agency’s newsroom alert carried a September 29 date. The notice identifies the action as an inflationary fee adjustment.
The agency warned that requests mailed without the correct amount will be rejected. Its notice states:
“Any immigration benefit request postmarked on or after October 16, 2026 without the proper filing fee will be rejected”
The annual asylum application fee and three form-related fees are covered. The changes affect specified initial employment authorization requests, parole applications and Temporary Protected Status applications.
The agency said the increases reflect inflation over a one-year period. “These fee adjustments are minor and account for inflation from July 2025 through July 2026,” it said in its alert.
Four covered fees rise by amounts ranging from $3 to $30
| Fee or filing category | Previous fee | New fee |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Asylum Application Fee | $102 | $105 |
| Form I-131, Immigration Parole Fee | $1,020 | $1,050 |
| Initial Form I-765 for specified EAD categories | $560 | $570 |
| Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status | $510 | $520 |
The Form I-131 charge applies to the Immigration Parole Fee, not every filing covered by the form’s full title, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records. The published category specifies that fee.
For Form I-765, the change applies when a person seeks an initial employment authorization document as an asylum applicant, a parolee or a Temporary Protected Status applicant. EAD means Employment Authorization Document.
The Temporary Protected Status charge applies to Form I-821, while the listed I-765 charge applies to specified initial EAD requests. Applicants must use the amount applicable to their request.
The annual calculation follows a CPI-U formula set by H.R. 1
The adjustment is part of an annual process. The law directs agencies to update specified fees using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or CPI-U. It also sets rounding rules: fees are rounded down to the next lowest multiple of $10, or, for certain fees, to the nearest dollar.
The President signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on July 4, 2025. The measure became Public Law 119-21, 139 Stat. 72, amended provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and established immigration fees as minimum amounts for FY 2025. It authorized agencies to adjust them through rulemaking and required annual updates. The fees are codified in 8 U.S.C. Chapter 16.
The agency first announced implementation of H.R. 1’s fees in a July 22, 2025, notice, 90 FR 34511. DHS then announced the $1,000 parole fee in a separate October 16, 2025, notice, 90 FR 48317. That charge applied to an alien paroled into the United States who did not meet an exception.
A November 21, 2025, notice, 90 FR 52693, set the prior annual adjustment and specified new amounts effective January 1, 2026. It described the method as a CPI-U comparison from July 2024 to July 2025. DHS issued an interim final rule on April 29, 2026, further detailing procedures.
A separate appeal-fee update took effect before the four listed changes
A different G-1055 edition added a fee for Form EOIR-29, a notice of appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals from a decision by a DHS officer. That fee took effect on October 1, 2026. The notice tells people filing the form on or after that date to include the new amount, but does not give the dollar figure in the alert.
The form’s listed edition is 10/01/26. A later edition, published October 7, 2026, is identified as 10/07/26 and includes an online filing fee for forms. The alert does not identify which forms that edition covers. The agency has posted these updates on its Form G-1055 page.
A companion DHS notice addressed other H.R. 1 charges, rather than the four changes above. U.S. Customs and Border Protection set fiscal-year amounts for the parole fee, ESTA fees and the EVUS enrollment fee; the notice said the I-94 application fee would not change. CBP and other agencies said they would begin assessing the specified new amounts on October 16, 2026. The companion notice appeared as 91 FR 62534, FR Doc No. 2026-20185.
The notice lists a financial office for fee questions
The notice directs questions to the Office of Chief Financial Officer at the agency. Its mailing address is 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746. The listed telephone number is 240-721-3000, which is not toll-free.
People with hearing or speech impairments can reach that number through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). The Federal Register notice identifies the office as part of the Department of Homeland Security and the immigration agency.
