USCIS Revises Policy Manual to Align with New Fee Rule
April 1, 2024
USCIS is revising its guidance in the Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule published in the Federal Register on Jan. 31, 2024, and effective April 1, 2024.
Revisions to the policy manual apply to all applications and petitions postmarked on or after April 1.
We will use the postmark date of a filing to determine which form version and fees are correct, but we will use the receipt date for purposes of any regulatory or statutory filing deadlines.
The revised guidance covers new form fees, fee waivers, and fee exemptions, limits on the number of beneficiaries for certain employment-based forms, and a new form supplement for orphan intercountry adoption cases.
Specific contents can be found here:
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20240401-FeeRule.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-fees/frequently-asked-questions-on-the-uscis-fee-rule