A Homeland Security notice, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2026, raises six of the immigration fees that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) collects under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The parole fee rises most, by $30.
What changes
The notice applies the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (a Bureau of Labor Statistics price measure) from July 2025 to July 2026, about 3.36 percent, to the current (fiscal 2026) fees. Most fees round down to the next lowest multiple of $10; in its table, the annual asylum fee and the I-94 fee round down to the dollar. Work permits are what the notice calls Employment Authorization Documents.
| Fee | Now | Fiscal 2027 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parole fee (Form I-131) | $1,020 | $1,050 | +$30 |
| First work permit, asylum applicant (I-765) | $560 | $570 | +$10 |
| First work permit, parole, valid 1 year (I-765) | $560 | $570 | +$10 |
| First work permit, Temporary Protected Status or TPS (I-765) | $560 | $570 | +$10 |
| TPS application (I-821) | $510 | $520 | +$10 |
| Annual fee, pending asylum application (I-589) | $102 | $105 | +$3 |
By this desk's count, seven of the 13 fees in the notice's table do not change: the initial asylum application fee ($100); work-permit renewals for asylum applicants ($275), parole ($280) and TPS ($280); re-parole work permits ($280); the Special Immigrant Juvenile fee ($250); and the I-94 fee ($24). The notice says the law does not provide for an inflation adjustment to the $275 asylum renewal.
Who pays and when
USCIS, which collects these fees, will require the new amounts for immigration benefit requests postmarked on or after a start date. This copy sets no calendar date; it leaves a placeholder for 15 days after publication, and a request postmarked on or after that date without the proper fee "will be rejected." If the notice prints October 1, that date is, by this desk's count, October 16.
It was filed for public inspection September 30, 8:45 a.m. Eastern, as a special filing. It names no guidance web page; for questions it lists the USCIS Office of Chief Financial Officer, 240-721-3000. The Federal Register's API shows 1,438 page views as of 12:15 a.m. Eastern October 1, the most of the 116 documents on its September 30 public-inspection list.
The court-fee notice
A Justice Department notice, with a September 29 publication date, adjusts the same law's fees for four DHS forms filed with the immigration courts or the Board of Immigration Appeals from October 1. Its asylum fees ($100 initial, $105 annual) and TPS application fee ($520) match this notice's. This one does not mention immigration court, or the separate DHS fee schedule that, the Justice notice says, supplies the other part of what the court system's payment portal shows.
What it does not say
- Who is exempt or can waive a fee. It cites an April 29, 2026 interim final rule that, it says, addressed the handling of fee waivers and exemptions.
- How many people pay each fee.
- Green card (I-485) or waiver (I-601) fees; neither is in its table.
- Whether the printed text will match this copy.
- When the adjustments will be written into regulation. DHS says it may codify them in 8 CFR part 106 in a future rule.