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When the price goes up, naturalization rates go down. The current filing fee for Form N-400, the Application for Naturalization, with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, for adult applicants is $680 ($595 plus an $85 biometric fee). This is certainly a prohibitive cost for individuals living below the poverty level.
But since it wanted to hold down hikes on some of its more popular benefits, such as citizenship or the deportation amnesty, it needed to increase other costs by much more. Genealogy research request costs spiked by more than 200 percent, while some business applications more than doubled. Asking to stay in the U.S. despite having been ordered deported will now cost $930, up from $585. And even though the fee to apply for citizenship is going up 8 percent, USCIS has created a discount rate for poor immigrants who canât afford the full cost, the agency said. The fee increases were proposed in May, and USCIS finalized the rule Monday. LOAD COMMENTS (26) Copyright Â© 2017 The Washington Times, LLC.