Hello, everybody, and welcome to another live that we're doing here. This time, I wanted
to do a live video to explain the increase in the filing fees that are coming up. Let
me see here. So, it's Saturday here in San Diego, California and I’m going to do a
quick live reporting to you about the fee increases, giving you an update. There's been
quite a few videos that talk about the fee increases and I wanted to talk about some
of the less known fees. Some of these fees have increases of more than 500%. And I'm
going to go through a list. I prepared a list for you, guys. So, first of all, those of
you that are joining, let me know where you're from. I see a bunch of you here. We have Ganesh,
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back to you, Erwan, in just one second. We'll start the live stream right now. Alright.
So, welcome to this live stream. If you're here for the first time, make sure you subscribe
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just like you. And today, we will talk about the fee increases. Everybody's talking about
it. This is going to this is just announced on Friday. This is going to be a 60-day comment
rule. And this is going to be effective on October 2nd. So, it's going to be effective
on October 2nd. And I will tell you exactly what those fees are. And we'll go from there.
So. let's let me share my screen so I can show you exactly what's happening. And also,
we'll talk about the actual fees that are going to go up. Okay. So, let me share my
screen. See here. Here you go. So, this is something that I wanted to focus on. So, my
little girl is here watching us. So, I wanted to focus on something that... some of the
fees that are going up. And so, let's start with some of the less known petitions. A petition
for I-929, U-1 visa, non-immigrant, that is… current fee is $230. And my daughter's here.
Guys, you see, that's what happens when you have a live stream. My daughter is here. Do
you want to come to say hi? Come. You want to say hi to the viewers. See what happens
when we have a live stream and here my daughter is… She’s coming to say hi. Come say hi,
Noah. Here you go. This is Noah. So, that's what happens. Here you go. Jonathan is saying
you cannot see my screen. Let me share my screen again. Let me see here. Can you, guys,
see my screen? Okay. So, let me know if you can see my screen. I’m sharing it with you,
guys, right now. So, trying to focus on some of the petitions that are a little bit less
known. Tiya, let me know if you see… thank you so much. Thank you, Joanna. Just let me
know if you see my screen, okay. Hey, let’s say hello, Noah. All right. So, I-929, petition
for U1 non-immigrant visa, the current fee is 230, it’s going to go up to 1,045. Then
I-881, application for suspension of deportation or special rule cancellation of removal current,
the fee is $285 and it's going to go up 535% to 1,810. And once again, I just wanted to
bring this your attention because I haven't seen that being reported. Form I-93, application
for waiver of the passport, right now it's 585, it’s going to go up 377%, 2,790. Application
for the [inaudible] of intention, current fee it’s 270, it’s going to go up to 1,300.
So, as you can see, some fees are going up, others are not changing. Let's go to the most
common one that may impact you, guys. Application for citizenship, N-400… Now, remember, if
you file this online, the new fee is going to be 1,160. There's a $10 discount if you
file online. I'll answer your questions, guys, in a second. So, I want to go over the fees
and I'm going to answer your questions. I promise you. So, if you file it on paper,
it's going to be 1,170. There's an increase of 83%. Now, when it comes to Form I-129,
under the old rules, all the forms had to save fee but right now, depending on the kind
of visa you're filing, there's going to be a different fee. So for example, if you file
H2A visa, the current fee is going to be 460. There's an increase of 85%. If you file for
an L visa, the current fee is 460. The increase is 75%, it’s going to be 805. If you file
for a TN, current fee is 460, it's going to go up to 695, 51% increase. So, as you can
see, there's quite an interesting increase in fees. One thing that is important for Adjustment
of Status, for Form I-45. So right now, there's a difference if you're under the age of 14
or over, there's a difference in fees. Under the new guidelines, there's going to be no
difference in fees, there's going to be a flat fee. And it's going to be a flat fee
of 1,130. And that's going to be an increase of 50%. Let's go back to waivers. 601 waiver,
right now, at 630, it's going to go up to 960, 52%. And for those who’ll file O visas,
it's going to go up to 705. A lot of our clients who are filing 751 for Removal of Conditions,
it’s going to go up to $760. Right now, it's 595. And I-130, it's going to be a small
increase of $25. It's going to go up to 560. So, as you can see, right now, they're going
to be encouraging people to file applications online. So, if people are gonna file, the
ones that are possible to file online, there's going to be a $10 discount, so you're going
to be able to file it online. But there's definitely some applications that are actually
reduced in fees. And quite a few have, obviously, a significant fee increase specifically for
court petitions. And so again, it looks like, overall, we're looking at about 25% average
fee increase. You have to remember that the last time there was a fee increase, we're
looking at 2016. So, it's been almost four years that the fee went up. And so, it's kind
of their way to obviously, pump in some money into the budget, but also, a way to get people
to be able to file now, before the fee increases, I think a lot of people are going to be doing
citizenship filings, Adjustment of Status before the fee increases in the next few months.
So, let me get some of your questions, guys. I mean, I know it's something that everybody's
interested in and we want to just to keep you informed and updated. So, Hitachi Midawil,
“Jacob can you mention about waiting for approval past two months from current receipt
date?” So, right now, cases are definitely taking longer to get approved. So, now it’s
back. So, right now for 539 Change of Status, I would definitely wait at least four or five
months to get decisions. Let's see. “Will you share this document for us to download?”
That's a good question. So, this document is part of our visa lawyer blog article. And
I'm going to link the article we have a whole article with all the fees in it. I'm going
to put the article in the description of this video so you will be able to download the
fee schedule as well as this particular document that I just shared with you right here. So,
if you go to the description of this video at the end of this stream, I'm going to share
a link to an article that has all the fees in there, as well as a full article that has
the actual screenshots from the government's website. Yeah. Let me take another question.
Let's see here. Yeah, you guys are… Benita, “Embassies to reopen.” So like I said,
I've done a video before about embassies being reopened, and the start to reopen as of July
15, in phases. So, you have to look at different embassies as to when they reopen. Noah, say
hi. Alright, guys, so you can keep posting your questions in the comments below. And
I promise to go back to the video and answer your questions. Like I said, everybody's kind
of worried about embassies reopening, USCIS processing time. The last video I’ve done
about receipts definitely got a lot of traction. So, keep posting in the comments. And I promise
to update you with some more information. All right, thanks, Noah. So anyway, guys,
keep posting your comments in the video below and I'll come back and answer those questions.
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