DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PUBLISHES FINAL RULE WITH REVISED FILING FEE SCHEDULE

Today, Monday October 24, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register with the new fee schedule for immigration and naturalization benefit requests processed by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). DHS increased fees by a weighted average of 21 percent.  The Rule will become effective 60 days from today on Friday, December 23, 2016.  D&S has made a Fee Schedule Comparison Chart for the most common types of business immigration filings.