{"id":3363,"date":"2023-01-13T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:56:33","slug":"nuevas-tarifas-de-visas-americanas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/nuevas-tarifas-de-visas-americanas\/","title":{"rendered":"New US visa fees <\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Joe Biden's administration proposed a series of fee increases for some visas and immigration procedures in order to fully recover its operating costs and return to full operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality behind the increased visa fees is that no increases had been implemented since 2016, and furthermore, there was a drastic reduction in 2020 due to Covid-19. Even with these reasons for the fee increase, many people fear it could affect their access to visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the proposal seeks to increase, among other things, the prices of employment visas, but will maintain the prices of humanitarian visas and non-immigrant visas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab"The new fees would allow USCIS to more fully recover its operating costs, restore and maintain timely case processing, and prevent future backlogs," the agency said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another major reason is that since 2020, due to closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been "a drastic reduction in new applications, resulting in a temporary drop in revenue," which is why the agency has reduced its ability to adjudicate cases on time, according to USCIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency did not establish changes to non-immigrant visas, such as B1-B2 tourist visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some visas and procedures that would increase in price: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the most notable changes in the increase in visa and immigration processing prices are those related to skilled workers with H-2A, L or O visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-1B visas, for highly skilled workers, would increase from US$ 460 to US$ 780 once the proposal takes effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The H-2A visa, for foreign workers who come to do agricultural work, would increase from US$1,460 to US$1,090, a 1,371% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L-type visas, for workers with specialized knowledge, would increase from US$$ 460 to US$$ 1,385, an increase from 201%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-3, E (investor), O (persons with extraordinary achievement or ability), P (for renowned individuals, whether athletes or artists), Q (cultural exchange), R (religious workers), or TN (NAFTA Temporary Professionals) visas would increase from US$$ 460 to US$$ 1,015, an increase in the fee of US$1,21%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investor visa applications could increase from US$ 3,675 to US$ 11,160<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The electronic registration fee for the H-1B visa would increase from US$ 10 to 215, a rise from 2050%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The naturalization process, through form N-400, would go from US$ 640 to US$ 760, an increase of 19%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The application for permanent residence registration, made using form I-485, would change from US$ 1.140 to US$ 1.540. This form allows verification of whether the person requesting the service is eligible to obtain legal residency or a green card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USCIS said it would preserve the fee waiver for vulnerable and low-income populations, as is currently the case, in addition to adding new waivers for some humanitarian programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USCIS expects that with this proposal it can collect an average of US$5.2 billion per year in fiscal years 2022 and 2023. With the addition of premium processing for some visas, total revenue is projected at US$6.4 billion per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rates will not change immediately, but in about 60 days, until the final rule comes into effect once public comments have been made, which began on January 4 of this year and end on March 6, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

News report compiled using information from: BBC News, USCIS News, Federal Register<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reality behind the increased visa fees is that no increases had been implemented since 2016, and furthermore, there was a drastic reduction in 2020 due to Covid-19. Even with these reasons for the fee increase, many people fear it could affect their access to visas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}