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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Jan. 30 issued the new final fee rule that goes into effect in April to adjust certain immigration and naturalization application ...
The lawsuit follows a State Department proposal to lower the required fee for renouncing U.S. citizenship.
The biometrics fee was increased to US$85 in 2010. On December 23, 2014, the application fees were increased again from US$595 to US$640. The high fees have been criticized as putting up one more wall to citizenship. [56] Increases in fees for citizenship have drawn criticism. [76]
USCIS is authorized to collect fees for its immigration case adjudication and naturalization services by the Immigration and Nationality Act. [12] In fiscal year 2020, USCIS had a budget of US$ 4.85 billion; 97.3% of it was funded by fees and 2.7% by congressional appropriations .
The fee was raised from its previous level of $450 in 2014. [40] [44] This fee is believed to be the world's highest for giving up citizenship, more than twice the fee in the next highest country (Jamaica), and roughly twenty times the average fee charged by other developed countries. [45] [46]
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Form N-400 is used to apply for US citizenship through the naturalization process. Lawful permanent residents (also known as green card holders) of the United States, who meet the eligibility requirements, can file N-400 form to request citizenship. [1] In the United States, 8.8 million Lawful Permanent Residents are eligible to naturalize. [2]
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (Pub. L. 82–414, 66 Stat. 163, enacted June 27, 1952), also known as the McCarran–Walter Act, codified under Title 8 of the United States Code (8 U.S.C. ch. 12), governs immigration to and citizenship in the United States. [8] It came into effect on June 27, 1952.