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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted an advance copy of a Federal Register Notice (FRN) implementing new immigration-related fees under the H.R. 1 Reconciliation Bill, a.k.a. the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1). The FRN is scheduled to be published July 22. In a news release published July 21, USCIS announced these fees will apply to certain immigration benefit requests postmarked on or after July 22, 2025.
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Additional Information: H.R.1 was signed into law on July 4, 2025. Titles IX and X include various immigration-related provisions, in addition to new fees, as well as more than $140 billion allocated to border security and enforcement measures.
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