WASHINGTON
The Citizenship and Immigration Services has scheduled a news
conference later Wednesday to announce the fee increases. It now
costs a total of $1,010 to apply for legal residency and get
required fingerprinting, and that cost would rise to $1,085.
The agency is required by law to review its fees regularly and
decide whether they are covering the cost of doing business.
The CIS had a major fee hike in the summer of 2007, helping to
trigger a flood of citizenship applications that were filed in
advance of the increases.
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