Client Alert!
The Department of Homeland Security is publishing a Federal Register notice to implement a new immigration parole fee required by the H.R. 1 Reconciliation Bill. The fee is $1,000 for FY 2025 and is subject to annual adjustments for inflation. You must pay this fee when you are paroled into the United States, unless you qualify for an exception.
USCIS will collect the immigration parole fee if you are physically present in the United States and they are granting you parole or a new period of parole (also known as re-parole). Beginning on October 16, 2025, if USCIS determines that they can approve your request for parole or re-parole and that it requires payment of the immigration parole fee, they will notify you that you must pay this fee before they can approve your request. The notice will have payment instructions and a deadline. USCIS will not grant parole unless you pay the immigration parole fee as instructed and within the specified time period.
Do not pay the immigration parole fee when you submit Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records. The immigration parole fee will be collected when you are paroled into the United States.
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