Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Higher fees for immigration documents in place

Fees for most immigration documents have been increased. - - Donna Poisl

Higher immigration fees have taken effect, raising by about 10 percent most benefit petitions, including green cards and work permits.

BY ALFONSO CHARDY

The federal agency that processes requests from immigrants for documents ranging from green cards to work permits has raised fees by about 10 percent for most benefits.
Fees for citizenship petitions remained unchanged, and fees for a few other benefits went down.

Tuesday's fee increase is the second in three years, a result of a decline in agency revenue brought about by fewer applications being filed possibly because of the recession.
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