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B-332406 1 (2020-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebrg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-332406 August 18, 2020 The Honorable Lindsey Graham Chairman The Honorable Dianne Feinstein Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chairman The Honorable Jim Jordan Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Department of Homeland Security: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entitled U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements (RIN: 1615-AC18). We received the rule on August 3, 2020. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on August 3, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 46788. The effective date of the rule is October 2, 2020. According to DHS, the final rule adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The rule also removes certain fee exemptions, changes fee waiver requirements, alters premium processing time limits, and modifies intercountry adoption processing. DHS states that USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial fee review and determined that current fees do not recover the full cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services. Therefore, DHS is adjusting USCIS fees by a weighted average increase of 20 percent, adding new fees for certain immigration benefit requests, establishing multiple fees for nonimmigrant worker petitions, and limiting the number of beneficiaries for certain forms. According to DHS, the rule is intended to ensure that USCIS has the resources it needs to provide adequate service to applicants and petitioners.

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