hinking of filing your immigration documents after the winter holidays? Think again.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has come out with an official notice stating that it will raise its filing fees starting December 23, 2016.  The average filing fee, with some exceptions,  will go up approximately 20%. The USCIS stated that “applications and petitions postmarked or filed on or after December 23, 2016, must include the new fees or USCIS will reject your submission.”

Some examples of the USCIS filing fee increase:

NewOldI–485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status1,140985I-601 Application for Waiver of Ground of Excludability930585I–601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver630585I-612 Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement (Under Section 212(e) of the INA, as Amended)930585I–690 Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility715200I–694 Notice of Appeal of Decision890755I–698 Application to Adjust Status From Temporary to Permanent Resident(Under Section 245A of the INA)1,6701,020I–751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence595505I–765 Application for Employment Authorization410380I–929 Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U–1 Nonimmigrant230215N–400 Application for Naturalization640595N–470 Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes355330N–565 Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document555345

For a complete list of the new fees, please visit the official USCIS site at https://www.uscis.gov/forms/our-fees.