[讨论]：移民局申请费用上调？

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12/19/2006: Expensive Immigration and Naturalization Applications Ahead
移民局申请费用上调？
2006-12-20
移民局申请费用将上调？虽然眼下移民局增加申请费还只是一个proposal，但美国管理和预算办公室（OMB）已经开始审核，预计短期之内会批准。在最终规定正式发布之前，可能会给出一个大众评议期。不管怎样，移民局申请费用上涨不可避免。移民局还打算明年初提高加速申请费。
此次移民局上调申请费，不仅限于现有的申请费。移民局还计划在境外移民签证申请上增加新的收费项目。在申请移民签证的过程中，目前唯一的收费机构是美国国务院。移民局打算对签证者也开始收取费用。这笔新增的费用将用于向永久居民提供的服务，例如制作绿卡，数据录入，资料建档，以及其他服务。新的法规将可能在2007年的一月份出台，之后有60天的大众评议期。
另外美国劳工部计划在今后的几年内，把永久劳工证的申请费用调到$1,500。尽管现在还没有正式的消息发布，并且不会像移民局在这样短的时间内调整费用，但是永久劳工证收费只是迟早的事情
•        The USCIS is scheduled to charge an increased amount of filing fees in the near future. The fee raise rule is currently under reivew by the OMB since 10/26/2006 which may be approved soon. This is a proposed regulation and the consumers may expect to have a comment period before the agency publishes the final rule, but the fee increase can be substantial especially for certain proceedings that already involve hundreds of dollars filing fees. We have already reported that aside from this proposed rule, the USCIS will propose the increase of Premium Processing fees early next year.
•        The fee is not limited to "raise of existing charges." They also plan to propose the new fees to the immigrant visa applicants abroad. When people immigrates to the U.S. through one of the U.S. Consulate through the consular immigrant visa application proceeding, the only agency that currently charges fees is the U.S. Department of State. However, now the USCIS intends to propose its own fees to these new immigrants from abroad. This rule will propose charging a new immigrant visa service fee to every immigrant visa applicant. This action is arguably necessary, because USCIS incurs significant operating costs in providing permanent resident maintenance services, such as Permanent Resident Card production, data entry, record creation, and other related services. By charging a new immigrant visa service fee, USCIS intends to recover its full operating costs of providing maintenance services to all new permanent residents. This proposed rule may be released in January or soon thereafter with a 60-day comment period.
•        Educated guess indicates that all these fee increases and new fees may come into effect in the Spring of 2007.
•        The U.S. Department of Labor one time proposed charge of expensive fees for the permanent labor certification application in the amount of $1,500 several years back. Eventually fee charge in the reduced amount for the permanent labor certification application may come into reality sooner or later, even though it may take quite some time unlike the USCIS fee adjustment schedules. Readers BEWARE.


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