Filing fees for key EB-5 petitions are to be reduced; a new I-527 form has been introduced for affected investors.

xHyderabad: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed to change the filing fee for investor-based immigration programmes, commonly known as the EB-5 visa.

According to the newly-proposed rules by USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the filing fee for multiple EB-5’s forms will be reduced, and the introduction of a new amendment.

For form I-526E, which is the immigration petition by a regional centre investor, the fee will go down from $11,160 to $9,625. However, form I-526E will now have a new tech fee addition of $95.

Additionally, the fee for form I-829, which is a petition to remove conditions on permanent residency, w

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