Waiver Fee increase. Why did it happen. Could it decrease in the future?

Looks like the October 2nd fee increases won’t be going ahead.

https://www.boundless.com/blog/uscis-fee-increase-blocked/

@Magnus Great find.

I worry that the White House will simply appeal it and overturn it, but at least it gives SOME hope.

@J Rogers

I’m sure the Trump Administration has much greater things to worry about right now.

When Biden wins the fees probably won’t increase because a Biden Administration won’t be siphoning off money from USCIS by abolishing the immigration programs that Trump has done to date. Those programs will be reinstated and the USCIS will fall back into its previous homeostasis of funding itself through the fees from before.

Magnus, Thanks so much for posting this - I sure hope this is true...John, did you watch Trump and Biden last night..OMG..So glad to live in Canada...

@Magnus I hope you are right.

@Michelle did I watch it? Are you kidding? Of course! I'll answer in a separate thread so people can skip it if they want.

I found this this morning - could not copy link - but here is article...

WASHINGTON-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Deputy Director of Policy Joseph Edlow issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining fee increases for citizenship and other immigration benefits.

This unfortunate decision leaves USCIS underfunded by millions of dollars each business day the fee rule is enjoined. Unlike most government agencies, USCIS is fee funded. As required by federal law, USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial fee review and determined that current fees do not recover the cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services. This is nothing new or abnormal. In fact, the fee rule is two years behind schedule, and is a smaller percentage increase than the previous. In a fee-funded agency such as USCIS, this increase is necessary to continue operations in any long-term, meaningful way to ensure cost recovery. This decision barring USCIS from enacting its mandatory fee increase is unprecedented and harmful to the American people.

For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on Twitter (@uscis), Instagram (/uscis), YouTube (/uscis), Facebook (/uscis) and LinkedIn (/uscis).

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@michelle I got that email this morning but I am not surprised.

I know the WH will appeal and hopefully Biden wins and restores the funding. As you can see they make it clear that they cannot run a loss.