Asylum, Parole and TPS Filing Fees Went Up October 16, 2026: What Changed

Current as of November 14, 2026.

Several immigration filing fees for asylum, parole and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) went up on October 16, 2026. The increases are small, but they matter: USCIS says any request postmarked on or after October 16 that does not include the correct new fee will be rejected. The changes were announced in a USCIS alert and published in a Federal Register notice on October 1, 2026.

Which fees changed

• Annual fee while an asylum application is pending (Form I-589): $102 to $105
• Immigration parole fee (Form I-131): $1,020 to $1,050
• First work permit (Form I-765) for an asylum applicant, a parolee or a TPS applicant: $560 to $570
• TPS application fee (Form I-821): $510 to $520

Which fees did not change

According to the Federal Register notice, these stayed the same for fiscal year 2027: the $100 fee to file an initial asylum application, the $275 fee to renew an asylum applicant’s work permit, the $280 fee to renew a parole, TPS or re-parole work permit, the $250 Special Immigrant Juvenile fee and the $24 I-94 fee. Regular USCIS fees that were not created by this law are not affected by this notice.

Why the fees went up

These are not new fees. Congress created them in 2025 and required that most of them rise with inflation every year. For fiscal year 2027, USCIS applied the 3.36% change in consumer prices from July 2025 to July 2026, then rounded down as the law requires. Expect another adjustment each fall.

Practical steps

Check the fee on every asylum, parole or TPS filing you mail or submit online, even if you prepared it before October 16. The postmark date controls, not the date you signed the form. If you are paying the annual asylum fee, pay the amount in effect when you pay. Keep copies of your payment confirmation and receipt notice, and watch your mail and USCIS online account for rejection notices so a missed fee does not cost you a deadline. Applicants in Georgia follow the same national fee rules as everyone else. You can find more Georgia immigration guidance on our immigration blog.

What the law says

The fees come from the 2025 reconciliation law, Pub. L. 119-21 (H.R. 1), which directs DHS to adjust them each fiscal year using the change in the consumer price index. USCIS announced the fiscal year 2027 amounts in Fiscal Year 2027 Inflation Adjustment to H.R. 1 Immigration Fees, 91 FR 62540 (Oct. 1, 2026), effective for requests postmarked on or after October 16, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice about any individual case.

Source: Federal Register and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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