A motion to reopen or reconsider costs $900, with two exceptions
What the document says“by any alien at the time such alien files a motion to reopen or motion to reconsider a decision of an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals.”
The section requires the Attorney General, on top of any other fee, to charge a fee when an alien files a motion to reopen or reconsider a decision of an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals, being the greater of $900 or what the Attorney General sets by rule for fiscal year 2025 and rising each year with the price index. It does not apply to a motion to reopen a removal order entered in absentia filed under section 240(b)(5)(C)(ii), or a like motion on a deportation order filed under section 242B(c)(3)(B) before April 1, 1997.
What the document actually says“by any alien at the time such alien files a motion to reopen or motion to reconsider a decision of an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals.”
The fee is due when such a motion is filed. It asks a ruling to be looked at again.
The ruling may be a judge's or the appeal board's. The fee starts at $900. Two kinds of motion are let off.
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