This part charges $550 for a first work permit. It covers asylum seekers, people on parole and those with temporary protected status. The fee rises with prices each year. It may not be waived or cut.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 100003 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the payment of a fee, equal to the amount specified in this subsection, by any alien who files an initial application for employment authorization under section 208(d)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(2)) at the time such initial employment authorization application is filed.”
The section requires the Secretary, on top of any other fee, to charge a fee when an asylum applicant files a first application for work authorization under section 208(d)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. For fiscal year 2025 the amount is the greater of $550 or what the Secretary sets by rule, and it rises each year with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10.
What the document actually says
“the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the payment of a fee, equal to the amount specified in this subsection, by any alien who files an initial application for employment authorization under section 208(d)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(2)) at the time such initial employment authorization application is filed.”
That sentence, in plain words
A fee is charged for a first work permit. It falls on someone seeking asylum. It is due when the form goes in.
What this is about
The starting amount is $550. The agency may set a higher one. The fee climbs with prices each year.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesHow: statuteSec. 100003 in the PDF
What the document says
“may be retained and expended by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services without further appropriation, provided that not less than 50 percent is used to detect and prevent immigration benefit fraud; and”
The section credits a quarter of the fees to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account and kept and spent without further appropriation, so long as at least half goes to detecting and preventing immigration benefit fraud. Anything not so credited goes into the general fund of the Treasury. The fee may not be waived or reduced.
What the document actually says
“may be retained and expended by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services without further appropriation, provided that not less than 50 percent is used to detect and prevent immigration benefit fraud; and”
That sentence, in plain words
The agency may keep and spend the money. It needs no further vote of funds. At least half must fight benefit fraud.
What this is about
A quarter of the fees is kept this way. The rest goes to the Treasury. The fee may not be waived.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 100003 in the PDF
What the document says
“Each initial employment authorization shall be valid for a period of 1 year or for the duration of the alien's parole, whichever is shorter.”
The section requires the Secretary to charge a parolee a fee for a first work authorization application, the greater of $550 or what the Secretary sets by rule for fiscal year 2025, rising each year with the price index, and makes the first permit good for one year or the length of the parole, whichever is shorter. All the money goes into the general fund of the Treasury and the fee may not be waived or reduced.
What the document actually says
“Each initial employment authorization shall be valid for a period of 1 year or for the duration of the alien's parole, whichever is shorter.”
That sentence, in plain words
The first work permit lasts one year. It ends sooner if the parole does.
What this is about
The fee for it starts at $550. It climbs with prices each year. All of it goes to the Treasury.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 100003 in the PDF
What the document says
“by any alien who files an initial application for employment authorization under section 244(a)(1)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1254a(a)(1)(B)) at the time such initial application is filed.”
The section requires the Secretary to charge a fee when someone with temporary protected status files a first work authorization application under section 244(a)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the greater of $550 or what the Secretary sets by rule for fiscal year 2025, rising each year with the price index. The first permit is good for one year or the length of the status, whichever is shorter, all the money goes to the Treasury, and the fee may not be waived or reduced.
What the document actually says
“by any alien who files an initial application for employment authorization under section 244(a)(1)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1254a(a)(1)(B)) at the time such initial application is filed.”
That sentence, in plain words
The fee falls on a first work permit. That is one filed under a named rule. It is due when the form goes in.
What this is about
The rule covers temporary protected status. The fee starts at $550. It may not be waived.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Each distinct thing the section does: charge the fee to asylum applicants, to parolees, and to people with temporary protected status, set the amount and the yearly rise for each, say where the money goes, and bar any waiver.
The three separate inflation paragraphs, which are identical and are carried in one summary.
The section points to sections 208(d)(2), 244(a)(1)(B) and 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, none of which is indexed here.
