Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73

§1810 Fee relating to renewal or extension of employment authorization for asylum applicants

Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - IMMIGRATION FEES › § 1810

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who have applied for asylum must pay at least $275 each time they renew or extend a work permit that is based on that asylum application. That fee cannot be waived or reduced. A work permit (first-time, renewal, or extension) stops right away if an asylum officer denies the asylum claim and does not send the case to an immigration judge. If an immigration judge denies the claim, the work permit ends 30 days after that denial unless the person files a timely appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals. If the Board denies the appeal, the work permit ends immediately. Each year, 25% of the fees collected go to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and are put into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account for USCIS to use. Any remaining fees go into the U.S. Treasury’s general fund.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1810

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(a)In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the payment of a fee of not less than $275 by any alien who has applied for asylum for each renewal or extension of employment authorization based on such application.

(b)Each initial employment authorization, or renewal or extension of such authorization, shall terminate—

(1)immediately following the denial of an asylum application by an asylum officer, unless the case is referred to an immigration judge;

(2)on the date that is 30 days after the date on which an immigration judge denies an asylum application, unless the alien makes a timely appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals; or

(3)immediately following the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals of an appeal of a denial of an asylum application.

(c)During each fiscal year—

(1)25 percent of the fees collected pursuant to this section—

(A)shall be credited to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;

(B)shall be deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account established under section 1356(m) of this title; and

(C)may be retained and expended by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services without further appropriation; and

(2)any amounts collected pursuant to this section that are not credited to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.

(d)Fees required to be paid under this section shall not be waived or reduced.

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1810

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73