USCIS Keeps Fee Waiver Form Unchanged for Now
Published Date: 4/21/2026
Notice
Summary
USCIS is keeping its Request for Fee Waiver form just as it is and wants your thoughts on it for the next 60 days until June 22, 2026. This means people asking to skip fees when applying for immigration services can keep using the same form without any changes or extra costs. If you have ideas or concerns, now’s the time to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Form Standardizes And Speeds Decisions
USCIS says Form I-912 standardizes the statements and supporting evidence used for fee-waiver requests and "streamlines and expedites" USCIS review, approval, or denial of those requests. If a fee waiver is granted, the related immigration application will be processed; if not granted, USCIS will notify the applicant and instruct them to file a new application with the appropriate fee.
Fee-Waiver Form Kept As-Is
USCIS is extending its approval of Form I-912 (Request for Fee Waiver) without making any changes, so people asking to skip immigration fees can keep using the same form. The agency is accepting public comments for 60 days, through June 22, 2026.
Estimated Time And Cost Burden For Respondents
USCIS estimates annual responding volumes and burdens: 528,258 paper I-912 respondents (1.095 hours each), 65,742 PDFi I-912 respondents (1 hour each), plus other paper/PDFi non-form requests and 128 Director's Exemption requests. The agency estimates a total annual hour burden of 653,435 hours and an estimated total annual cost burden of $2,009,461.
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