§1810 Fee Relating to Renewal or Extension of Employment Authorization for Asylum Applicants

Summary

The Secretary must charge at least $275, plus any other required fees, to asylum applicants for each renewal or extension of a work permit. The fee cannot be waived. A work permit ends on denial: if an asylum officer denies the claim it ends unless sent to an immigration judge; if a judge denies it, the permit ends 30 days later unless timely appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals; a Board denial ends it immediately. Each year 25% of these fees go to USCIS’s Immigration Examinations Fee Account and may be used by USCIS; the rest goes to the Treasury general fund.