Embed Notice

For the first time in the history of the United States,
asylum seekers will have to pay to file an asylum application.
The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” or OBBA, mandates new minimum fees for immigration and visa applications.

The legislation authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Attorney General to raise fees above the minimum,
and all fees are subject to an annual inflation adjustment starting in fiscal year 2026.
Asylum seekers must now pay a host of new fees
— $100 to file a claim,
an additional $100 for every year their application is pending,
and $550 to apply for a work permit.

OBBA bars asylum seekers from receiving fee waivers.
Of the 149 countries that are signatories on the 1951 Refugee Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol, only three impose application fees on asylum seekers.
https://truthout.org/articles/asylum-seekers-now-have-to-pay-to-file-immigration-claims/