9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee takes effect on 9 September 2026

9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee for H-1B and L-1 Visas was published on 10 August 2026 and takes effect on 9 September 2026. That date is effective since 9 September 2026. In the agency's own words: “This rule applies the 9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee to extension petitions filed by covered employers, including same-employer extensions.”

Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees took effect on 1 March 2026. In the agency's own words: “DHS is adjusting premium processing fees for inflation as authorized by statute. The fee for Form I-140 increases to $2,965.”

Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility was published on 20 July 2026 and takes effect on 18 September 2026. That date is effective since 18 September 2026. In the agency's own words: “This final rule eliminates the 2022 public charge regulations to restore broader officer discretion in assessing whether aliens are likely to become public charges. DHS will consider any and all factors in the totality of the circumstances.”

Mandatory Electronic Filing (e-Filing) took effect on 11 August 2026. In the agency's own words: “This interim final rule authorizes USCIS to require electronic filing of any benefit request that has been available electronically for at least 180 days. This rule does not impose or announce a requirement to e-file any benefit request.”

Premium processing on an I-140 costs $2,965, following the inflation adjustment effective 1 March 2026. EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-2 and EB-3 get a fifteen business day window; EB-1C and the EB-2 National Interest Waiver get forty-five. An RFE stops the clock, and answering it restarts a full new window rather than resuming the old one.

The I-140 fee itself is $715. The $600 Asylum Program Fee falls on employer petitioners, not self-petitioners, so an EB-1A applicant filing their own petition with premium processing pays $3,680 rather than the $4,280 an employer would.

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