Notice2026-19841
Inflation Adjustment for EOIR OBBBA Fees for Certain DHS Forms; Fiscal Year 2027
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Published
September 29, 2026
Effective
October 1, 2026
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Justice DepartmentExecutive Office for Immigration Review
Abstract
The Department of Justice ("Department") is providing notice of statutorily required inflation adjustments to immigration-related fees for certain Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") forms filed with the Executive Office for Immigration Review ("EOIR") under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Fiscal Year ("FY") 2027.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61447-61448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19841]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Office for Immigration Review
[Dir. Order No. 10-2026]
Inflation Adjustment for EOIR OBBBA Fees for Certain DHS Forms;
Fiscal Year 2027
AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of inflationary fee adjustment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (``Department'') is providing notice
of statutorily required inflation adjustments to immigration-related
fees for certain Department of Homeland Security (``DHS'') forms filed
with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (``EOIR'') under the
One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Fiscal Year (``FY'') 2027.
DATES: The fees announced in this notice are effective October 1, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamee E. Comans, Assistant Director,
Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 5107
Leesburg Pike, Suite 2500, Falls Church, VA 22041, telephone (703) 305-
0289 (not a toll-free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 4, 2025, a Congressional budget reconciliation bill (H.R.
1), commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (``OBBBA''),
became law. Public Law 119-21, 139 Stat. 72. As relevant here, OBBBA
introduced new required immigration-related fees for EOIR applications,
motions, and appeals beginning in FY 2025 (``OBBBA fees'') and mandated
that the Attorney General annually update these OBBBA fees for
inflation. See 8 U.S.C. 1802, 1808, 1812.
Therefore, on August 21, 2026, the Department issued a final rule
updating its regulations to make the required FY 2027 OBBBA inflation
adjustments for the relevant EOIR forms and motions. See Inflation
Adjustment for EOIR
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OBBBA Fees; Fiscal Year 2027, 91 FR 54211 (Aug. 21, 2026).
In order to provide further clarity, this notice details the FY
2027 OBBBA inflation adjustments for the following DHS forms when filed
with EOIR: Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or
Adjust Status; Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding
of Removal; Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of
Inadmissibility; and Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected
Status.
Importantly, this notice does not change any fees for these DHS
forms collected pursuant to section 286(m) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act. See 8 U.S.C. 1356(m). The 286(m) fee amounts for these
forms are detailed in DHS's fee schedule, and EOIR's regulations
continue to direct readers to DHS's fee schedule for such fee amounts.
See 8 CFR 1103.7(b)(4)(ii) (``The fees for applications published by
the Department of Homeland Security and used in immigration proceedings
are governed by 8 CFR 103.7 and 8 CFR part 106.''); see also USCIS, Fee
Schedule (Sept. 9, 2026), <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/g-1055.pdf">https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/g-1055.pdf</a> [<a href="https://perma.cc/H87F-FPU8">https://perma.cc/H87F-FPU8</a>]. The amounts
displayed on EOIR's Payment Portal and website are the combined total
of the section 286(m) and OBBBA fees.
II. Basis for Adjustment
OBBBA requires that all EOIR-collected OBBBA fees be adjusted
annually for inflation and directs that a specific adjustment formula
be applied to each fee. See 8 U.S.C. 1802, 1808, 1812. For all OBBBA
fees, the inflation-adjusted amount is calculated by adding: (1) the
amount of the OBBBA fee required for the most recently concluded fiscal
year to (2) the product of the OBBBA fee required for the most recently
concluded fiscal year multiplied by the percentage (if any) by which
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (``CPI-U'') for the
July preceding the date on which such adjustment takes effect (here,
July 2026) exceeds the CPI-U for the same month of the preceding
calendar year (here, July 2025), either rounded down to the nearest
multiple of $10, see 8 U.S.C. 1802(c), 1812(a)(2)(B), or, for the
Annual Asylum Fee (``AAF''), rounded down to the nearest dollar. See 8
U.S.C. 1808(b)(2). The CPI-U percent change for calculating FY 2027
OBBBA fees is 3.4 percent.\1\
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\1\ See U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release,
Consumer Price Index--July 2026 (Aug. 12, 2026), <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_08122026.htm">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_08122026.htm</a> [<a href="https://perma.cc/RC5W-VWF3">https://perma.cc/RC5W-VWF3</a>].
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The table below shows the FY 2027 OBBBA fee amounts as adjusted for
inflation.
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Inflation
Immigration fee type FY 2026 OBBBA adjustment FY 2027 OBBBA
fee (rounded) fee
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Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or $1,540 $50 $1,590
Adjust Status..................................................
Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of 100 0 100
Removal--Initial Application...................................
Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of 102 3 105
Removal--Annual Asylum Fee.....................................
Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility 1,070 30 1,100
Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status.......... 510 10 520
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III. Effective Date and Implementation
The FY 2027 filing fee amounts will be required for any relevant
filings with the Immigration Courts or the Board of Immigration Appeals
filed on or after October 1, 2026 (the first day of FY 2027). EOIR will
continue to reject any filings that are not accompanied by a proper
filing fee or request for an applicable fee waiver.
EOIR will update its website and electronic payment portal with the
filing fee amounts established in this notice and any future
inflationary adjustments. See, e.g., EOIR, Types of Appeals, Motions,
and Required Fees (Feb. 18, 2026), <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/types-appeals-motions-and-required-fees">https://www.justice.gov/eoir/types-appeals-motions-and-required-fees</a> [<a href="https://perma.cc/Q6CM-HKWN">https://perma.cc/Q6CM-HKWN</a>]; EOIR,
Forms & Fees (July 29, 2026), <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/eoir-forms">https://www.justice.gov/eoir/eoir-forms</a>
[<a href="https://perma.cc/BE8R-SPK2">https://perma.cc/BE8R-SPK2</a>]; EOIR, EOIR Payment Portal (Aug. 27,
2026), <a href="https://epay.eoir.justice.gov/index">https://epay.eoir.justice.gov/index</a> [<a href="https://perma.cc/LF3L-VACV">https://perma.cc/LF3L-VACV</a>].
Sirce E. Owen,
Acting Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of
Justice.
[FR Doc. 2026-19841 Filed 9-28-26; 8:45 am]
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