USCIS Fee Changes: Asylum, EAD, TPS Updates

The United States government has changed several fees related to immigration filings.

USCIS’s website states “Applicants must submit the new fees with benefit requests postmarked on or after July 22, 2025.”

New Asylum Application Fee (I‑589)

All I-589 (Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal) filings must include a new $100 USCIS filing fee, and USCIS will start sending notices for people with pending I-589s to pay the new annual $100 fee.

EAD Fees for Asylum Applicants (I‑765, C08)

Initial C08 EADs have a filing fee of $550 (the first C08 EAD is no longer free), all C08 EAD renewals have a filing fee of $795 (online filing fee is $745)

Additional USCIS Filing Fees (I‑589, I‑765)

• A new fee of $100 for aliens who file Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal;
• Annual Asylum Fee (AAF) of $100 (which must be paid online) for all aliens with a pending Form I-589 for each calendar year their application remains pending.
• A new fee for aliens who file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, for asylum, parolee, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) categories.
  • The categories are (a)(4), (a)(12), (c)(8), (c)(11), (c)(19), and (c)(34).
• For initial EAD applications, $550; and
• For renewal or extension EAD applications, $795 – or $745 if filed online.

EAD Fee Exception (Re‑Parole via I‑131)

There is one exception to these fees. If an alien requests an EAD after we approve a new period of parole (re-parole) by filing Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, the fee will be the lower H.R. 1 fee of $275;

• A new Special Immigrant Juvenile fee of $250 for any alien who files a Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, as a special immigrant juvenile; and
• Increasing the maximum cost to register for TPS using Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, from $50 to $580

EOIR Filing Fee Changes (Chart)

The above are only the USCIS filing fee changes, there are also new EOIR filing fee changes, these are clearest in this chart: https://nipnlg.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Final-Fee-Increases-HR1.pdf