http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/ProposedRule.pdf
see page 102

Looks like this increase is going to hit just in time for me and my wife. If only our District Office hadn't taken a year to process our AOS, we'd be able to file before the increase. In essence, we're going to be penalized for the slowness of our DO. Typical government. My guess is that processing times will just get slower, not faster.

It was unclear whether this fee will include the biometrics that they are now going to require for I-751.

Immigration is one of the easist branches were they can raise the fees and the majority of US citizens don't care.

Wow that is insane. We can barely pull together the fee now (for next month).

When is this going to take place? I don't see it in the mega-long document.

what the????
you know my canadian friend was just telling me about this yesterday. she said for citizenship it's going up from $400 to $800. i haven't checked that info out though but oh my gosh this is getting sssooooo expensive!

It's at the very end of the document on page 102.

Why not just post the date that it says? I don't get that.
My computer is so slow to open that up again.

I didn't bother reading the entire document too but from what I gathered from other forums, it's going to be Oct 07. I'll be hit since I can only remove my conditions in 08 =(

Yeah, it will really suck for us as well. We got married in June 2004 and applied for our AOS in July. We didn't get approved until 3 weeks prior to our 2nd anniversary the end of May 2006 so we can't apply until February 2008. What really sucks is if they had been a little bit slower we would have received the 10 year green card, and if they had been a little bit faster we wouldn't get stuck with this big fee hike. This is their ineptitude but we are paying the price big time. They have you over a barrel as well -you can't NOT adjust your status if you want to stay with your spouse in the US.

As for when the new fees take effect:



http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/QABuilding1.pdf

You can get more info about the initiative and fee increases here:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...0000ecd190aRCRD

Wow that really stinks. You actually got married one month before us, but yet we are ready to apply to remove the conditions this month. I would be so mad if I were you, but what can you do.....

In the past, fee increases have usually been from May 1 to June 1 or so... The publication of the initial rule has almost always been on February 1.

Nice... I just filed my removal of conditions. We had a hard time getting together the $275 (as it falls around the time we're having to put down the security deposit on a new apartment). $465! What a rip...

mhh now i am confused.. i have to file for my I-751 in middle march.. do i have to pay the new fee (465$) or the 275$?

you will pay the $275...

this is just a proposed fee change and it hasn't come into effect yet....