Please be sure you include the correct fee. Cases with the wrong fee will be rejected. Your payment must be in U.S. dollars. Checks and money orders must be from U.S. institutions. Do not mail cash. Checks are accepted subject to collection. Make your check out to "Department of Homeland Security" except that:

• If you are filing an I-881 with the Immigration Court make your payment out to "Department of Justice".
• If you live in Guam, make your payment out to "Treasurer, Guam".
• If you live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, make your payment out to "Commissioner of Finance of the Virgin Islands".

Please spell the name out completely. Do not use initials, such as DHS. Filing and biometric fees cannot be refunded. We may use electronic check conversion for the payment process. Our returned check fee is $30.

Fee waivers  – USCIS has already waived fees for certain kinds of cases and circumstances. In certain other instances an applicant or petitioner who believes that they are financially unable to pay that fee even though others must pay that fee can apply for a fee waiver. Waiver requests can only be considered for the following forms – I-90; I-751; I-765; I-817; N-300; N-400; N-470; N-565; N-600; N-600k; the I-485 if adjustment of status if based on asylum status, on ‘T’ or ‘U’ nonimmigrant status, on an approved self-petitioning battered or abused spouse, parent or child of a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident, or to whom the public charge provisions do not apply; and the I-290B and N-336 appeals and motions for the above forms. For more information about how to apply, and how to prove eligibility for a waiver, see our website or call us at 1-800-375-5283.

Copies of documents - If you are applying to renew or replace a card or USCIS document, and the instructions say to include your current one when you apply, then you must submit your actual card or document. For all other applications and petitions you can submit legible photocopies of documents such as a Naturalization Certificate, birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce decree or Permanent Resident Card. Any copy must be a complete copy of the front and back. As we process your case we may ask you for the original for verification.

Adjustment applications and ancillary benefits  – The new application fee for an I-485 is a package fee that includes associated EAD and advance parole applications. Thus, if you file an I-485 with the fee listed above, while you will still need to submit applications for an EAD and advance parole, you will not need to pay a separate fee so long as your adjustment application is pending. However, if you filed your I-485 before this fee change, to apply for or renew your EAD or advance parole, you must file a new application with the new fee for those applications. – If you are applying to renew or replace a card or USCIS document, and the instructions say to include your current one when you apply, then you must submit your actual card or document. For all other applications and petitions you can submit legible photocopies of documents such as a Naturalization Certificate, birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce decree or Permanent Resident Card. Any copy must be a complete copy of the front and back. As we process your case we may ask you for the original for verification.