On October 16, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Federal Register Notice announcing the implementation of a new parole grant fee of $1,000 for individuals who are paroled into the United States.
The new fee applies when an individual is either 1) physically paroled into the United States, unless they qualify for an exception, or 2) is already present in the United States and receives a notice from USCIS that their re-parole will be approved.
The $1,000 parole grant fee is due in addition to the $580 Form I-131 online filing fee ($630 if mailed) for parole/re-parole. Note that individuals do not need to pay the additional $1,000 fee when they file Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, to request re-parole. Only those who are notified by USCIS that their request will be approved must pay the additional $1,000 parole grant fee.
Individuals inside the United States whose re-parole request will be approved will receive a notice from USCIS indicating they must pay the additional parole grant fee. The notice will contain payment instructions and a deadline. They must pay the additional parole fee by the due date before USCIS grants their re-parole. Note that this fee is subject to annual adjustments for inflation.
The additional parole fee applies to all individuals who are granted parole/re-parole on or after October 16, 2025. This means that individuals with pending parole/re-parole applications who filed before October 16, 2025 will still need to pay the additional $1,000 fee when USCIS determines that their parole will be granted.
Individuals outside the United States will pay the additional parole grant fee only when they are physically paroled into the United States. The parole grant fee will not be due when Form I-131 is submitted or when a travel document is issued. DHS will collect the $1,000 fee when the individual appears for inspection at a U.S. port of entry after determining the individual should be granted parole. Hence, they will pay the Form I-131 filing fee at the time they submit their application for parole, and they will pay the additional parole fee after they are issued a travel authorization to come to the United States and granted parole at the port of entry.
The Federal Register Notice provides ten categories of exemptions for individuals outside of the United States who will not be required to pay the additional parole grant fee. These include exemptions for individuals paroled for a medical emergency, death of a family member, to assist the U.S. Government with law enforcement, and returning from travel abroad with a pending Adjustment of Status application.
A webinar explaining the new $1,000 parole grant fee is available in Ukrainian here:
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