The Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is lauding the Obama administration's decision today to hold the line on the cost of applying for citizenship at $675. ICIRR fought the Bush administration vigorously for hiking those fees, including a $275 increase in 2007. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will raise the cost of filing residency petitions for foreign skilled workers and foreign entrepreneurs.
From an ICIRR press release today:
This morning US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced its proposed new schedule for citizenship and other application fees. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is delighted to see that USCIS will not be increasing the total cost for citizenship, which now stands at $675—already more than three weeks pay for a minimum wage worker.
It is clear that USCIS and the Obama Administration have heard the concerns raised by ICIRR and immigrant communities across the country about the escalating cost of citizenship.
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They also say that ICIRR remains committed to ensuring that immigrants in Illinois and across the country can realize their dream of full citizenship and participation in their new homeland, which looks nice on paper i agree. Al, seo expert at seo srbija
In the period of January – June of 2007 (right before the fee increase took place in July of the same year), USCIS received 114,469 applications for naturalization per month. Once the fee increase kicked in, the number of applications decreased dramatically: in the same six-month period of 2008, 46,866 applications were submitted each month, representing a sharp fall of almost 59%. Charmsy writing about Napkin Folding
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