USCIS Fee Calculator – Know Your Filing Fees Before You Mail Anything

The fee schedule behind this calculator

These are the general filing fees printed in the official USCIS Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, edition 09/09/26, the same table USCIS points every filer to at uscis.gov/g-1055. USCIS published a newer edition on 10/16/26, but that edition only updated the separate Fiscal Year 2027 fees set by Public Law 119-21 for Forms I-131, I-589, I-765, I-821 and I-941. None of the forms below changed, and none of those five forms are in this calculator.

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Three filing baskets, checked against the calculator

The fee schedule on this page is a table of individual form fees, but nobody files a table: people file a basket of forms, and the calculator’s job is to add the basket correctly at the filing method chosen. Every figure below was run through the calculator above, starting from its default selection, and changing one thing at a time. The default selection is two forms on paper: one Form I-130 and one Form I-485 for an applicant over 14. The table rows underneath are the page’s own published schedule from USCIS Form G-1055, edition 09/09/26, restated so the baskets can be checked without scrolling.

The default basket is worth adding by hand once, because it teaches the calculator’s only rule: the total is a straight sum of the fee for each form ticked, times its quantity, at the rate for the filing method picked. On paper, Form I-130 costs $675 and Form I-485 for an applicant over 14 costs $1,440, and $675 plus $1,440 is $2,115. Online, the same two forms cost $625 and $1,390, and $625 plus $1,390 is $2,015. The saving of $100.00 is exactly the two $50 online discounts added together, which is also the pattern the page states generally: most forms are $50 cheaper online. The one form in the schedule that breaks that pattern is Form I-129F, the Petition for Alien Fiancé(e), which costs $675 by either method, so a basket of only I-129F forms saves nothing by filing online.

The second basket shows what happens when a quantity changes rather than a method. Setting the I-130 quantity to 2, with everything else unchanged, raises the paper total from $2,115.00 to $2,790.00, an increase of exactly $675.00, which is one more paper I-130. The online total for the same basket is $2,640.00, and the online saving grows from $100.00 to $150.00, because there are now three forms each carrying a $50 online discount: two I-130s and one I-485. That is the general rule for reading the saving line under the total: it is $50 times the number of discounted forms in the basket, at their quantities, not a flat discount for choosing online. A basket with many forms saves more online in dollars, but the saving per form never changes, except for the forms where no online discount exists.

The third row is the same basket as the first, viewed from the other side: switching the filing method to online filing changes the itemised lines to $625.00 and $1,390.00 and the total to $2,015.00, and the line underneath reports that the same selection filed on paper would cost $2,115.00. The calculator always shows both sides of the comparison, whichever method is selected, so the cost of the method choice is never hidden. That matters because the method choice is not always free: the reduced N-400 fee of $380, for applicants whose documented household income is at or below 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, is not available online at all, so a household qualifying for the reduced fee would pay $380 on paper against a standard online fee of $710, and the online route would be more expensive, not cheaper. The page’s schedule marks that row “Not available” online for exactly that reason, and any basket containing a reduced-fee N-400 must be read on paper.

The schedule behind the calculator, in full

The calculator covers twelve fee lines from the official USCIS Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, edition 09/09/26, the same table USCIS points every filer to at uscis.gov/g-1055. The page notes that USCIS published a newer edition on 10/16/26, but that edition only updated the separate Fiscal Year 2027 fees set by Public Law 119-21 for Forms I-131, I-589, I-765, I-821 and I-941, none of which changed for the forms below, and none of which are in this calculator. The schedule below repeats the page’s own table so the full list can be read in one place, with the online discount visible row by row.

Two things in that table catch people out, and the page calls out both. The first is that the category matters more than the form number. A Form I-485 for a child under 14 filing with a parent costs $950 on paper, while the same form for an adult costs $1,440: a difference of $490 for the same form number, decided entirely by the applicant’s age and filing situation. The same logic applies to the N-400 reduced fee, where the difference between $760 and $380 is decided by documented household income relative to the Federal Poverty Guidelines, not by anything printed on the form itself. Tick the line that matches the applicant’s actual situation, not the line with the form number you recognise, and check the quantity: one Form I-485 per family member adjusting status is the page’s own example of how quantities multiply.

The second is the biometric fee, or rather its absence. There is no separate biometric services fee for any of the forms in this calculator, because Form G-1055 does not list one for them; the filing fee already covers biometrics where USCIS requires it. That is different from a few forms outside this list, such as Form I-821 for Temporary Protected Status, which does carry a separate $30 biometric fee. If you are comparing this calculator’s total with a total from another source that includes a biometric line for one of these twelve forms, the other source is either using an older schedule or adding a fee that does not apply, and the current Form G-1055 is the arbiter. USCIS rejects a filing sent with the wrong amount, so the cost of getting a fee line wrong is not a small overpayment: it is a rejected filing and a restarted clock.

What the total leaves out, and why the omissions are deliberate

A USCIS total is never just the filing fees, and the page is careful to say which extras it includes and which it does not. Three official add-ons are worth knowing about. Employer petitions such as Form I-140 can also owe an Asylum Program Fee on top of the base fee: $600 for a regular petitioner, $300 for a small employer and $0 for a nonprofit, which is why this calculator labels the I-140 figure a base fee rather than a complete cost. Premium processing on Form I-907 is optional, is priced per benefit type, and is paid separately, so it never appears in this calculator’s total. And if a green card is approved through a US consulate abroad, a separate USCIS Immigrant Fee of $235 is paid after the visa is issued, which is also outside the filing basket. Attorney fees, translations and medical exam costs are not USCIS fees and are not included here either, and they can easily exceed the filing fees themselves.

The five excluded forms deserve their own paragraph, because their absence is a decision, not an oversight. Forms I-765 (work permit), I-131 (travel document), I-589 (asylum), I-821 (Temporary Protected Status) and I-941 (entrepreneur parole) are deliberately left out. On 10/16/26 USCIS published a new Form G-1055 edition that updated the separate Fiscal Year 2027 fees these forms carry under Public Law 119-21, and some of those amounts also depend heavily on the filing category. Rather than show numbers that may already have moved, this calculator covers only forms whose fees are settled in the current schedule. If you are filing one of those five forms, read its fees directly in the current Form G-1055 at uscis.gov/g-1055, and do not try to force them into this calculator’s basket: a total that mixes a settled schedule with a moving one is worse than an incomplete total, because it looks complete.

USCIS is funded almost entirely by these fees, amounts change when a new Form G-1055 edition appears, and a filing sent with the wrong amount is rejected, so treat this calculator’s total as your budget and the current Form G-1055 as the final word. The practical routine is short: build the basket here, note the paper and online totals, then open the current Form G-1055 on the day you file and confirm every line, especially the category lines for I-485 and N-400, before you pay. Fees change over time, and the edition date on the schedule is the thing to check, not just the dollar figure: a fee you confirmed last year is a fee you have not confirmed.

Worked checks: adding a basket by hand

The default basket is the hand check to memorise. Paper: $675 for Form I-130 plus $1,440 for Form I-485 for an applicant over 14 equals $2,115. Online: $625 plus $1,390 equals $2,015. The difference, $100, is two online discounts of $50 each. If your hand addition disagrees with the calculator, the usual cause is a wrong line: an adult I-485 entered as a child I-485 understates the paper total by $490, and a reduced-fee N-400 entered as a standard N-400 overstates it by $380. Both errors are category errors, not arithmetic errors, and both are caught by reading the “What it is” column of the schedule rather than the form number alone.

The quantity basket is the second hand check. Two I-130 petitions and one adult I-485 on paper cost $675 twice plus $1,440 once: $1,350 plus $1,440 equals $2,790, which is exactly what the calculator shows. Online the same basket costs $625 twice plus $1,390 once: $1,250 plus $1,390 equals $2,640, and the saving is $150, which is three $50 discounts. The pattern generalises: the online saving for any basket is $50 multiplied by the number of discounted forms in it, counting quantities, except for the I-129F, which carries no discount, and the reduced-fee N-400, which cannot be filed online at all. A basket of one I-129F and one I-130 on paper costs $675 plus $675, which is $1,350, and online it costs $675 plus $625, which is $1,300, a saving of only $50, because only one of the two forms is discounted. Reading the saving line that way turns it from a mystery number into a count of discounted forms.

One final caution about timing. The schedule on this page is edition 09/09/26 for the forms it covers, with the 10/16/26 edition noted as changing only the five excluded forms. That note will age: a future edition may change one of the twelve fees here, add an online option, or move a form between categories. The calculator’s figures are a snapshot of a dated schedule, not a live feed from USCIS, and the page says so in its source line. When you file, the current edition of Form G-1055 on the day you file is the final word, and a total built here should be re-confirmed there before payment. A budget built from a snapshot and confirmed against the live schedule is the best of both: the calculator’s arithmetic for planning, and the official schedule for paying.

Reading the saving line as a count of discounted forms

The line underneath the total, which shows what the same selection would cost with the other filing method, is the most misread line on the page, because it looks like a discount and behaves like a count. Every form in the schedule except I-129F and the reduced-fee N-400 is $50 cheaper online, so the saving for a basket is $50 multiplied by the number of discounted forms in it, counting quantities. The default basket saves $100 because it holds two discounted forms; the two-I-130 basket saves $150 because it holds three. A basket of five discounted forms would save $250, and a basket holding only I-129F forms would save nothing at all, however large it is. The saving line is therefore also a quick audit of the basket itself: if the saving is $50 more than you expected, the basket holds one more discounted form than you thought, and if it is $50 less, one form is either an I-129F or a reduced-fee N-400, or a quantity is lower than intended. Counting the saving backwards is often faster than re-reading the ticked boxes, especially for a family basket where several members share the same forms.

The same counting logic settles the one case where online filing is the wrong choice. The reduced-fee N-400 costs $380 on paper and cannot be filed online, so a household that qualifies for the reduced fee and files it online as a standard N-400 would pay $710 instead of $380, which is $330 more, not $50 less. The page marks that row “Not available” online precisely to prevent that mistake, but the mistake is still easy to make if the basket is built by form number alone without reading the category column. The general rule is worth stating as a habit: always read the “What it is” column for the category, never just the form number, and always check whether the row you ticked exists at the filing method you chose. A basket that mixes a paper-only row with an online selection is not a basket at all until the method is resolved, and the calculator’s itemised lines will show the mismatch if they are read carefully.

Paper vs online: the $50 pattern and how to count a package

Most forms cost $50 less online. A family package counted in paper prices overstates the online total by hundreds.

The April 2024 fee rule built a $50 online discount into most forms: Form I-130 costs $675 on paper and $625 online, Form I-485 costs $1,440 on paper and $1,390 online for applicants aged 14 or over, and Form N-400 costs $760 on paper and $710 online. Biometrics is included in those fees — there has been no separate biometric services fee since April 2024 — and the work-permit and travel-document forms that used to be bundled with a green-card application are now charged separately, at a discount when filed with a pending I-485.

Count a package form by form, in the filing method you will actually use. A paper package of one I-130 ($675), one adult I-485 ($1,440), one I-765 filed with the pending I-485 ($260) and one I-131 ($630) totals $3,005 in USCIS filing fees, before any I-130 petition for a second relative, medical examination, or legal help. The same package filed online, where online filing is available, is $150 less — $50 on each of the I-130, I-485 and I-131 — at $2,855. Children under 14 filing with a parent pay $950 on paper ($900 online) for the I-485, and a standalone I-765 costs $520 on paper ($470 online). Always verify the total against the current Form G-1055 fee schedule before paying: the schedule in force is dated, and fees are non-refundable if the amount is wrong.

Waivers, exemptions, and the fees this total does not include

The calculator total is USCIS filing fees only. The full cost of a case is larger, and sometimes smaller.

Some applicants pay less than the schedule. A fee waiver (Form I-912) can waive the fee for applicants who cannot afford it and meet the criteria, and some categories — including certain humanitarian and VAWA-based filings — are exempt from fees entirely. Reduced fees exist for some naturalisation applicants on low incomes. The waiver must be requested with the application, with evidence, and it must be approved before filing on the assumption that the fee will not be charged: filing without the fee and without an approved waiver risks rejection.

Other costs sit outside the total entirely and should be budgeted separately: the medical examination by a USCIS civil surgeon, translations, passport photos, travel to biometrics and interviews, and any attorney or accredited-representative fees. Separately, legislation since the April 2024 rule has added statutory fees for some categories, collected by the granting agency and adjusted annually, which do not appear in the standard G-1055 schedule figures used here. If your category is affected by those additional fees, the calculator total understates the government charges — check the fee schedule and any category-specific notices for your forms before relying on the total.

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