The Biden administration will propose Tuesday to dramatically increase fees for many employment-based visas while keeping prices for people applying to become U.S. citizens relatively static.
The proposal would push more of the cost of funding the agency that oversees the nation’s immigration system onto companies that employ foreign workers and ensure that asylum seekers continue to pay nothing to apply for protections in the U.S.
The plan, which also includes new fee exemptions for victims of human trafficking and other crimes, reflects the administration’s values, said Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
