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Fees to rise for immigration applications
The Associated Press
Published 9:39 am PDT Monday, September 26, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Applying for citizenship or to bring a foreign fiance to the U.S. will cost more after next month. Application fees for immigration benefits will go up after Oct. 26.

The fee increase was published in Monday's edition of the Federal Register by Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security.

The fee increases range from as little as $5 more to replace a permanent resident card - which increases the fee to $190 - to as much as $20 more to obtain a U.S. visas for a child adopted internationally, which will cost $545.

The department said the fees were increased to cover inflation.

The application fees pay the costs of processing the various immigration applications. In addition, applicants also pay a $70 digital fingerprinting fee.

Fees for the applications last increased in April 2004.