Application fee for U.S. citizenship 2024
As of April 1st, the application fee for U.S. citizenship 2024 will have a new price according to the U.S. government.
Last January 30, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, informed that as of April the application fee for U.S. citizenship.
The application fee for U.S. citizenship naturalization increased for the first time since 2016.
Among the USCIS fees that had an adjustment were those for naturalization, i.e., those pertaining to obtaining U.S. citizenship.
According to the new USCIS fees, the cost of applying for U.S. citizenship will see an increase of up to 19% in certain cases.
According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at the beginning of 2023, there were 9 million people who met the age and length of residence requirements in the United States to qualify for citizenship.
If you are in this group and want to start your citizenship application, here are the details on the fee adjustments.
USCIS indicates that the application fee for U.S. citizenship will increase beginning Monday, April 1, 2024.
The application for U.S. citizenship is the N-400 (naturalization application).
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Application fee for U.S. citizenship 2024
These are the new fees that went into effect in April:
N-400 Application for Naturalization (online filing).
- Previous fee: US$ 640
- New fee as of April: US$ 710
- 11% increase (or US$ 70 more)
N-400 Application for Naturalization (online filing) (with biometric services)
- Previous fee: US$ 725
- New fee: US$ 710
- Reduction of 2 % (or US$ 15 less)
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N-400 Application for Naturalization (paper-based filing)
- Previous fee: US$ 640
- New fee: US$ 760
- 19 % increase (or US$ 120 more)
N-400 Application for Naturalization (paper filing) (with biometric services)
- Previous fee: US$ 725
- New fee: US$ 760
- 5% increase (or US$ 35 more)
N-400 Application for Naturalization [applicants with household incomes between 150% and 400% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG)].
- Previous fee: US$ 320
- New fee: US$ 380
- 19 % increase (or US$ 60 more)
N-400 Application for Naturalization (applicants with household income between 150% and 400% of FPG) (with biometric services)
- Previous fee: US$ 405
- New fee: US$ 380
- 6 % reduction (or US$ 25 less)
If you want to know if you are eligible for U.S. citizenship, you can use the USCIS eligibility tool to help guide you in this matter.
Remember that it is only a tool to guide you and does not actually determine whether you are eligible.
USCIS is the only body that will be able to determine if you are eligible once you file your N-400 application.
For the most benefits, USCIS recommends filing the N-400 application online, which you can do by clicking here.
Also, to obtain the lower FPG fees, the N-400 must be filed in conjunction with the I-942 fee reduction petition.
