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Instructions for Request for Fee Waiver

USCIS

Form I-912

Department of Homeland Security

OMB No. 1615-0116

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Expires 04/30/2018

What Is the Purpose of Form I-912?

You may request a fee waiver if you are unable to pay the filing fees or biometric services fees for an application or

petition that is eligible for a fee waiver. When you request a fee waiver, you must clearly demonstrate that you are unable

to pay the fees.

You can find the list of applications and petitions that are eligible for a fee waiver at

or refer to 8

CFR 103.7(c)(3). For filing tips and additional information, see

You do not need to submit Form I-912 for an application or petition that does not require a filing fee or if you qualify for a

fee exemption based on your immigration status. Refer to the Instructions for each application or petition to see whether

you are exempt from paying the fees.

Forms Eligible for Fee Waiver

Below is a list of applications and petitions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will consider for a fee

waiver and the conditions that must be met to be eligible for a fee waiver. Under current fee waiver regulations, USCIS

can only approve fee waivers for certain forms or certain filings of a particular form type, when fee waiver requirements

are met.

You may file this form to request a fee waiver for any of the following benefit requests or services:

1. Biometric services fee, except for the biometric services fee required for a provisional unlawful presence waiver

application (Form I-601A) filed under 8 CFR 212.7(e);

2. Form EOIR-29, Notice of Appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals from a Decision of an Immigration Officer;

3. Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card;

4. Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, but only if you are an applicant for E-2 CNMI investor

nonimmigrant status under 8 CFR 214.2(e)(23);

5. Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, but only if you are applying for humanitarian parole;

6. Form I-191, Application for Advance Permission to Return to Unrelinquished Domicile;

7. Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant, but only if you are an applicant who is

exempt from the public charge grounds of inadmissibility;

8. Form I-193, Application for Waiver for Passport and/or Visa, but only if you are an applicant who is exempt from the

public charge grounds of inadmissibility;

9. Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, but only if your underlying application was fee exempt, the filing fee was

waived, or it was eligible for a fee waiver;

10. Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. A fee waiver is only available if you are

applying for lawful permanent resident status based on:

A. Special Immigrant Status based on an approved Form I-360 as an Afghan or Iraqi Interpreter, or Afghan or Iraqi

National employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government;

B. An adjustment provision that is exempt from the public charge grounds of inadmissibility of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA) section 212(a)(4), such as the Cuban Adjustment Act, the Haitian Refugee Immigration

Fairness Act, continuous residence in the United States since before January 1, 1972, (“Registry”), Asylum Status,

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, or similar provisions;

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