🇺🇸 Business & investment

From 30 November 2026, USCIS will apply the new EB-5 fee schedule to covered applications, petitions and requests. The largest investor-facing increases concern Forms I-526, I-526E and I-829. A standalone investor's I-526 filing will cost $7,615, while an initial regional-centre I-526E filing will cost $7,850. An I-526E amendment will cost $7,775. The regional-centre structure changes more extensively. An initial Form I-956 application for regional-centre designation will increase from $17,795 to $44,115. Form I-956F, used for an application for approval of an investment in a commercial enterprise, will rise from $17,795 to $42,675. By contrast, the I-956 amendment fee will fall to $9,835 from $17,795, while the I-956G annual statement fee will fall to $2,165 from $3,035. The rule also introduces a $10,330 fee for Form I-527, $65 for Form I-956H and $2,165 for Form I-956K. These changes reflect the broader administrative framework created by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act rather than simply applying a uniform percentage increase to every existing fee. The Integrity Fund payments also increase. Investors filing I-526E petitions will pay $1,100 rather than $1,000, while regional centres will pay either $11,000 or $22,000 annually depending on the number of investors associated with their new commercial enterprises. The rule also provides for penalties connected to late Integrity Fund payments and allows termination of a regional-centre designation where the statutory payment requirements are not met.