As described in our Fiscal Year 2022 Progress Report (PDF, 1.08 MB), immigration filings decreased dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and revenue temporarily dropped by 40%. How did current backlogs accumulate in the first place?Ī. It is our intention that the new fee rule will allow us to keep pace with incoming cases and avoid future backlogs.Ĭongressional funding also continues to be necessary to sustainably and fully address the increased volume of caseloads associated with recent border crossers, including by hiring additional USCIS personnel to help right-size a system that was not built to manage the number of cases USCIS receives. We will require continued congressional support to eliminate our current backlogs. Congress supported out Refugee and Asylum activities with appropriations of $133 million in fiscal year 2023 and $145 million in fiscal year 2024. We receive 96% of our funding from our customers in the form of filing fees, not from taxpayers in the form of congressional appropriations.įortunately, Congress provided much-needed support in fiscal year 2022, appropriating $275 million specifically to reduce current backlogs and advance our humanitarian mission. We need higher fees to cover the cost of doing business and better avoid the accumulation of future backlogs.Ī. The fee schedule from 2016 no longer covers operational costs to timely adjudicate USCIS immigration and naturalization benefits. Why does USCIS need a new fee schedule?Ī.
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