New application fee for USCIS petitions starting Nov 23, 2010

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a  new fee schedule that goes into effect starting Nov. 23, 2010.  According to USCIS,  “Applications or petitions postmarked or otherwise filed on or after this date must include the new fee, or they will be rejected”. After a comprehensive review of public comments, USCIS published the new fee schedule in the Federal Register on Sept. 24, 2010. The new fee schedule increases application and petition fees by an average of about 10 percent. Some relevant application fee changes are mentioned below.