N-600 Filing Fee Question

[matrix66 0]

Dear All,

 

I need to file N-600 for my adopted son and have question to clarify something. I saw a news on Yahoo news few months ago about some filing fee changes by USCIS that seem to be going into affect by Oct 3rd 2020. See the link below for reference. It shows the new filing is $1000 (paper filing) and $990 (online filing). However, the USCIS website is still showing the filing fee as $1170. I am not sure which fee should I send in. Can anyone please advise? Thank you so much.

 

Reference link to USCIS fee update

 

https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/changes-to-uscis-fee-schedule#fee

[matrix66 0]

Here is a link about fee change from USCIS website, however, in the forms section they have not update the fee changes there and I am not sure which fee to send.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-adjusts-fees-to-help-meet-operational-needs

[JeanneAdil 6,684]

Fees were suppose to increase October 2nd but  a federal judge put a temporary hold on this 

 

A federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday temporarily blocked the  administration from raising the cost of citizenship and other immigration applications, whose fees were set to increase at the end of the week.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

The N600 was one of the few fees that was supposed to decrease. I guess the hold on the general changes stopped that too. If you are filing online you will know for certain what the correct fee is, but basically, the fee listed on the uscos website is the fee you pay. I am assuming (given the length of processing) that you are in no great rush for the n600 (and that you’ve applied for or have a passport too?), so you may prefer to wait for clarity/the fee to go down.

[matrix66 0]

Thank you all for your useful reply. I was not aware about the hold in place by the said court. I thought the change in the fee would go into effect after the 60 days that publication was published. I actually do need to apply now considering my adopted son is from overseas and the adopting agency is recommending to obtain his certificate of citizenship asap before any other changes in the laws are imposed by the current administration.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

4 hours ago, matrix66 said:

Thank you all for your useful reply. I was not aware about the hold in place by the said court. I thought the change in the fee would go into effect after the 60 days that publication was published. I actually do need to apply now considering my adopted son is from overseas and the adopting agency is recommending to obtain his certificate of citizenship asap before any other changes in the laws are imposed by the current administration.

I don’t quite understand the last sentence, because all N600 does is confirm the person concerned is a citizen (it does not “make” the child a citizen) - if the child is considered a citizen under the law right now then a future change in law does not change that, and if he is not then a n600 does not make him one. I understand your eagerness to get proof of citizenship, but a passport is proof too (the same documentation is required for both) and even now, much faster than n600.

Edited October 5, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[matrix66 0]

@Susie, thanks for your valuable feedback. I was able to get US passport for him. His re-adoption process was finalized here in USA as per the legal requirement. The court issued the final adoption decree and he was issued US birth certificate as well. The adoption agency recommends that he should get his certificate of citizenship as well in order to get protected from unseen/unpredictable eventuality. I guess having certificate of citizenship provides complete legal coverage maybe ?

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

4 hours ago, matrix66 said:

@Susie, thanks for your valuable feedback. I was able to get US passport for him. His re-adoption process was finalized here in USA as per the legal requirement. The court issued the final adoption decree and he was issued US birth certificate as well. The adoption agency recommends that he should get his certificate of citizenship as well in order to get protected from unseen/unpredictable eventuality. I guess having certificate of citizenship provides complete legal coverage maybe ?

I can see that argument, but there’s no rush to do it in my opinion if he already has a US passport.