12/01/2025
We have received two reports of CBP Chicago demanding the $1,000 parole fee from travelers with pending adjustment of status applications and valid advance parole travel documents.
These travelers are exempt from the $1,000 fee. See excerpts from the Federal Register notice below as well as the attached DHS notice to parole applicants.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/16/2025-19564/immigration-parole-fee-required-by-hr-1-reconciliation-bill
“HR-1 provides ten exceptions to the $1,000 fee provided the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Security that the alien is being paroled because of one of the enumerated exceptions:
(7) The alien is a lawful applicant for adjustment of status under section 245 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1255); and is returning to the United States after temporary travel abroad;”
Please contact me if you have reports of CBP Chicago erroneously requiring the $1,000 parole fee.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing the implementation of the parole fee established in HR-1. Specifically, this notice announces the new immigration parole fee of $1,000 for any alien who is paroled into the United States who does not meet an exception. Through this notice,...
