The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is increasing filing fees for the EB-5 investor green card programme to more than double them, with the change taking effect on November 30, 2026.
The reporting focuses on how the fee hike will affect investors—particularly from India—who use EB-5 to seek permanent residency. Sources note that demand for EB-5 has increased, and that Indian applicants have faced constraints related to EB-5 visa availability this fiscal year, including limits on the number of unreserved EB-5 visas.
While the outlets align on the timing and the broad scale of the fee increase, they frame the implications differently: some concentrate on the fee change itself, while others emphasise the wider application environment for Indian investors, linking the new costs to existing quota-related challenges and competition for limited visa numbers.
