Court Order on Partial Stay of DHS 2024 USCIS Fee Rule

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By Kateryna Heyman
A federal court in Colorado ruled on Nov. 12, 2025, in Moody v. Noem that DHS had no authority to raise certain EB-5 program fees in its 2024 Fee Rule. Because the court held that the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 blocks DHS from adjusting those fees, the agency must temporarily roll them back—even though DHS and USCIS strongly disagree with the decision. Effective immediately, USCIS is reverting to the pre-April 1, 2024 fee schedule for all affected EB-5 filings. Anyone filing should pay only the “Current Fee.” USCIS will accept the higher “Previous Fee” only for submissions postmarked on or before Nov. 26, 2025. After that date, any filing that includes the higher fee will be rejected outright.
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Kateryna has both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from nationally acclaimed Kyiv National Linguistic University, wherein she focused on multi-lingual translation. She has graduated from California School of Law and got licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California in 2024. Languages spoken: Russian, Ukrainian, German, and English. Federal Area of Practice: immigration.
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