EB-2 / EB-3 PERM Services and Fees

 

The fee schedule for green card through labor certifications as follows: 

 1.

Legal Fees (for our Office)

$6,800  ($3,200 for preparing the Labor Certification Application at the commencement of the case followed by $2,400 for preparing Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker; and $1,200 for preparing Form I-485, Application to Adjust Status/Consular Processing.

Legal Fee for labor certification has to be borne by the employer (only corporate checks). From I-140 stage onwards, legal fee can be paid by personal/corporate checks (Although the law is not settled, the trend of DOL rulings seems to suggest that an I-140 may be considered part of employer's normal business expenses. Accordingly, DOL could hold that the employer is responsible for an I-140 related attorney fees and expenses. Although DOL has not explicitly stated this by regulations, we must make employers aware that such a legal position is indeed a distinct possibility. We highly recommend that the employers should pay the I-140 expenses.)

2. Filing Fees (to the USCIS): Single Applicant
  I-140: $700 ($715 as of April 1, 2024)
  I-485, I-765, I-131, Fingerprinting: $1,225  ($1,440 as of April 1, 2024)
3.

Federal Express Expenses: approximately $400

4.

Advertising Costs: approx. $1000-2000, (Please note that we provide the ad but do not place the ads)

5.

Educational Evaluation: approx.$150-295

6.

Expert opinion in case of an audit: approx. $300-500

Please note: If the application is likely to be complicated, we charge higher amounts for legal fees. Most cases fall in $6,800 range.
Note: The filing fee of $1225 includes fee for applications I-485, I-765, and I-131, and fingerprinting irrespective of whether I-765 and I-131 applications are submitted along with I-485.

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Submitted by Priyanka Pottath (not verified) on Fri, 06/17/2022 - 12:17 Permalink

Hello,

I am on H1B and need to file for EB-2 PERM as soon as possible. My company is willing to sponsor. However, we don't have any internal lawyer or immigration dept and hence I will be the point of contact as well as by Manager.

Please let me know how to proceed if you are interested.

Thank you.

Note: Unless the context shows otherwise, all answers here were provided by Rajiv and were compiled and reported by our editorial team from comments, blog and community calls on immigration.com. Where transcribed from audio/video, a verbatim transcript is provided. Therefore, it may not conform to the written grammatical or syntactical form.

Note: Unless the context shows otherwise, all answers here were provided by Rajiv and were compiled and reported by our editorial team from comments, blog and community calls on immigration.com. Where transcribed from audio/video, a verbatim transcript is provided. Therefore, it may not conform to the written grammatical or syntactical form.

Submitted by Santosh chandane (not verified) on Mon, 03/11/2024 - 14:35 Permalink

Hi, I received my green card in October 2022, but immediately after that, I received a NOIR stating there was an error. Accordingly, my company lawyer responded but there was no receipt of the response from USCIS. In the meantime, after that, I was able to procure my AP and my wife's EAD/AP through the Ombudsman office early last year. My AP came with 1 year approval. However, when I filed for renewal in January, I got an update on my case that I have received benefits through other means (I am guessing GC) and hence closed the case. I need to travel to India soon and I am in a limbo if my GC is valid or not. Please advise.

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