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N-400 REDUCED FEE

HOUSEHOLD CALCULATION

HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES 2024

USCIS Policy Manual General Eligibility to Request a Fee Waiver

Three Basis for Fee Waiver

USCIS evaluates whether the requestor is unable to pay the filing fee based on the following criteria:

1. The requestor or qualifying member of the requestor’s household is receiving a means-tested benefit;
2. The requestor’s household income level is at or below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG ); or
3. The requestor is experiencing extreme financial hardship due to extraordinary expenses or other circumstances that render the individual unable to pay the fee.

An officer must evaluate whether the requestor establishes an inability to pay under any of these three criteria.

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