The Trump administration has proposed new rules to increase the fees that lawful permanent residents must pay to become citizens.

川普政府提出了新規定，擬調高合法永久居民申請入籍時必須支付的費用。

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to raise these fees to cover the full cost of processing applications, which now include stricter security checks. Under the new proposal, the paper application fee for Form N-400 would rise from $760 to $1,330, and the online fee would increase from $710 to $1,280. Additionally, the cost for appeals would increase from $830 to $1,475. While the $380 fee for low-income applicants remains the same, the government suggests removing other fee waivers and discounts.

國土安全部 (DHS) 希望調高這些費用，以涵蓋處理申請的全部成本，而目前的安全性審查也變得更加嚴格。根據新提案，N-400 表格的紙本申請費將從 760 美元增加至 1,330 美元，而線上申請費將從 710 美元增加至 1,280 美元。此外，上訴費用將從 830 美元增加至 1,475 美元。雖然低收入申請者的 380 美元費用維持不變，但政府建議取消其他費用豁免與折扣。

This change comes as fewer Indian nationals are obtaining green cards, with numbers dropping from 127,010 in 2022 to 66,800 in 2024. This trend follows previous attempts to limit skilled immigration, such as a plan to raise H-1B visa fees to $100,000, which was later blocked by a court. Consequently, these new costs may affect the plans of the 6.7 million Indians currently living in the U.S.

此次調整正值獲得綠卡的印度國民人數下降之際，人數從 2022 年的 127,010 人下降至 2024 年的 66,800 人。這一趨勢延續了先前限制技術移民的嘗試，例如一項將 H-1B 簽證費提高至 10 萬美元的計劃，但該計劃隨後被法院攔截。因此，這些新成本可能會影響目前居住在美國的 670 萬印度人的計劃。

Opinions on this policy are divided. DHS officials emphasized that this is a standard measure to recover costs. However, critics, such as former official Adam Klein, asserted that these high costs could prevent low-income applicants from participating in society and becoming citizens.

對於這項政策的看法分歧很大。國土安全部官員強調，這是回收成本的標準措施。然而，如前任官員 Adam Klein 等批評者則主張，如此高昂的成本可能會阻礙低收入申請者參與社會並成為公民。

The proposed fee increases will be reviewed during a 60-day public comment period before they can be officially implemented.

擬議的費用調增方案將在 60 天的公眾評論期內接受審查，之後才能正式實施。