Immigration Agency in Line for Billions in Fees in Spending Bill

U.S. government fees for temporary work visas and for permanent immigration benefits will rise across the board if provisions of the House Democrats’ social spending plan are approved by the Senate.

The proposed hikes would represent the first comprehensive update to the fee structure used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in five years. They’d follow a Trump administration bid to charge more for immigration benefits that was blocked in federal court last year.

Immigration experts say the increases in the House-passed legislation, H.R. 5376, which are weighted heavily toward employers of high-skilled workers and foreign entrepreneurs, could be ...