Beginning October 16, 2025, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be authorized to collect a new $1,000 immigration parole fee established under the HR-1 Reconciliation Bill. CBP will assess the fee for individuals requesting parole at a US port of entry when it determines, at its discretion, that parole should be granted and no statutory fee exception applies. Similarly, ICE will collect the fee from individuals granted parole while physically present in the United States. In both cases, eligible individuals will be notified of the fee requirement and provided with payment instructions at the time parole is approved. Lastly, USCIS may issue a conditional approval with payment instructions and subject the approval to payment of the fee.
Background and authority
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21, HR-1), a wide-ranging legislative package that reformed numerous areas of U.S. law, including immigration. Among its provisions, HR-1 introduced several new immigration-related fees designed to support both enforcement and lawful immigration programs. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has since issued multiple notices to implement the new fees. One such notice now establishes the immigration parole fee, with DHS confirming that implementation can proceed.
Effective in Fiscal Year 2025, DHS will impose a $1,000 immigration parole fee on any individual granted parole into the United States, whether at a port of entry or while physically present in the country. The fee is triggered by the actual grant of parole and applies when parole is granted for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.
Exceptions to the fee
The HR-1 also provides ten statutory exceptions to this fee, which may be applied if the individual demonstrates that their parole falls within one of the enumerated exempt categories, including, in brief:
Further, USCIS will collect the immigration parole fee if the alien is physically present in the United States and USCIS is granting a new period of parole (also known as re-parole). USCIS will first issue a conditional approval notice outlining payment instructions with a fee deadline. Parole will only be granted once the required fee is paid, and failure to submit payment within the specified timeframe will result in the denial of the parole request.
For a deeper discussion on the above, please reach out to your Vialto Partners point of contact, or alternatively:
Manish Daftari
Partner
Simply follow our Vialto Alerts page on LinkedIn and posts will be displayed on your feed. To ensure you don’t miss one, once you’re on our LinkedIn page, click on the bell icon under the banner image to manage your notifications.
Further information on Vialto Partners can be found here: www.vialtopartners.com
Vialto Partners (“Vialto”) refers to wholly owned subsidiaries of CD&R Galaxy UK OpCo Limited as well as the other members of the Vialto Partners global network. The information contained in this document is for general guidance on matters of interest only. Vialto is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All information is provided “as is”, with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Vialto, its related entities, or the agents or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this document or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
© 2025 Vialto Partners. All rights reserved.