How can I get the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to waive the fees?
A. If you can prove an inability to pay, the USCIS will waive all TPS filing fees. But the agency will not waive the fee for USCIS form I-131, Application for Travel Document. To get the USCIS to waive the filing fees, you must submit a fee-waiver request. The USCIS does not have a special form for the request. You should submit an affidavit (a notarized, sworn statement) with proof of your limited financial resources, detailing your income and expenses. Proof might include a document showing that you are receiving public benefits that you qualify for because of low income; evidence of household income that is below federal poverty guidelines (you can see the guidelines at the Web site aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/09poverty.shtml), or evidence of extraordinary family expenses compared to income, such as high medical bills. The USCIS also will consider fee-waiver requests for humanitarian reasons such as disability, homelessness or age. In your affidavit, you must state that you believe you are
