H.R. 9928: No Discounts for Foreigners Act

This bill would prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from waiving or lowering any fee tied to an application for U.S. citizenship.

What it would change

• Normally, the government can sometimes reduce or waive certain application fees for people who cannot afford them.
• Under this bill, that flexibility would be removed for citizenship applications.
• Applicants for naturalization would generally have to pay the full fee set by the government.

Exception for military-related applications

• The bill would not apply to certain citizenship applications filed under immigration law sections that cover service members and some veterans.
• In other words, the fee waiver/reduction ban would not affect citizenship applications submitted by:
  • members of the U.S. Armed Forces, or
  • people who previously served in the Armed Forces,
  when they apply under the specified military-related legal provisions.

What stays the same

• The bill does not change who can apply for citizenship.
• It does not change the basic citizenship process itself.
• It only addresses whether the Department of Homeland Security can reduce or waive the fee for the application.

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