# Federal Register 2026-20016 — effective 2026-11-30 — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule — Homeland Security Department

For Federal Register 2026-20016, effective date is 2026-11-30; agency is Homeland Security Department; published is 2026-09-30; cfr parts amended is 8 CFR 106, 8 CFR 216, recorded from its source on 2026-10-05; source re-checked 2026-11-03.

- **FR document number:** 2026-20016 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Homeland Security Department _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-11-30 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This final rule is effective November 30, 2026. Any application, petition, or request postmarked on or after this date must be accompanied by the fees established by this final rule. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 8 CFR 106, 8 CFR 216 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-09-30 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-03. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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