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Form I-601: Current Edition, Fee and Form Checks

The current USCIS edition and filing fees for Form I-601, with the date FormVeritas checked them on uscis.gov, and what FormVeritas checks when you fill the form in its Form Workspace.

About Form I-601

Form I-601 is titled “Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility”. Get the form and its instructions from uscis.gov, the official source:

Current edition

USCIS lists 01/20/25 as the current edition of Form I-601. USCIS lists no other accepted edition.

The FormVeritas Form Workspace fills this edition.

Checked October 21, 2026, against Form I-601 on uscis.gov. Editions change, so confirm the edition on uscis.gov before you file.

Form I-601 on uscis.gov

Filing fee

The fees below are copied from Form G-1055, Fee Schedule (edition 10/16/26), as USCIS states them, with the date FormVeritas checked each one.

I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility

Filing categoryPaper filing fee

General Filing

$1,050

If you are filing as a person seeking or granted:

  • Special Immigrant Juvenile classification;
  • T nonimmigrant status;
  • U nonimmigrant status;
  • Adjustment of status as an abused spouse or child under the Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA);
  • Adjustment of status as an abused spouse or child under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA);
  • Benefits under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA); or
  • Immigrant classification as a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitioner (including derivatives).

$0

If you are filing as a person seeking or granted special immigrant visa or adjustment of status as:

  • An Afghan or Iraqi translator or interpreter;
  • An Iraqi national employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government;
  • An Afghan national employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government or employed by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF); or
  • A derivative beneficiary of one of the above.

$0

If you are filing this form in connection with a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, under Section 13 of Pub. L. 85-316 as an Afghan Diplomat or immediate family member who held valid A or G status on July 14, 2021.

$0

For applicants for adjustment of status of Indochina refugees under Pub. L. 95-145.

$0

Certain applicants may be eligible for a Fee Waiver. See Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver, Instructions.

Source: Form G-1055 on uscis.gov. Checked October 21, 2026.

This page does not tell you which fee applies to your filing. Confirm the fee before you file with the USCIS Fee Calculator.

Fees for Form I-601 and the notices USCIS prints on Form G-1055, in the edition and fee checker

Processing time

Form I-601 is listed on the USCIS processing-times page. See what USCIS reports for it, by office, and the date USCIS published it.

Form I-601 processing times

What FormVeritas checks on Form I-601

When you run an audit of Form I-601 from the FormVeritas Form Workspace, FormVeritas reviews the answers you entered with checks written for this form. They cover:

Answers left blank

FormVeritas points out blank answers in the places its checks for this form look at.

Areas include: names; dates of birth; receipt numbers; addresses; the interpreter, preparer and representative sections; Yes/No answers and their explanations; signatures and dates of signature.

How entries are written

FormVeritas checks how entries are written, against what each field asks for.

Areas include: names; dates of birth; USCIS online account numbers; Social Security numbers; receipt numbers; addresses; telephone numbers and email addresses; the interpreter, preparer and representative sections.

Dates

FormVeritas checks the dates entered on this form.

Areas include: dates of birth; addresses; the interpreter, preparer and representative sections; signatures and dates of signature.

Answers that do not fit together

FormVeritas compares related answers on this form and points out ones that do not fit together.

Areas include: names; receipt numbers; addresses; the interpreter, preparer and representative sections; Yes/No answers and their explanations; signatures and dates of signature.

Check boxes and Yes/No questions

FormVeritas checks how boxes are selected in the groups of choices on this form.

Signatures

FormVeritas checks the signature lines on this form.

On every form

When an entry for a person is partly filled in, for example a given name with no family name, FormVeritas points out a blank family name, given name, date of birth or country of birth in that entry.

What these checks do not do

They do not check that every question that applies to you is answered, whether your answers are true, or whether you are eligible for what you are asking for.

A report with no findings does not mean USCIS will accept or approve your filing.

Read the Form I-601 instructions on uscis.gov before you file.

Fill and check it in the Form Workspace

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