A federal judge in California issued an injunction on Tuesday preventing the USCIS from putting in place a new fee schedule. The new fee schedule was set to go into effect on October 2, 2020, but as of now that will not happen. On the issue of whether there was proper authority within the Department of Homeland Security to implement the new fee structure, the judge determined that there was sufficient uncertainty and temporarily blocked it from going into effect.
This means that for the time being, the current fee schedule will stay in effect. The government will no doubt challenge this preliminary injunction in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but it is unclear how long that process will take. It is important to note that this is a very fluid situation and the new fee schedule could go into effect with almost no notice.
We will continue to monitor this situation closely and publish new information as it becomes available.