US to raise cost of becoming citizen by 66%

The Bush administration is proposing to more than double the cost of becoming a US citizen and drastically raise the cost of becoming a legal permanent resident.

Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, announced today it wants to raise the application fee for citizenship from $324 (€249) to $903 (€695) and the fee for becoming a legal permanent resident from $179 (€138) to $1,368 (€1,053).