#               I-694, Notice of Appeal of Decision Under Sections 210 or 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act

**ALERT:** On Jan. 31, 2024, we published a final rule in the Federal Register that adjusts the fees required for most immigration applications and petitions. The new fees will be effective April 1, 2024.

Applications and petitions postmarked on or after April 1, 2024, must include the new fees or we will not accept them.

What to Know About Sending Us Your Form

The new filing fee is effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, and later. If you are filing an acceptable prior form edition on or after April 1, 2024, you must include the new filing fee.

Use this form to notify USCIS that an alien who was denied permanent residence, temporary residence or a waiver of grounds of inadmissibility under the amnesty program provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) is appealing the decision to the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office.

## Forms and Document Downloads

Form I-694  (PDF, 1.03 MB)

Instructions for Form I-694  (PDF, 206.52 KB)

## Form Details

04/01/24. Starting June 3, 2024, we will accept only the 04/01/24 edition. Until then, you can also use the 12/02/19, 10/20/19, and 05/16/18 editions. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions. The new filing fee is effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, and later. If you are filing an acceptable prior form edition, you must include the new filing fee.

Dates are listed in mm/dd/yy format.

If you complete and print this form to mail it, make sure that the form edition date and page numbers are visible at the bottom of all pages and that all pages are from the same form edition. If any of the form’s pages are missing or are from a different form edition, we may reject your form.

If you need help downloading and printing forms, read our instructions. 

Mail this form to the address given on the Notice of Denial.

You can find the filing fee for Form I-694 by visiting our Fee Schedule page.  

The fee is effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, and later.

You can pay the fee with a money order, personal check, cashier’s check, or by credit card or debit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

**When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service. Filing fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request, or if you withdraw your request.**If you pay by credit card or debit card, you cannot later dispute the payment.

If you are submitting multiple forms, pay each filing fee separately. We are transitioning to electronically processing immigration benefit requests, which requires us to use multiple systems to process your package. We may reject your entire package if you submit a single, combined payment for multiple forms.

**If you file at a field office:** You cannot pay fees with a money order or cashier’s check when filing at a field office. You can only pay with a personal check, debit card, credit card, or a reloadable prepaid credit/debit card.

**Filing Tips for Form I-694, Notice of Appeal of Decision Under Sections 245A or 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act**

Complete **all sections** of the form. We will reject the form if these fields are missing:
                    - Part 1. Information About You (Appellant)                       - Family Name
                      - U.S. Mailing Address
                    - Part 2. Application Information                       - Number 1, Application Type
                      - Number 2, Receipt Number
                    - Part 3. Reason for Appeal                       - Written Brief

**Filing Tips:**Review our Tips for Filing Forms by Mail page for information on how to ensure we will accept your form.

**Don’t forget to sign your form.** We will reject any unsigned form.

**E-Notification:** If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that we have accepted your form at a USCIS lockbox, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, and clip it to the first page of your form.

04/01/2024

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