A promoter registration is free until November 30, 2026. Then it costs $2,165.
Send Workhog the promoter agreement and the promoter's information sheet, and you get the filled I-956K back, with the passages its values came from open beside it.
Every promoter of a regional center files its own I-956K. Prepare them here for your promoters, or send each promoter this page. One promoter per upload.
Fill an I-956K from the promoter's documents
Add the promoter's agreement and information sheet, and its ID or formation documents if you have them. Workhog fills the current USCIS blank in your private workspace and shows the passages its values came from.
Registering several promoters? Fill one, then start the next from the same page: each promoter gets its own folder.
The documents an I-956K is filled from.
- Each written agreement the promoter works under. With the regional center, the new commercial enterprise or the job-creating entity. Part 3 describes each one (title, date, parties, the center’s and enterprise’s IDs), and USCIS asks for a copy with the form.
- The promoter’s information sheet. Its legal name and any other names, addresses, phone, email and website, its tax ID, and whether another promoter employs or engages it (with that promoter’s I-956K registration number).
- For a person: a government ID and every passport. Part 2 asks for the date and country of birth, citizenships and passport numbers, and USCIS asks for copies of the ID and all passports.
- For a company: its current formation documents. With any other filings that let it do business (a foreign entity registration, a fictitious business name statement). Part 2 asks how it is organized, and when and where it was established.
- The promoter’s answers to the bona fides questions, if you have them. Part 4 is 13 yes-or-no questions about the promoter’s record, and Part 5 names who certifies them. Workhog fills these only from what a document says; it never answers them for the promoter.
Missing one? Upload what you have. The filled form leaves those fields blank, and the list it comes with names the document that would answer each.
Every EB-5 fee, today and from November 30, 2026.
A court stayed the 2024 EB-5 fees on November 12, 2025, and USCIS reinstated the older schedule as of November 13: that is today's column. Any filing postmarked on or after November 30, 2026 must carry the new fee.
| Filing | Who files | Today | From November 30, 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-956K, promoter registration | promoter | $0 | $2,165 | new fee |
| I-956F, new offering or amendment | regional center | $17,795 | $42,675 | +140% |
| I-956, new regional center | regional center | $17,795 | $44,115 | +148% |
| I-956, amendment | regional center | $17,795 | $9,835 | −45% |
| I-956G, annual statement | regional center | $3,035 | $2,165 | −29% |
| I-956H, bona fides, per person | each person involved with a regional center | $0 | $65 | new fee |
| I-526E, investor petition (the new fee includes a $75 technology fee) | investor | $3,675 | $7,850 | +114% |
| I-526E, EB-5 Integrity Fund fee | investor | $1,000 | $1,100 | +10% |
| I-526E, amendment | investor | $3,675 | $7,775 | +112% |
| I-526, standalone investor (the new fee includes the $75 technology fee) | investor | $3,675 | $7,615 | +107% |
| I-829, removal of conditions | investor | $3,750 | $5,000 | +33% |
| I-527, amendment of an I-526 filed before March 15, 2022 (a new form) | investor | — | $10,330 | new form |
| EB-5 Integrity Fund fee, regional center (per year), more than 20 investors / 20 or fewer | regional center | $20,000 / $10,000 | $22,000 / $11,000 | +10% |
Sources: the final rule, 91 FR 61940 (September 30, 2026); USCIS, Court Order on Partial Stay of DHS 2024 USCIS Fee Rule (November 18, 2025); USCIS Form G-1055, Fee Schedule. Check the fee on uscis.gov before you pay it.
Which filings to send before November 30, 2026, and which to hold.
Most fees go up, so get those postmarked first. Two go down: the I-956 amendment and the I-956G annual statement. Put in your own numbers to see what this season's filings cost on each side of the date.
| Filing | How many | Postmarked before November 30, 2026 | Postmarked from November 30, 2026 | File it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I-956K, promoter registration Free today. Each registration postmarked from November 30 costs $2,165. | $0 | $10,825 | Before | |
I-956F, new offering or amendment Each one postmarked from November 30 costs $24,880 more. | $17,795 | $42,675 | Before | |
I-956, new regional center A new designation postmarked from November 30 costs $26,320 more. | $0 | $0 | Before | |
I-956, amendment The amendment fee falls by $7,960. An amendment is due at least 120 days before the change it reports, so hold it only if the change can wait. | $17,795 | $9,835 | After | |
I-956G, annual statement The annual statement fee falls by $870, and this year’s statement is due by December 29. | $3,035 | $2,165 | After | |
I-956H, bona fides, per person Free today; $65 for each person from November 30. | $0 | $130 | Before | |
| All of it | $38,625 | $65,630 | ||
Filed on the cheaper side of the date, these filings cost $29,795. Filed after it, $65,630; filed before it, $38,625.
| Filing | File it | Why |
|---|---|---|
| I-956K, promoter registration | Before November 30, 2026 | Free today. Each registration postmarked from November 30 costs $2,165. |
| I-956F, new offering or amendment | Before November 30, 2026 | Each one postmarked from November 30 costs $24,880 more. |
| I-956, new regional center | Before November 30, 2026 | A new designation postmarked from November 30 costs $26,320 more. |
| I-956, amendment | From November 30, 2026 | The amendment fee falls by $7,960. An amendment is due at least 120 days before the change it reports, so hold it only if the change can wait. |
| I-956G, annual statement | From November 30, 2026 | The annual statement fee falls by $870, and this year’s statement is due by December 29. |
| I-956H, bona fides, per person | Before November 30, 2026 | Free today; $65 for each person from November 30. |
A fee schedule, not legal advice: whether a filing can wait is a question for the lawyer on the matter.
From the documents to a form your signer can check.
Upload the promoter's documents
The agreement, the information sheet and the ID or formation documents go into a new folder in your workspace. Nothing is shared.
Workhog fills the current blank
It takes the I-956K from uscis.gov, fills every field the documents answer, reads the result back, and checks each page.
Check the values against their sources
Open the filled form's Sources view: the values Workhog traced are numbered, and clicking one opens the document beside the form at the words it came from. Read the rest against your documents before anyone signs.
Sign and file
Fill in what no document answered, have the promoter and the certifier sign, and file. Then start the next promoter.
I-956K questions, answered.
What does an I-956K cost?
Nothing today. A registration postmarked on or after November 30, 2026 must be accompanied by the new $2,165 fee, under the final rule published at 91 FR 61940.
Is it the postmark or the date USCIS receives it?
The postmark. The rule says any filing postmarked on or after November 30, 2026 must carry the new fees. It does not say how that applies to a courier delivery, and it has no grace period, so leave yourself margin.
Who files the I-956K: the regional center or the promoter?
The promoter. The instructions say it must be completed by each person acting as a direct or third-party promoter, migration agents, subagents and employees of promoters included, and the promoter or its authorized individual signs it. A regional center that only promotes its own offering in its I-956F does not file one. A center or its lawyer can still prepare its promoters’ forms, or send them this page.
When should it be filed?
Before the promoter starts promoting: the instructions say a promoter should submit Form I-956K before operating on behalf of a regional center, enterprise or issuer. An amendment is due whenever the list of entities the promoter works for changes.
What does Workhog fill, and what does it leave to me?
It fills every field your documents answer, on the current I-956K from uscis.gov, and gives you the filled PDF with the passages its values came from. A field no document answers is left blank and listed with the document that would answer it. The bona fides answers come only from your documents, and the signatures are always the signers’ own.
Why does the Code of Federal Regulations show different EB-5 fees?
8 CFR 106.2 still prints the 2024 EB-5 fees the court stayed. The final rule says those figures do not reflect the fees USCIS collects. Today’s fees are the ones on USCIS’s Form G-1055 fee schedule.
Can I register several promoters?
Yes. Upload one promoter’s documents at a time: each one gets its own folder in your workspace, with its filled form and its sources, ready for the next amendment.
Where do the documents go?
Into your own private, encrypted Workhog workspace, not a shared database. The filled form lands there beside them, and the work stays yours.
Register them all before the fee starts.
Each promoter gets its own folder, and the form, its sources and the list of what is missing stay there for the next amendment. Send your promoters this page, or prepare theirs for them.
Fill an I-956KYour files stay in your own encrypted workspace.