{"id":116865,"date":"2026-06-24T07:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/us-citizenship-may-cost-up-to-80-more-who-can-apply-what-changes-and-how-indians-may-be-impacted\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:37:38","slug":"us-citizenship-may-cost-up-to-80-more-who-can-apply-what-changes-and-how-indians-may-be-impacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/us-citizenship-may-cost-up-to-80-more-who-can-apply-what-changes-and-how-indians-may-be-impacted\/","title":{"rendered":"US citizenship may cost up to 80% more: Who can apply, what changes and how Indians may be impacted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Homeland Security is considering a drastic 80% increase in fees for US naturalization applications, which could make citizenship unaffordable for many. If implemented, the proposal would also remove fee waivers and discounts for low-income applicants, likely affecting a significant number of Indian citizens among new Americans, whose growth has recently slowed. The public is invited to comment on these proposals within 60 days.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Homeland Security is considering a drastic 80% increase in fees for US naturalization applications, which could make citizenship unaffordable for many. If implemented, the proposal would also remove fee waivers and discounts for low-income applicants, likely affecting a significant number of Indian citizens among new Americans, whose growth has recently slowed. The&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/us-citizenship-may-cost-up-to-80-more-who-can-apply-what-changes-and-how-indians-may-be-impacted\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US citizenship may cost up to 80% more: Who can apply, what changes and how Indians may be impacted<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":116866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}