What is the I-751 fee to remove conditions?

A fee for staying a permanent resident

A person who obtains a green card through a recent marriage may receive conditional residence, and the I-751 is the petition to remove those conditions and become a permanent resident without them. Its fee is one of the cleaner entries in the schedule. The regulation, 8 CFR 106.2(a)(43), prints $750 for filing a petition to remove the conditions on residence based on marriage. The schedule, edition 10/26/26, prints $750 on paper and $700 online. The sources agree; the $50 difference is the online filing discount of 8 CFR 106.1(g).

The abuse waiver exemption

Both sources carve out one group completely. The regulation says there is no fee for a conditional permanent resident spouse or child who files a waiver of the joint filing requirement based on battery or extreme cruelty. The schedule prints the same: $0 for conditional permanent residents, spouses or children who filed that waiver. The exemption follows the filer who claims the waiver ground, and the form instructions explain what evidence the waiver requires.

A related exemption sits in the appeals paragraph. If that waiver request is denied, the Notice of Appeal or Motion, Form I-290B, is free for a conditional permanent resident who filed the waiver, according to 8 CFR 106.2(a)(16)(ii). The fee for an I-290B in other cases is $800, but that is a different situation from this page.

Fee waiver for everyone else

Outside the abuse waiver, the fee itself can still be waived. 8 CFR 106.3(a)(3)(i)(C) lists the I-751 among the forms whose fee may be waived without condition. The test in 106.3(a)(1) is inability to pay, shown by receipt of a means-tested benefit, household income at or below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, or extreme financial hardship. A written request must give the reasons and the evidence, and the regulation says a denied waiver request cannot be appealed, so assemble the evidence before filing, not after.

Timing is its own question

The fee is only half of the I-751 puzzle. When you may file, and what happens if the date slips, are separate matters that the sources on this page do not address. This site has a separate filing window calculator for that; use it with the instructions for the form. Nothing in the fee rule changes the date a petition is due.

How the payment is made

Because the I-751 has an online price, the payment route depends on how it is filed. Online filings are paid through the system with a card or bank withdrawal. By mail, the schedule says fees can be paid by credit card with Form G-1450 or by bank transfer with Form G-1650, unless the filer has an exemption from electronic payment on Form G-1651. A wrong amount leads to rejection, according to the schedule, and the I-751 rows print no Public Law 119-21 line in the edition read.

Why the base fee can move

Paragraph (d) of 8 CFR 106.2 says the Department may adjust fees that are not set or limited by statute, no more than once per year, by a rule in the Federal Register that is based on CPI-U inflation and rounds to the nearest $5. The schedule separately says that Public Law 119-21 fees adjust each year as required by law. A figure for either kind is only good as of its edition date.

Worked example

A couple filed jointly and the conditional resident is submitting the I-751 on paper. The fee is $750. If they file online and the form permits online filing, the schedule row prints $700. If the conditional resident is instead filing a battery or extreme cruelty waiver, the fee is $0 under both the regulation and the schedule. A household under the hardship tests who files jointly can ask for a fee waiver on Form I-912 and keep the $750 out of the budget if the waiver is granted. The table above prints each row as the source does.

Sources

• eCFR, 8 CFR § 106.2 USCIS fees (title 8, issue date October 14, 2026; eCFR up to date as of October 29, 2026). Read November 2, 2026.
• eCFR, 8 CFR § 106.3 Fee waivers and exemptions (title 8, issue date October 14, 2026; eCFR up to date as of October 29, 2026). Read November 2, 2026.
• eCFR, 8 CFR § 106.1 Definitions and online discount (title 8, issue date October 14, 2026; eCFR up to date as of October 29, 2026). Read November 2, 2026.
• USCIS Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, edition 10/26/26, and the G-1055 PDF. Read November 2, 2026.

Editions read: eCFR title 8 as of the October 14, 2026 issue date, and Form G-1055 edition 10/26/26. Both were read on November 2, 2026. Fees in this area changed repeatedly in 2024, 2025 and 2026; where the two sources differ, this page says so and does not choose between them. If you need to rely on an amount, confirm it with the official USCIS fee calculator on the day you file, and talk to an immigration attorney or accredited representative about your own case.