{"id":2735,"date":"2025-10-19T14:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2025-10-19T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:59:49","slug":"ukrainians-usa-uniting-for-ukraine-1000-fee-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/ukrainians-usa-uniting-for-ukraine-1000-fee-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainians in the US will have to pay $1000 to continue the Uniting for Ukraine programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"726\">Changes came into force on 16 October - USCIS data<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"998\">US Citizenship and Immigration Services (<strong data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"776\">USCIS<\/strong>) updated the programme rules <strong data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"826\">Uniting for Ukraine<\/strong>, which allows Ukrainians to temporarily stay in the United States.<br data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"892\" \/>From now on, in order to continue participating in the programme, you need to <strong data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"995\">pay an administrative fee of $1000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1003\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1017\">The essence of the changes<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1224\">Payment is available <strong data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1051\">a prerequisite<\/strong> for consideration of an application for extension of humanitarian status. The USCIS explains that the fee covers the costs of <strong data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1221\">security checks, data updates and programme administration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1359\">Previously, participation in the programme was free of charge, allowing Ukrainians to stay in the country for up to two years at no additional cost.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1364\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1396\">Reaction of the Ukrainian community<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1612\">The news caused <strong data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1454\">a storm of indignation among Ukrainians in the United States<\/strong>. On social media, users emphasise that the new rules create an additional financial burden for refugees who have often lost everything due to the war.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1613\" data-end=\"1689\">\n<p data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1689\">\u00abIf you want protection in America, prepare your wallet,\u00bb Ukrainians write in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1694\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1731\">About the Uniting for Ukraine programme<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1988\">The programme was launched in 2022 to provide <strong data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1813\">temporary asylum for Ukrainians<\/strong>, The programme is intended for people fleeing war. It provides for humanitarian entry to the United States for up to two years with the support of American sponsors, with the right to work and basic social services.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0417\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0447\u0438\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u0437 16 \u0436\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u044f \u2014 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0456 USCIS \u0421\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0430 \u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0434\u044f\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0442\u0430 \u0456\u043c\u043c\u0456\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0421\u0428\u0410 (USCIS) \u043e\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0438 Uniting for Ukraine, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0454 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0446\u044f\u043c \u0442\u0438\u043c\u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432\u043e \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0457 \u0421\u0428\u0410.\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0442\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0440 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0456 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0430\u0434\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0431\u0456\u0440 \u0443 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043c\u0456\u0440\u0456 $1000. \u0421\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0437\u043c\u0456\u043d \u041e\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0454 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0443\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0433\u043b\u044f\u0434\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0433\u0443\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0442\u0430\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0441\u0443. \u0423 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":2736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Uniting for Ukraine","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":{"0":"post-2735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-suspilstvo","8":"tag-806775"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2737,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/2737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}