No Citizenship Application Fee?

[suziq38]

One of my students qualified for the low income free citizenship exam. How little do you have to make to qualify for this?
She had failed the exam 4 times prior to coming to our class. When I asked her how much money she had spent application fees, she said zero. She said she was low income.
I didn't feel comfortable asking her too many personal questions, so I am coming here to hopefully get some answers.
Can you provide a link with the information? I would like to assist others who are also low income with the information.

Thank you!

[krypton9591]

One of my students qualified for the low income free citizenship exam. How little do you have to make to qualify for this?
She had failed the exam 4 times prior to coming to our class. When I asked her how much money she had spent application fees, she said zero. She said she was low income.
I didn't feel comfortable asking her too many personal questions, so I am coming here to hopefully get some answers.
Can you provide a link with the information? I would like to assist others who are also low income with the information.

Thank you!

it's just like the ACA individual mandate, where if you are at 150% or lower than the federal poverty limit then in the case of the individual mandate you are exempt from said penalty, in the case of citizenship fees, you can apply for a waiver, but there's no guarantee that it will be approved. Please see the attached link for further information https://www.uscis.gov/feewaiver

[suziq38]

it's just like the ACA individual mandate, where if you are at 150% or lower than the federal poverty limit then in the case of the individual mandate you are exempt from said penalty, in the case of citizenship fees, you can apply for a waiver, but there's no guarantee that it will be approved. Please see the attached link for further information https://www.uscis.gov/feewaiver

Thank you!

It may be worth a try. I just wonder if it is frowned upon.