Practitioners before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) must carefully consider whether to seek fee waivers before the Immigration Judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals. On the one hand, the recent increase in fees for certain applications before EOIR make fee waivers more necessary than ever. On the other hand, EOIR leadership and the BIA have evinced hostility towards such requests. Practitioners must carefully discuss the pros and cons of fee waivers with their clients before proceeding with a request.