Immigration & Legal

USCIS fee, visa cost, child support, alimony, and legal fee calculators.

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Child Support Calculator

Estimate child support payments using the income shares model based on both parents' income and custody split.
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Alimony Calculator

Estimate spousal support amount and duration based on income difference and years of marriage.
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Divorce Settlement Calculator

Calculate equitable division of marital assets and debts. Separate marital from individual property.
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USCIS Fee Calculator

Calculate USCIS immigration application fees for green cards, citizenship, work permits, and visas.
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Green Card Cost Calculator

Calculate total green card costs including filing fees, medical exam, biometrics, and attorney fees for your family.
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Special Needs Trust Calculator

Project trust sustainability for a beneficiary with special needs over their expected lifetime.
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Alimony Duration Calculator

Estimate alimony duration based on marriage length, income, and state guidelines.
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Custody Time Calculator

Calculate parenting time percentages for custody schedules.
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Divorce Cost Calculator

Estimate total divorce costs including legal fees, mediation, and court costs.
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Immigration Timeline Calculator

Estimate green card and visa processing timelines by category and country.
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Legal Fee Calculator

Estimate attorney fees by case type, complexity, and billing method.
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Naturalization Fee Calculator

Calculate total USCIS naturalization fees including application and biometrics.
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Probate Cost Calculator

Estimate probate fees, attorney costs, and timeline by estate value and state.
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Property Division Calculator

Calculate equitable property division in divorce by asset type and state.
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Trust Distribution Calculator

Calculate trust distribution amounts and schedules by trust type and terms.
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Visa Fee Calculator

Look up US visa application fees by visa type and nationality.
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Work Permit Fee Calculator

Calculate US work permit and employment authorization fees by type.

About Immigration & Legal Calculators

This category covers two kinds of money decisions that often arrive at the worst possible time: the cost of a US immigration filing and the financial fallout of a family-court or estate matter. The USCIS Fee Calculator and Naturalization Fee Calculator help you total the government charges on forms like the I-485 green card application or the N-400 citizenship application before you mail a check, while the Green Card Cost Calculator and Visa Fee Calculator add in the biometrics, medical exam, and consular costs that the filing fee alone leaves out.

On the family and estate side, the Child Support Calculator estimates a baseline payment under your state's guideline formula, and the Alimony Calculator and Divorce Settlement Calculator help you think through spousal support and how marital property might be divided. The Probate Cost Calculator gives a rough picture of court and executor costs when you are settling an estate.

Use these tools while you are still planning, before fees change or a petition is filed, so you can budget realistically and ask a licensed attorney sharper questions. They are estimates for orientation, not legal determinations.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to get a green card in 2026?
The total runs well beyond the USCIS filing fee. A family-based green card typically combines the I-485 adjustment-of-status fee (or the immigrant visa fee if you apply from abroad), a biometrics charge, the required medical exam by a USCIS-approved doctor, and translation or document costs. Because USCIS adjusts its fee schedule periodically, confirm each current amount on uscis.gov before you budget.
Are USCIS and immigration filing fees tax-deductible?
No. The IRS treats immigration and naturalization filing fees as personal expenses, so individuals cannot deduct them on a federal return. Narrow business-related visa costs (such as certain employer-paid work-visa petitions) may be deductible by the employer, but that is a separate situation. Confirm any deduction with a tax professional rather than assuming it applies to your personal filing.
How is child support actually calculated in the US?
Child support is set by state law, not a single national formula, so the amount depends on where the case is filed. Most states use an income-shares model that combines both parents' incomes and divides a guideline support obligation by their share of that total; a minority use a percentage-of-income model based mainly on the paying parent's earnings. Courts then adjust for parenting time, health insurance, and childcare, so any calculator result is a starting estimate.
Do I have to pay taxes on alimony I receive?
For divorce or separation agreements executed after December 31, 2018, alimony is not deductible by the payer and not counted as taxable income by the recipient under the federal rules set by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Older agreements signed before 2019 may still follow the prior rules, where the payer deducts and the recipient reports the income. State tax treatment can differ from the federal rule.
Can I avoid probate to save on those costs?
Often, yes. Probate is the court process for settling a deceased person's estate, and its cost and length vary by state. Assets that pass outside probate, such as accounts with named beneficiaries, jointly owned property with rights of survivorship, and assets held in a living trust, generally skip the process. Many states also offer a simplified or small-estate procedure below a dollar threshold that the state sets, which lowers court costs.