Intro. QuickFiling is built around one simple promise: you build your entire petition for free, and you pay only when you download the finished package. There's no subscription, no upfront fee, and no charge to see how strong your case looks. This article explains exactly how the free-build / pay-at-download model works — what's free, what triggers payment, and how it plays out with a real example.
How QuickFiling works: two phases, one flat fee
QuickFiling is an all-in-one, two-phase petition builder. In the first phase, your specialist generates a complete petition — the petition/cover letter, an indexed exhibit list, and the government forms for your path. In the second phase, built-in AI tools help you polish and finalize that draft before download. You do all of this without paying anything.
Payment happens at a single, predictable moment: when you download your final package. Until you click download, you owe nothing. And when you do pay, it's a flat, one-time fee for the specialist you used — not a subscription, not a per-page or per-generation charge.
What's free
Everything up to the download is free:
Creating an account and starting a workspace.
Choosing your specialist (Dr. I-485, Dr. NIW, Dr. EB1A, Dr. O-1, or Dr. EB-5).
Uploading and auto-categorizing your evidence.
The AI reading your evidence, setting strategy, and generating your full petition package.
Polishing and finalizing the draft on-screen with the built-in AI tools.
This lets you find out — at zero cost and zero risk — whether your case is ready before you pay anything.
What triggers payment
Payment is triggered by downloading your completed petition package. That's the moment you unlock and take home the final, ready-to-file PDF. The amount is the flat, one-time fee for the specialist that powered your petition. There's no recurring charge afterward, and no charge for the work you did while building.
No subscription — ever
QuickFiling does not charge a subscription. You are never billed monthly or annually just to keep a workspace open. You pay once, per specialist, at the moment you download that specialist's finished package. If you build a second petition with a different specialist later, that's a separate one-time fee for that specialist.
Government filing fees are separate
The flat fee you pay QuickFiling is for building your package. It is not the fee you pay the U.S. government to file. USCIS charges its own filing fees, which are set by the government and paid directly to USCIS. Those fees are completely separate from what you pay QuickFiling. We help you assemble a filing-ready package; the government filing fee is between you and USCIS.
A simple example
Meet Wei, a postdoc pursuing an NIW with a strong publication record:
Wei creates an account and starts a workspace — free.
Wei chooses Dr. NIW, uploads a CV, Scholar profile, letters, and degrees — free.
Dr. NIW generates the full petition package, and Wei polishes it with the built-in AI tools — free to build and review on-screen.
Wei downloads the finished package → pays the flat Dr. NIW fee of $749, one time.
Separately, Wei pays USCIS its own filing fee directly when filing.
If Wei had decided the case wasn't ready, Wei could have walked away at any point before download having paid nothing.
FAQ
Is it really free to build the whole petition?
Yes. You build and finalize the entire petition for free and pay only when you download.
Is there a subscription?
No. You pay a single flat fee per specialist, only at download. There's no monthly or annual charge.
What's the fee based on?
It's a flat, one-time price tied to the specialist you use (for example, Dr. NIW or Dr. EB1A). See "What Each Specialist Costs" for the full table.
Do I pay QuickFiling the USCIS filing fee?
No. USCIS filing fees go directly to the government and are separate from QuickFiling's flat fee.
Quickfiling LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney.
Related: What Each Specialist Costs · Refunds & Payment · Add-on & Expert Services Pricing