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2026 cost estimates for immigration in Arizona, including attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses.
As of June 29, 2026, a immigration in Arizona costs on average $4,750, typically $2,850-$7,600 for a moderate-complexity case, based on sourced attorney-fee and court-cost data. Typical attorney rates run $205 to $385 per hour. A moderate-complexity case typically takes 6-12 months to resolve.
Data verified: June 29, 2026
| Complexity | Low | Median | High | Typical Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | $1,050 | $2,050 | $3,100 | 3-6 months |
| Moderate | $2,850 | $4,750 | $7,600 | 6-12 months |
| Complex | $8,250 | $11,350 | $15,500 | 12-24+ months |
Last verified: June 2026
$205 – $385/ hour
Median: $280/hr
6-12 months
For moderate complexity cases
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</script>Immigration legal costs form around two separate line items that are easy to conflate: the attorney's fee for their work, and USCIS (or other federal agency) filing fees, which are set nationally and apply no matter which attorney — or no attorney — handles the case. A straightforward family-based petition with no complicating history is the lowest-cost scenario and is often billed as a flat fee. Employment-based petitions, waivers, or removal defense involve substantially more attorney hours preparing evidence and responding to government requests, which is reflected in the moderate and complex figures on this page.
Because filing fees are federal and state-independent, cost differences between states for immigration matters come almost entirely from local attorney market rates rather than from any difference in the underlying legal process. Cases that draw a Request for Evidence, involve a prior denial, or require appearing before an immigration judge add attorney hours (and sometimes additional filing fees) well beyond the base petition cost.
Take a moderate-complexity immigration matter in Arizona. The recorded median total is $4,750, with reported quotes clustering between $2,850 and $7,600. Each statutory line below is sized against that median.
Added together the itemised lines come to $1,075–$2,740, which leaves roughly $2,010–$3,675 of the Arizona median as professional time — the part that differs between quotes. 2 further recorded fees are not itemised above and are not in that total.
At $4,750, the median immigration cost in Arizona runs 4% below the $4,938 national average across all 50 states and DC.
Arizona carries 3 rows — simple, $1,050–$3,100 at $155–$305/hr over 3-6 months; moderate, $2,850–$7,600 at $205–$385/hr over 6-12 months; complex, $8,250–$15,500 at $255–$460/hr over 12-24+ months — on 4 shared citations. They put it below the midpoint of the table without reaching the bottom quarter.
$4,750 is a median, not the middle of the band — $1,900 above the $2,850 floor, $2,850 under the $7,600 ceiling. Every rank below is out of 49.
Arizona is the 24th of 49 tracked states by median immigration cost, and its $4,750 figure lands within a percent of the $4,750 midpoint of that table — the rank is meaningful, the distance is not.
Wisconsin ($4,850) and Michigan ($4,750) bracket Arizona inside a $100 window — narrow enough that 24th is close to arbitrary.
Wisconsin, Michigan, Tennessee record medians within three percent of Arizona's $4,750. A immigration quote anywhere in that group is describing effectively the same market.
Arizona ranks 21st of 49 on hourly rate at $280 an hour and 24th on total cost — 3 places apart, enough that the rate is a slightly optimistic guide to the total.
| Rank | State | Median | Against Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Nevada | $5,350 | +$600 |
| 19 | Maine | $5,300 | +$550 |
| 20 | Oregon | $5,300 | +$550 |
| 21 | Virginia | $5,250 | +$500 |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | $5,050 | +$300 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $4,850 | +$100 |
| 24 | Arizona | $4,750 | — |
| 25 | Michigan | $4,750 | −$0 |
| 26 | Tennessee | $4,700 | −$50 |
| 27 | Montana | $4,500 | −$250 |
| 28 | Idaho | $4,450 | −$300 |
| 29 | Georgia | $4,400 | −$350 |
| 30 | Missouri | $4,400 | −$350 |
The rows within ten percent are lopsided: 10 below Arizona against 2 above. $100 up or $0 down moves Arizona a row, so a downward revision would cost the state far more places than an equivalent upward one would gain — the 24th position is propped up by a thin immigration field above it and a crowded one beneath.
Climbing five places would mean passing Maine, Oregon, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and adding $550 to the $4,750 recorded here.
Five places down means passing under Michigan, Tennessee, Montana, Idaho, Georgia: $350.
$2,400 short of Hawaii ($7,150), $1,400 clear of Kentucky ($3,350).
At $280 an hour, the $4,750 median represents about 17 hours of attorney time — a matter measured in days of work, not weeks. The peer median is 18 hours: Arizona reaches its total in 1 fewer implied hours, because the rate rather than the workload carries more of it.
The escalation is comparatively shallow on hours. A complex immigration costs 5.5x a simple one in Arizona, but the implied workload only rises 3.6x — 9 hours at $230 becomes 32 hours at $355 — meaning the senior-rate premium of 1.54x carries an unusually large share of the increase.
From $2,850 to $7,600 the moderate band is $4,750 wide, close to the $4,750 peer median. End to end that is 17 hours at $280.
Across the 6-12 months the sources record for a moderate matter, the $4,750 median is roughly $528 a month of elapsed time.
By implied hours Arizona falls to 40th of 49 at 17 hours, 16 places below its 24th on cost — the immigration total arriving on less recorded work.
40% up the $2,850–$7,600 band sits the $4,750 table midpoint, buying 17 hours at $280 against the 17 the local immigration median implies — 0 hours apart.
| Measure | Arizona | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate median | $4,750 | 24th |
| Hourly median | $280 | 21st |
| Implied hours | 17 | 40th |
| Simple median | $2,050 | 20th |
| Complex median | $11,350 | 18th |
$280 an hour puts Arizona between Utah ($285) and Wisconsin ($280) — not the immigration cost pairing.
Wisconsin records the same $280: rate cannot separate them, totals do.
$4,750 buys 21 hours at $230, 17 at $280, 13 at $355.
| Rank | State | Median rate |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $285 |
| 20 | Utah | $285 |
| 21 | Arizona | $280 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | $280 |
| 23 | Nevada | $275 |
The ranking barely moves across tiers — 20th at the simple tier, 24th at moderate, 18th at complex of 49 — so Arizona keeps roughly the same relative position whether the immigration is straightforward or contested.
$2,050 is 20th of 49 on a straightforward immigration, under Wisconsin ($2,100) and over Maine ($2,050), $150 over the $1,900 tier midpoint.
$11,350 is 18th of 49 once contested, between Vermont ($11,600) and Florida ($11,350), $600 off the $10,750 tier midpoint.
The lower two bands run into each other — the simple tier tops out at $3,100 against a moderate floor of $2,850 — but there is a clear gap of $650 between the moderate ceiling of $7,600 and the complex floor of $8,250. In Arizona the jump into contested work is a step, not a slope.
| Tier | Arizona | Rank | Tier midpoint | Implied hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple | $2,050 | 20th | $1,900 | 9 |
| moderate | $4,750 | 24th | $4,750 | 17 |
| complex | $11,350 | 18th | $10,750 | 32 |
$2,050 puts Arizona 20th of 49 on straightforward matters, 4 up on its moderate position, and $150 (8%) over the $1,900 tier midpoint.
9 implied hours at $230: 53% of the moderate tier's 17, over 3-6 months.
Wisconsin ($2,100) and Maine ($2,050) bracket it — a $50 window.
6 states record a simple-tier median within three percent of $2,050, denser than the 3 around the moderate row.
$11,350 puts Arizona 18th of 49 on contested matters, 6 up on its moderate position, and $600 (6%) over the $10,750 tier midpoint.
32 implied hours at $355: 188% of the moderate tier's 17, over 12-24+ months.
Vermont ($11,600) and Florida ($11,350) bracket it — a $250 window.
4 states record a complex-tier median within three percent of $11,350, denser than the 3 around the moderate row.
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Oregon | $2,100 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $2,100 |
| 20 | Arizona | $2,050 |
| 21 | Maine | $2,050 |
| 22 | Utah | $2,050 |
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Virginia | $11,750 |
| 17 | Vermont | $11,600 |
| 18 | Arizona | $11,350 |
| 19 | Florida | $11,350 |
| 20 | Georgia | $11,350 |
In Arizona a immigration is 5th of 8 at $4,750, between Personal Injury and Bankruptcy. At 43% of Criminal Defense ($11,050).
Across practice areas Arizona ranges from 14th of 49 for DUI / DWI to 28th for Real Estate Closing — a 14-place spread, with its 24th on immigration inside it.
Arizona is not equally priced in every practice area. Measured against each matter's own midpoint, DUI / DWI runs 11% above its own midpoint while Real Estate Closing runs 8% below its own midpoint — a 19-point spread between the extremes.
The largest tracked median in Arizona is 5.4x the smallest, effectively the 5.1x that the typical state records: the internal spread is ordinary even where the levels are not.
3 of 7 matter types rank Arizona in the upper third, 0 in the lower, 4 between; immigration is 24th.
In percentile terms it sits at the 52th percentile of the 49 tracked states.
| Matter | Simple | Moderate | Complex | Hours | Rank | vs mid | Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Defense | $3,400 | $11,050 | $33,100 | 36 | 15th | +8% | Delaware |
| Divorce | $3,100 | $8,550 | $21,800 | 28 | 26th | level | Oregon |
| DUI / DWI | $3,300 | $8,250 | $18,700 | 29 | 14th | +11% | Minnesota |
| Personal Injury | $1,650 | $5,350 | $15,400 | — | — | +3% | — |
| Immigration | $2,050 | $4,750 | $11,350 | 17 | 24th | level | Wisconsin |
| Bankruptcy | $1,650 | $3,600 | $5,200 | 14 | 23rd | level | Delaware |
| Estate Planning / Probate | $650 | $2,150 | $6,600 | 8 | 14th | +4% | Washington |
| Real Estate Closing | $950 | $2,050 | $4,900 | 8 | 28th | −8% | Tennessee |
Simple tier. $2,050 ÷ $230 = about 9 hours, spread over 3-6 months at roughly $456 a month. The $2,700 step to the moderate tier is 8 more hours at that rate.
Work against price. $4,750 to $11,350 is a $6,600 step, mostly work: 15 more hours at $280 is $4,200, while moving to $355 across 32 hours adds $2,400. Work carries 64%.
Borrowing the wrong row. Budgeting from Michigan ($4,750) lands $0 under Arizona; from Wisconsin ($4,850), $100 over; from the $4,750 table midpoint, $0 out.
Both ends, in time. $2,850 is 10 hours at $280; $7,600 is 27. Over the 6-12 months recorded for a moderate immigration, that is 1 to 3 hours a month — the difference between an occasional file review and continuous work.
Contested against simple. At Arizona's own recorded figures, $11,350 buys 5.5 matters at the $2,050 simple median — or, counted in time, 32 implied hours against 9, a factor of 3.6 — the two ratios differing because the rate rises with the tier.
Verified June 2026. Filing fees change on the Arizonacourt's own schedule; billing models are covered in the legal fees guide.
This tool provides general cost estimates for informational purposes only. It is NOT legal advice. Costs vary significantly based on individual circumstances. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for specific guidance.