The Department of State announced that effective June 4, 2010, new visa fees will be collected at all U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world. As of June 4, the $131 nonimmigrant visa fee will no longer apply. The increased fees reflect the increase in time and costs for the posts to process certain categories of nonimmigrant visas for those coming to the United States. The new fees are listed below:
Under the new schedule of fees, applicants for all visas that are not petition-based, including B1/B2 tourist and
business visitor visas and all student and exchange visitor (F, M and J) visas, will pay a fee of $140.
Applicants for petition-based visas will pay an application fee of $150. These categories include:
· H visa for temporary workers and trainees
· L visa for intracompany transferees
· O visa for aliens with extraordinary ability
· P visa for athletes, artists and entertainers
· Q visa for international cultural exchange visitors
· R visa for religious occupations
The application fee for K visas for fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens will be $350.
The fee for E visas for treaty-traders and treatyinvestors
will be $390.
This fee increase information may also be found on the Department of State, Travel.state.gov internet site, on the Fees for Visa Services webpage, and also on U.S. Embassy and Consulate websites abroad. Only the fees for
nonimmigrant visas will change on June 4.
