Visa Services
Fees
The list of fees (all listed in U.S. dollars) as of January 1, 2008 for related visa services is as follows:
Nonimmigrant Visa Services
*Nonimmigrant visa application and border crossing card processing
fees (per person):
(a) Nonimmigrant visa……$131 USD*
(b) Border crossing card - 10 year (age 15 and over)....$100 USD*
(c) Border crossing card - (under age 15). For Mexican citizen if parent or guardian has or is applying for a border crossing card ……$13 USD
(d) Fraud prevention and detection fee for principal applicants applying for H1B and L-1 visas under blanket provisions abroad .......................$500 USD
*EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa application processing fee:
(a) Applicants for A, G, C-3, NATO and diplomatic visas as defined in 22 CFR 41.26 ……NO FEE
(b) Applicants for J visas participating in official U.S. Government sponsored educational and cultural exchanges.....NO FEE
(c) Replacement machine-readable visa when the original visa was not properly affixed or needs to be reissued through no fault of the applicant…..NO FEE
(d) Applicants exempted by international agreement as determined by the Department, including members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly, and their immediate families…………NO FEE
(e) Applicants traveling to provide charitable services as determined by the Department......NO FEE
(f) U.S. Government employees traveling on official business…….NO FEE
*Nonimmigrant visa issuance fee, including border-crossing cards - RECIPROCAL
*EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa issuance fee:
(a) An official representative of a foreign government or an international or regional organization of which the U.S. is a member; members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly; and applicants for diplomatic visas as defined under item 22(a); and their immediate families.......NO FEE
(b) An applicant transiting to and from the United Nations Headquarters….NO FEE
(c) An applicant participating in a U.S. Government sponsored program…..NO FEE
(d) An applicant traveling to provide charitable services as determined by the Department.....NO FEE
Immigrant Visa Services
*Immigrant visa application processing fee (per person)…………$355 USD
*Filing immigrant visa petition (Collected for INS and subject to change)
Petition to classify status of alien relative for issuance of IV.…$130 USD
*Petition to classify orphan as an immediate relative ……….$460 USD
*Diversity Visa Lottery surcharge for immigrant visa application (per person
applying as a result of the lottery program) ………………..$375 USD
*Affidavit of Support Review (only when AOS is reviewed domestically)....$70 USD
Note: An additional $45 USD surcharge will be applied to all immigrant visa services.
Special Visa Services
*Determining Returning Resident Status......$400 USD
*Transportation letter for Legal Permanent Residents of U.S....$165 USD
*Waiver of 2-year residence requirement....$215 USD
*Waiver of immigrant visa ineligibility (collected for INS, subject to change)...$265 USD
*Refugee or significant public benefit parole case processing...NO FEE
*U.S. Visa Fingerprinting.....$85 USD
*Notarial Service Fee....$30 USD
Administrative Service Fees
*Non-emergency telephone calls...Long distance charge plus $10 USD
*Return check processing fee....$25 USD
*Photocopies (per page)...........$1 USD