Coming to the United States Temporarily - Nonimmigrant Visa Services
Coming to the United States Permanently - Immigrant Services
Special Visa Services
This webpage lists visa application fees and other visa related fees collected by Department of State. Note that many immigration-related forms are submitted to the Department of Homeland Security’s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and not to the Department of State. If the type of information or form you are seeking is not shown here, select USCIS Forms and Feesto go to the USCIS Website to review more.
Coming to the United States Temporarily - Nonimmigrant Visa Services
Nonimmigrant visa application processing feesare tiered, as shown below, based on the visa category for which you are applying.
Notice: Every visa applicant must pay the visa application processing fee for the visa category being applied for, unless the application fee is not required, as listed below.
Description of Service and Fee Amount (All fees = $ in US currency)
Nonimmigrant visa application processing fee (non-refundable) for all categories below
- Non-petition-based nonimmigrant visa (except E): $185.00
Includes (but not limited to), the following visa categories:
B | Visitor Visa: Business, Tourism, Medical treatment |
C-1 | Transiting the United States |
D | Crewmembers - Airline, Ship |
F | Student, Academic |
I | Media and Journalists |
J | Exchange Visitors *Applicantsfor J visas participating in official U.S. Government-sponsored educational and cultural exchanges:No Fee(SeeExchange Visitor Visasfor further detailed fee information.) |
M | Students, Vocational |
TN/TD | NAFTA Professionals |
| S | Witness or Informant* |
T | Victim of Trafficking in Persons* |
U | Victim of Criminal Activity* |
*Though petition-based nonimmigrant visas, the processing fee for these visas is $185.00
- Petition based visa categories: $205.00
Includes these visa categories:
H | Temporary Workers/Employment or Trainees |
L | Intracompany Transferees |
O | Persons with Extraordinary Ability |
P | Athletes. Artists & Entertainers |
Q | International Cultural Exchange |
R | Religious Worker |
- E - Treaty Trader/Investor, Australian Professional Specialty category visa: $315.00
- K – Fiancé(e) or Spouse of U.S. citizen category visa: $265.00
Border crossing card fees
- Border crossing card - age 15 and over (Valid 10 years): $185.00
- Border crossing card - under age 15; for Mexican citizens if parent or guardian has or is applying for a border crossing card (valid 10 years or until the applicant reaches age 15, whichever is sooner): $15.00
Other Fees
- L visa fraud prevention and detection fee - for visa applicant included in L blanket petition (principal applicant only): $500.00
- The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-113) increases fees for certain H-1B and L-1 petitioners. Consular sections collect this fee for blanket L-1 visa applications (principal applicant only) filed by petitioners who employ 50 or more individuals in the United States if more than 50 percent of those individuals are in H-1B or L-1 nonimmigrant status: $4,500.00
When the nonimmigrant visa application processing fee is not required:
- Applicants for A, G, C-2, C-3, NATO, and diplomatic visas (defined in 22 CFR 41.26): No Fee
- Applicantsfor J visas participating in official U.S. Government-sponsored educational and cultural exchanges: No Fee (See Exchange Visitor Visas for further detailed fee information.)
- Replacement of machine-readable visa when the original visa was not properly affixed or needs to be reissued through no fault of the applicant: No Fee
- Applicants exempted by international agreement as determined by Visa Services, including members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly, and their immediate families: No Fee
- Applicants travelling to provide charitable services as determined by
Visa Services: No Fee - U.S. government employees travelling on official business: No Fee
- A parent, sibling, spouse or child of a U.S. government employee killed in the line of duty who is traveling to attend the employee’s funeral and/or burial; or a parent, sibling, spouse, son or daughter of a U.S. government employee critically injured in the line of duty for visitation during emergency treatment and convalescence: No Fee
Nonimmigrant visa issuance fee, including border-crossing cards.
- See theVisa Reciprocity Tablesto find out the visa issuance fee amount, if applicable: Fee varies (Reciprocal)
When the nonimmigrant visa issuance fee is not required:
- An official representative of a foreign government or an international or regional organization of which the United States 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
- An applicant transiting to and from the United Nations Headquarters:No Fee
- An applicant participating in a U.S. government sponsored program which may include applicant’s dependent spouse and children:No Fee
- An applicant travelling to provide charitable services as determined by Visa Services:No Fee
Other - When a Visa is Not Required - Visa Waiver Program
- Citizens of Visa Waiver Program participating countries, and meeting requirements pay a small fee. Select USCIS fees to learn more.
Coming to the United States Permanently - Immigrant Services
Immigrant visa application processing fees are tiered, as shown below, based on the visa category you apply for.
Notice: Every visa applicant must pay the visa application processing fee for the visa category being applied for.
Description of Service and Fee Amount (All fees = $ in US currency)
Filing an Immigrant Visa Petition(When collected by U.S. Embassies and Consulates for USCIS. Fees subject to change.)
| Immigrant petition for relative (I-130) | $675.00 |
Orphan (intercountry adoption)immediate relative petition(I-600,I-800) | $775.00 |
Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fees (non-refundable, per person)
Immediate relative and family preference applications(processed on the basis of an approved I-130, I-600 or I-800 petition) | $325.00 |
Employment-based applications(processed on the basis of an approved I-140 or I-526 petition) | $345.00 |
Other immigrant visa applications(including approved I-360 self-petitioners, special immigrant visa applicants, returning resident (SB-1) applicants, and all others, except DV program selectees) | $205.00 |
Certain Iraqi and Afghan special immigrant visa applications | No Fee |
Other Fees
Diversity Visa Lottery fee (per person applying as a DV program selectee for a DV category immigrant visa) | $330.00 |
Affidavit of Support Review (only when reviewed domestically) | $120.00 |
Note: Forms and fee amounts are listed for immigration petitions which are submitted to Department of State, either accepted at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad, or within the United States to the National Visa Center or Kentucky Consular Center. Other immigration related forms can only be approved by the Department of Homeland Security's United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). For other fees (relating to forms starting with an "I" select USCIS Forms and Fees for additional information.
Special Visa Services
Description of Service and Fee Amount (All fees = $ in US currency)
Application for Determining Returning Resident Status, Form DS-117 | $180.00 |
Transportation letter for Legal Permanent Residents of the United States | $575.00 |
Application for Waiver of two-year residency requirement, J Waiver, Form DS-3035 | $120.00 |
Application for Waiver of visa ineligibility, Form I-601 (Collected for USCIS and subject to change) | $930.00 |
Refugee or significant public benefit parole case processing | No Fee |
Note: These fee charts are based on the Code of Federal Regulations - Title 22, Part 22, Sections 22.1 through 22.7.)
