US Visa processing fees to change from April 13

Effective April 13, the United States Department of State will adjust visa processing fees. 
According to a statement by the Embassy, the fees for most nonimmigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards will
increase, while all immigrant visa processing fees will decrease.
"The Department is required to recover, as far as possible, the cost of processing visas through the collection of application fees.  For a number of reasons, the current fees no longer cover the actual cost of processing nonimmigrant visas.  The nonimmigrant visa fee increase will support the addition and expansion of overseas facilities, as well as additional staffing required to meet increased visa demand. "Although most categories of nonimmigrant visa processing fees will increase, the fee for E visas (treaty-traders and treaty-investors) and K visas (for fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens) will decrease" the embassy said.
A breakdown of the Nonimmigrant Visa processing  fees is as follows: 
Tourist, Business, Transit, Crew Member, Student, Exchange Visitor, and Journalist visas  which was $140 is now to cost $160
Petition-Based visas (H, L, O, P, Q, and R) $150 now $190
Treaty Investor and Trader visas (E) $390 now $270
Fiancé(e) visas (K) $350 now $240
Border Crossing Cards (age 15 and older) $140 now $160
Border Crossing Cards (under age 15) $14 now $15
Because of a reallocation of costs associated with immigrant visas, all categories of immigrant visa processing fees will decrease. 
Immediate Relative and Family Preference Applications $330 now $230
Employment-Based Applications $720 now $405
Other Immigrant Visa Applications $305 now $220
Diversity Visa Program Fee $440 now $330
Determining Returning Resident Status $380 now $275
The proposed fees were published in the Federal Register on friday, and will take effect in 15 days.  To view the interim final rule, visit www.regulations.gov.  Comments will be accepted until 60 days after publication.  At that time, the Department will consider the public comments, and the published final rule will include the Department’s response to any comments received.
Fee information may also be found on the Bureau of Consular Affairs website, travel.state.gov.

Source- The Nation

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