US will increase visa processing charges for Caribbean guests
The USA Division of State on Tuesday printed a Closing Rule relating to will increase to sure non-immigrant visa software (NIV) processing charges for Caribbean and different guests.
The will increase, printed Tuesday within the US Federal Register, will grow to be efficient on Might 30, 2023.
The State Division mentioned the payment for customer visas for enterprise or tourism (B1/B2s and BCCs), and different non-petition-based NIVs, similar to pupil and change customer visas, will improve from US$160 to US$185.
The payment for sure petition-based non-immigrant visas for non permanent staff (H, L, O, P, Q, and R classes) will improve from US$190 to US$205, the State Division mentioned, including that the payment for a treaty dealer, treaty investor and treaty candidates in a specialty occupation (E class) will improve from US$205 to US$315.
“NIV charges are set based mostly on the precise price of offering NIV companies and are decided after conducting a examine of the price of these companies,” mentioned the State Division, noting that it makes use of an Exercise-Based mostly Costing (ABC) methodology to calculate, yearly, the price of offering consular companies, together with visa companies.
The charges for many non-petition-based NIVs had been final up to date in 2012, and sure different NIV charges had been final up to date in 2014.
The State Division mentioned different consular charges are usually not affected by this rule, together with the waiver of the two-year residency required payment for sure change guests.
“Visas for work and tourism are important to President Biden’s overseas coverage, and we acknowledge the essential position worldwide journey performs within the US financial system,” it mentioned, including “the Division of State is dedicated to facilitating respectable journey to america for each immigrant and non-immigrant vacationers.”
The State Division additionally mentioned that the elevated charges have an effect on the Border Crossing Card (BCC) for Mexican residents age 15 and over.
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