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 Fees to go to the USCIS Website to review more.
Nonimmigrant visa application processing fees are 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.
Nonimmigrant visa application processing fee (non-refundable) for all categories below
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 *Applicants for J visas participating in official U.S. Government-sponsored educational and cultural exchanges: No Fee (See Exchange Visitor Visas for 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
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 |
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.
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.)