Department of State Interim Final Rule Changes Fees for Certain Visas and Border Crossing Cards

19 May 2010

The Department of State has just published an interim final rule that proposes to change the fees for consular services for nonimmigrant visas and border crossing card application processing fees. The rule proposes to raise the fee for processing most non-petition-based nonimmigrant visas and Adult Border Crossing Cards from $131 to $140.

In addition, the rule creates new tiers of application fees for certain categories of petition-based nonimmigrant visas and treaty trader and investor visas. Additionally, the interim rule proposes to increase by one dollar the $13 Border Crossing Card fee for Mexican citizen minors who apply in Mexico and whose parent or guardian already has a card or is applying for one.