Visa Fees

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Overview

Visa applicants, including children, are required to pay a non-refundable, non-transferable visa application fee, sometimes referred to as the MRV fee, before applying for a nonimmigrant visa. The visa application fee must be paid whether a visa is issued or not. The type of visa for which you apply determines the fee amount. This webpage lists nonimmigrant visa application fees only. For information on other fees which are paid directly to the National Visa Center, the U.S. Embassy/Consulates or to the Department of Homeland Security, please see here.

Remember, the MRV fee is a non-refundable and non-transferable. Please confirm whether or not you need to apply for a visa. You may not need to apply for a new U.S. visa if you already hold a valid U.S. visa or are a national of a Visa Waiver Program participating country.

Payment Information

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Although fees are listed in U.S. dollars, payment must be made using local currency. You can pay at any Pay Easy ATM. At these ATMs, applicants pay by cash, or if they are a customer of one of the consortium banks, they may pay by debit card. In addition, applicants can pay online using Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) or credit card. More information about payment options is here. To find a Pay Easy ATM branch, click here.

Restrictions

All nonimmigrant visa application fee (also known as the MRV fee) payments made on or after October 1, 2022, are valid for 365 days from the date a receipt is issued for payment of the MRV fee.  Applicants must schedule an interview appointment or submit an interview waiver application during this 365-day period.  Please note applicants must only schedule their interview or submit their waiver application within the 365-day period.  There is no requirement the interview must occur during the 365-day period.  All receipts for payment of MRV fees issued before October 1, 2022, were extended until September 30, 2023, and remain valid until this date.

Visa Types and Application Fee Amounts

The application fees are shown below and apply to one visa application. The application fee for the most common nonimmigrant visa types is US$160. This includes tourist, business, student, and exchange visas. Most petition-based visas, such as work and religious visas, are US$190.00. K visas cost US$265.00 and the fee amount for E visas is US$205.00. The tables below are a more comprehensive list of visa types and fee amounts.

Following the tables is a short list of nonimmigrant visas which do not require payment of an application fee.

Visa Types and Application Fee Amounts - Sorted by Fee Class
Fee Amount (USD) Fee Amount (JPY) Visa Type Description
$160 N/A B Business/Tourist
$160 N/A C-1 Transit
$160 N/A C-1/D Transit and Airline Crew
$160 N/A D Ship Crew
$160 N/A F Student (academic)
$160 N/A I Journalist and Media
$160 N/A J Exchange Visitors
(*Fee exemption for certain J programs)
$160 N/A M Student (vocational)
$160 N/A T Victim of Human Trafficking
$160 N/A TN/TD NAFTA Professionals
$160 N/A U Victim of Criminal Activity
$190 N/A CW Transitional Workers CNMI
$190 N/A H Temporary/Seasonal Workers and Employment, Trainees
$190 N/A L Intracompany Transferees
$190 N/A O Persons with Extraordinary Ability
$190 N/A P Athletes. Artists & Entertainers
$190 N/A Q International Cultural Exchange
$190 N/A R Religious Worker
$265 N/A K Fiancé(e) of U.S. Citizen
$205 N/A E Treaty Trader/Investor, Australian Professional Specialty, Long-Term Investor CNMI
Visa Types and Application Fee Amounts - Sorted by Visa Type
Visa Type Description Fee Amount (USD) Fee Amount (JPY)
B Business/Tourist $160 N/A
C-1 Transit $160 N/A
C-1/D Transit and Airline Crew $160 N/A
CW Transitional Worker CNMI $190 N/A
D Ship Crew $160 N/A
E Treaty Trader/Investor, Australian Professional Specialty, Long-Term Investor CNMI $205 N/A
F Student (academic) $160 N/A
H Temporary/Seasonal Workers and Employment, Trainees $190 N/A
I Journalist and Media $160 N/A
J Exchange Visitor
(*Fee exemption for certain J programs)		 $160 N/A
K Fiancé(e) of U.S. Citizen $265 N/A
L Intracompany Transferees $190 N/A
M Student (vocational) $160 N/A
O Persons with Extraordinary Ability $190 N/A
P Athletes. Artists & Entertainers $190 N/A
Q International Cultural Exchange $190 N/A
R Religious Worker $190 N/A
T Victim of Human Trafficking $160 N/A
U Victim of Criminal Activity $160 N/A
TN/TD NAFTA Professionals $160 N/A

Visa Types and Conditions with No Fee Required

  • Applicants for A, G, C-2, C-3, NATO, and diplomatic visas (as defined in 22 CFR 41.26)
  • J visa applicants and their dependents, if participating in a Department of State, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), or a federally funded educational and cultural exchange program which has a program serial number beginning with G-1, G-2, G-3, or G-7 printed on Form DS-2019 (NOTE: Neither application fee nor SEVIS fee payments are required)
  • Applicants exempted by international agreement, including members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly, and their immediate families
  • U.S. Government employees traveling on official business
  • 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

Other Fees

  • If the principal applicant is applying for an L-1 visa under the blanket L visa petition, the principal applicant must pay a $500 fraud prevention and detection fee or the Consolidated Appropriations Act fee$4,500 if certain conditions apply at the time of their visa interview in the embassy. This must be paid each time a new I-129-S is submitted.

    Note: The U.S. petitioner pays the Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee for individual L, H-1B, and H-2B petitions when the petition is filed with USCIS.

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