State Dept. Proposes Increase in Nonimmigrant Visa Application, BCC Fees

The Department of State published a proposed rule (PDF) on December 14, 2009, to increase nonimmigrant visa application processing and Border Crossing Card (BCC) fees. Under the proposed rule:

• Applicants for all visas that are not petition-based, including B-1/B-2 tourist and business visitor visas and student/exchange visitor visas, would pay $140
• Applicants for petition-based visas (H, L, O, P, Q, R) would pay $150
• Applicants for treaty traders and investors (E) would pay $390
• Applicants for K visas would pay $350
• Applicants for nonpetition-based machine-readable visas (except E category) and BCC applications, with the exception of certain Mexican citizen minors’ BCCs, would pay $140

Press Release (PDF)