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US Embassy Announces Increase In Non-immigrant Visa Fees by tonywonder(m): 8:22am On Jun 02, 2023
The United States (US) Embassy in Nigeria on Thursday announced an increase in non-immigrant visa application processing fees.

The embassy in a website statement announced that the fees for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1 and B2 visas and Border Crossing Cards), as well as student and exchange visitor visas have been increased.

“The Department of State recently published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees and the Border Crossing Card (BCC) for Mexican citizens age 15 and over,” the embassy said.

"The effective date of the fee increase is postponed from May 30 to June 17, 2023. On June 17, the fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2s and BCCs), and other non-petition based NIVs such as student and exchange visitor visas, will increase from $160 to $185.

“The fee for certain petition-based nonimmigrant visas for temporary workers (H, L, O, P, Q, and R categories) will increase from $190 to $205.

"The fee for a treaty trader, treaty investor, and treaty applicants in a specialty occupation (E category) will increase from $205 to $315.”

The US Embassy said the NIV fees are set based on the actual cost of providing NIV services and are determined after conducting a study of the cost of these services.

It explained that the Department uses an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) methodology to calculate, annually, the cost of providing consular services, including visa services.

The fees for most non-petition based NIVs were last updated in 2012, and certain other NIV fees were last updated in 2014.

According to the US Embassy, other consular fees are not affected by this rule, including the waiver of the two-year residency required fee for certain exchange visitors.

“Visas for work and tourism are essential to President Biden’s foreign policy, and we recognize the critical role international travel plays in the U.S. economy.

https://nationguardnews.com/2023/06/02/us-embassy-announces-increase-in-non-immgrant-visa-fees/

Re: US Embassy Announces Increase In Non-immigrant Visa Fees by proff010: 8:52am On Jun 02, 2023
No be you fault na

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Re: US Embassy Announces Increase In Non-immigrant Visa Fees by Ologundudu2020: 8:53am On Jun 02, 2023
For those still going

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Re: US Embassy Announces Increase In Non-immigrant Visa Fees by tonywonder(m): 8:55am On Jun 02, 2023
proff010:
No be you fault na

cheesy cheesy grin Nigerians na one of their big customers so everly people go wan japa on a steady

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Re: US Embassy Announces Increase In Non-immigrant Visa Fees by tonywonder(m): 8:56am On Jun 02, 2023
Ologundudu2020:
For those still going

US will continue to receive the highest applicants from Nigeria. They are making lots of money from us

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