US Embassy in Phnom Penh
Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa will increase from $100 to $131. Fees for immigrant visas will increase by $20, to $355. These increases will allow the U.S. Department of State to recover the costs of security and other enhancements to the visa application process.
The State Department is required by law to attempt to recover the cost of processing visas through application fees. Because of new security-related costs, new information technology systems, and inflation, the current fees are lower than the actual cost of processing visas. In fact, the non-immigrant visa fee was already lower than the processing cost when the fee was reviewed as a part of a study in 2004. The Department has been absorbing the additional cost. Consular officers are now collecting 10 fingerprints from each applicant, and the cost charged by the FBI to review those fingerprints no longer allows the Department to absorb the excess.
Released December 18, 2007
The State Department is required by law to attempt to recover the cost of processing visas through application fees. Because of new security-related costs, new information technology systems, and inflation, the current fees are lower than the actual cost of processing visas. In fact, the non-immigrant visa fee was already lower than the processing cost when the fee was reviewed as a part of a study in 2004. The Department has been absorbing the additional cost. Consular officers are now collecting 10 fingerprints from each applicant, and the cost charged by the FBI to review those fingerprints no longer allows the Department to absorb the excess.
Released December 18, 2007
