New US$250 visa “Integrity Fee” takes effect today

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US Hikes Immigration and Visa Fees Starting October

The United States is raising a series of immigration fees this fall, adding new costs for foreign travelers and immigrants.

Customs and Border Protection said the fee for the I-94 Arrival/Departure Record at land borders will rise from $6 to $30 on Sept. 30. The change includes a new $24 surcharge.

Beginning Oct. 1, a $250 “Visa Integrity Fee” will apply to immigrants, with annual increases tied to inflation. The Electronic System for Travel Authorization fee will nearly double from $21 to $40, and enrollment in the Electronic Visa Update System will cost $30, up from no charge.

The State Department is also raising visa application fees. Non-petition-based visas such as B1/B2 tourist and business visas, student visas, and transit visas will climb from $185 to $460 — a 148% increase.

Other new charges include $550 for initial work authorization applications, $275 for renewals, and $100 for asylum applications, along with an annual $100 asylum maintenance fee.

Officials said the higher fees are meant to fund processing, security, and enforcement measures.

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7 COMMENTS

  1. what are we Charging them to come to our country? To Hell with America and their Visa.Me Go Tap Right ya. America is not the place is used to be.

  2. All this for a one-way ticket to Hell presided over by none other than Satan himself! What does Hell contain so, that people would want to pay exorbitant entrance fees for a visit with no guarantees of a safe return home. Whether in Church, school, a store or mall, or simply walking in the street, your chances of being killed in hellish gunfire are extremely high! As we say locally, ” Merica nah Inna
    nutten now tarl!”. Tap home and save yu money!

  3. When America falls and believe me it will, me go laugh till me mouth corner tearrr and with the idiot in charge it’s just a matter of time

  5. That would never happen in your lifetime so if you need to laugh do so now. Just like you hear Jesus coming soon.

  6. Hate American policies all we want but the day Americans takes their shitty money made in their shitty country to other regions as Tourist, tourism tiff tone dead and so too will your main revenue earner.
    To those who think America is the worst devil, then migrate to China and set up your family there. It’s that simple.

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