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Non-Immigrant Visa Fees Increased World-wide on January 1, 2008

Malabo, January 7, 2008 – On January 1, 2008, the fee to apply for any non-immigrant visa to enter the United States, including tourist, business, student and other visas, increased to $131 dollars world-wide. 

Procedures for payment of visa fees in Malabo will not change: all applicants for non-immigrant visas to visit the United States, regardless of nationality, should pay either in dollars or the franc CFA local currency equivalent of the visa application fee at the time of the interview at the Consular Section.

The Department of State must periodically adjust fees, whether for visas or other services provided, to comply with U.S. federal legislation requiring it to recuperate the costs of services through fees charged directly to the users of those services.  Advances in security, information-processing systems and inflation have increased processing costs for both immigrant and non-immigrant visas, as well as for certain services provided to U.S. citizens.

Since 2004, the actual cost of processing non-immigrant visa applications has exceeded the revenue from visa application fees.  The last fee increases for non-immigrant visas occurred in 2002. 

For more information on visas refer to:

http://malabo.usembassy.gov/visa_information_niv.html 
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