The United States government has increased visa fees for non-immigrant visa (NIV) categories, including tourists and international students, who intend to travel to the US and require a visa.
The announcement of the fee increase was made by the US Department of State and published on the US official government website, state.gov.
According to the announcement, visa fees for non-immigrant categories such as the student visa will be increased from the current amount of $160 to a new amount of $185.
The statement read: “The fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2), 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 new visa prices will be effective from May 30, 2023.
The United States receives between 900,000 to 1 million international students every year on average, according to data from the statistics website Statista.
