Item No. |
Fee |
Passport and Citizenship Services |
1. Passport Book or Card Execution: Required for first-time
applicants and others who must apply in person (Applicants applying for
both the book and card simultaneously on the same application pay only
one execution fee.).
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$25 |
2. Passport Book Application Services for: |
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(a) Applicants age 16 or over (including renewals).
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$70 |
(b) Applicants under age 16
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$40 |
(c) Additional passport visa pages
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$82 |
(d) Passport book replacement for name change if submitted within
one year of passport issuance.
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NO FEE |
(e) Passport book replacement for passport book limited in
validity if submitted within one year of passport issuance.
(Passport books limited in validity because of multiple losses,
thefts, damage, or mutilations cannot be replaced).
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NO FEE |
(f) Passport book replacement for data correction (name, date of
birth, place of birth, sex printed erroneously) if submitted within
one year of passport issuance.
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NO FEE |
(g) Passport Book Security Surcharge (Enhanced Border Security
Fee).
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$40 |
3. Expedited service: Passport processing within the expedited
processing period published on the Department's website (see 22 CFR
51.56(b)) and/or in-person service at a U.S. Passport Agency (not
applicable abroad).
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$60 |
4. Exemptions: the following applicants are exempted from all
passport fees listed in Item 2 above: |
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(a) Officers or employees of the United States and their
immediate family members (22 U.S.C. 214) and Peace Corps Volunteers
and Leaders (22 U.S.C. 2504(h)) proceeding abroad or returning to
the United States in the discharge of their official duties.
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NO FEE |
(b) U.S. citizen seamen who require a passport in connection with
their duties aboard an American flag vessel (22 U.S.C. 214(a)).
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NO FEE |
(c) Widows, children, parents, or siblings of deceased members of
the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the graves of such
members (22 U.S.C. 214(a)).
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NO FEE |
(d) Employees of the American National Red Cross proceeding
abroad as members of the Armed Forces of the United States (10 U.S.C.
2602(c)).
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NO FEE |
5. Travel Letter: Provided in rare, life-or-death situations as an
emergency accommodation to a U.S. citizen returning to the United States
when the consular officer is unable to issue a passport book. |
NO FEE unless consular time charges (Item 75) apply |
6. File search and verification of U.S. citizenship: When applicant
has not presented evidence of citizenship and previous records must be
searched (except for an applicant abroad whose passport was stoeln or
lost abroad or when one of the exemptions is applicable). |
$150 |
7. Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of
the United States. |
$100 |
8. Documentation of formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship. |
$450 |
9. Passport Card Application Services for: |
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(a) Applicants age 16 or over (including renewals) [Adult
Passport Card].
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$30 |
(b) Applicants under age 16 [Minor Passport Card].
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$15 |
(c) Passport card replacement for name change if submitted within
one year of passport issuance.
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NO FEE |
(d) Passport card replacement for data correction (name, date of
birth, place of birth, sex printed erroneously) if submitted within
one year of passport issuance.
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NO FEE |
(Item 10 vacant.) |
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Overseas Citizens Arrests, Welfare and Whereabouts and Related Services |
11. Arrest and prison visits |
NO FEE |
12. Assistance regarding the welfare and whereabouts of a U.S.
Citizen, including child custody inquiries and processing of
repatriation and emergency dietary assistance loans. |
NO FEE. |
(Item 13 vacant.) |
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Death and Estate Services |
14. Assistance to next-of-kin: |
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(a) After the death of a U.S. citizen abroad (providing assistance
in disposition of remains, making arrangements for shipping remains,
issuing Consular Mortuary Certificate, and providing up to 20
original Consular Reports of Death).
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NO FEE |
(b) Making arrangements for a deceased non-U.S. citizen family
member (providing assistance in shipping or other disposition of
remains of a non-U.S. citizen).
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$200 plus expenses |
15. Issuance of Consular Mortuary Certificate on behalf of a non-U.S.
Citizen. |
$60 |
16. Acting as a provisional conservator of estates of U.S. Citizens: |
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(a) Taking possession of personal effects; making an inventory
under an official seal (unless significant time and/or expenses
incurred).
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NO FEE |
(b) Overseeing the appraisal, sale, and final disposition of the
estate, including disbursing funds, forwarding securities, etc.
(unless significant time and/or expenses incurred).
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NO FEE |
(c) For services listed in Item 16(a) or (b) when significant
time and/or expenses are incurred.
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Consular time (Item 75) plus expenses. |
(Items 17 through 19 vacant.) |
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Nonimmigrant Visa Services |
20. Filing Nonimmigrant Visa Petition Based on Blanket L Petition
(collected for USCIS and subject to change) |
For fee amount, see
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1). |
(a) Petition for a nonimmigrant worker (Form I-129)
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For fee amount, see
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1). |
(b) Nonimmigrant petition based on blanket L petition
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For fee amount, see
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1). |
21. Nonimmigrant visa application and border crossing card
processing fees (per person): |
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(a) Non-petition-based nonimmigrant visa (except E category).
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$160 |
(b) H, L, O, P, Q and R category nonimmigrant visa.
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$190 |
(c) E category nonimmigrant visa.
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$270 |
(d) K category nonimmigrant visa
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$240 |
(e) Border crossing card -- age 15 and over (valid 10 years).
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$160 |
(f) Border crossing card -- under age 15; for Mexican citizens if
parent or guardian has or is applying for a border crossing card
(valid 10 years or until the applicant reaches age 15, whichever is
sooner).
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$15 |
22. EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa application processing fee: |
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(a) Applicants for A, G, C-3, NATO and diplomatic visas as
defined in
22 CFR 41.26.
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NO FEE |
(b) Applicants for J visas participating in official U.S.
Government-sponsored educational and cultural exchanges.
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NO FEE |
(c) Replacement Machine-Readable Visa when the original visa was
not properly affixed or needs to be reissued through no fault of the
applicant.
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NO FEE |
(d) Applicants exempted by international agreement as determined
by the Department, including members and staff of an observer
mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General
Assembly, and their immediate families.
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NO FEE |
(e) Applicants traveling to provide charitable services as
determined by the Department.
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NO FEE |
(f) U.S. Government employees traveling on official business.
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NO FEE |
(g) A parent, sibling, spouse, or child of a U.S. Government
employee killed in the line of duty who is traveling to attend the
employee's funeral and/or burial; or a parent, sibling, spouse, son,
or daughter of a U.S. Government employee critically injured in the
line of duty for visitation during emergency treatment and
convalescence.
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NO FEE |
23. Nonimmigrant visa issuance fee, including border-crossing cards
(Reciprocity Fee). |
RECIPROCAL |
24. EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa issuance fee: |
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(a) An official representative of a foreign government or an
international or regional organization of which the U.S. is a
member; members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations
Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly; and applicants
for diplomatic visas as defined under Item 22(a); and their
immediate families.
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NO FEE |
(b) An applicant transiting to and from the United Nations
Headquarters.
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NO FEE |
(c) An applicant participating in a U.S. Government-sponsored
program.
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NO FEE |
(d) An applicant traveling to provide charitable services as
determined by the Department.
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NO FEE |
25. Fraud prevention and detection fee for visa applicant included
in L blanket petition (principal applicant only). |
$500 |
(Items 26 through 30 reserved.) |
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Immigrant and Special Visa Services |
31. Filing immigrant visa petition (collected for USCIS and subject
to change) |
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(a) Petition to classify status of alien relative for issuance of
immigrant visa.
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For fee amount, see
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1) |
(b) Petition to classify orphan as an immediate relative.
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For fee amount, see
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1) |
32. Immigrant visa application processing fee (per person) |
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(a) Immediate relative and family preference applications.
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$230 |
(b) Employment-based applications
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$405 |
(c) Other immigrant visa applications (including I-360 self-petitioners, special immigrant visa
applicants).
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$220 |
(d) Certain Iraqi and Afghan special immigrant visa applications
(per 8 U.S.C. 1101 note; 11 U.S.C. 1157 note).
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NO FEE |
33. Diversity Visa Lottery fee (per person applying as a result of
the lottery program). |
$330 |
34. Affidavit of Support Review (only when reviewed domestically). |
$88 |
35. Special visa services: |
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(a) Determining Returning Resident Status
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$275 |
(b) Waiver of two-year residency requirement.
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$215 |
(c) Waiver of immigrant visa ineligibility (collected for USCIS
and subject to change).
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For fee amount, see
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1) |
(d) Refugee or significant public benefit parole case processing.
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NO FEE |
36. Immigrant visa security surcharge. |
$74 |
(Items 37 through 40 reserved.) |
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Documentary Services |
41. Providing notarial service: |
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(a) First service (seal)
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$50 |
(b) Each additional seal provided at the same time in connection
with the same transaction.
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$50 |
42. Certification of a true copy or that no record of an official
file can be located (by a post abroad): |
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(a) First Copy
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$50 |
(b) Each additional copy provided at the same time.
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$50 |
43. Provision of documents, certified copies of documents, and other
certifications by the Department of State (domestic): |
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(a) Documents relating to births, marriages, and deaths of U.S.
citizens abroad originally issued by a U.S. embassy or consulate.
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$50 |
(b) Issuance of Replacement Report of Birth Abroad.
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$50 |
(c) Certified copies of documents relating to births and deaths
within the former Canal Zone of Panama from records maintained by
the Canal Zone Government from 1904 to September 30, 1979.
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$50 |
(d) Certifying a copy of a document or extract from an official
passport record.
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$50 |
(e) Certifying that no record of an official file can be located.
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$50 |
(f) Each additional copy provided at same time.
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$50 |
44. Authentications (by posts abroad): |
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(a) Authenticating a foreign notary or other foreign official
seal or signature
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$50 |
(b) Authenticating a U.S. Federal, State, or territorial seal.
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$50 |
(c) Certifying to the official status of an officer of the U.S.
Department of State or of a foreign diplomatic or consular officer
accredited to or recognized by the U.S. Government.
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$50 |
(d) Each authentication.
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$50 |
45. Exemptions: Notarial, certification, and authentication fees
(Items 41-44) or passport file search fees (item 6) will not be charged
when the service is performed: |
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(a) At the direct request of any Federal government agency, any
state or local government, the District of Columbia, or any of the
territories or possessions of the United States (unless significant
costs would be incurred).
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NO FEE |
(b) With respect to documents to be presented by claimants,
beneficiaries, or their witnesses in connection with obtaining
Federal, state, or municipal benefits.
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NO FEE |
(c) For U.S. citizens outside the United States preparing ballots
for any public election in the United States or any of its
territories.
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NO FEE |
(d) At the direct request of a foreign government or an
international agency of which the United States is a member if the
documents are for official noncommercial use.
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NO FEE |
(e) At the direct request of a foreign government official when
appropriate or as a reciprocal courtesy.
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NO FEE |
(f) At the request of direct-hire U.S. Government personnel,
Peace Corps volunteers, or their dependents stationed or traveling
officially in a foreign country.
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NO FEE |
(g) With respect to documents whose production is ordered by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
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NO FEE |
(h) With respect to affidavits of support for immigrant visa
applications.
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NO FEE |
(i) With respect to endorsing U.S. Savings Bonds Certificates.
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NO FEE |
(Items 46 through 50 reserved.) |
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Judicial Assistance Services |
51. Processing letters rogatory and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(FSIA) judicial assistance cases, including providing seal and
certificate for return of letters rogatory executed by foreign
officials. |
$2,275 |
52. Taking depositions or executing commissions to take testimony: |
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(a) Scheduling/arranging appointments for depositions, including
depositions by video teleconference (per daily appointment).
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$1,283 |
(b) Attending or taking depositions, or executing commissions to
take testimony expenses (per hour or part thereof).
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$309 per hour plus expenses |
(c) Swearing in witnesses for telephone depositions.
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Consular time (Item 75) plus expenses |
(d) Supervising telephone depositions (per hour or part thereof
over the first hour).
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Consular time (Item 75) plus expenses |
(e) Providing seal and certification of depositions.
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$415 |
53. Exemptions: Deposition or executing commissions to take
testimony. Fees (Item 52) will not be charged when the service is
performed: |
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(a) At the direct request of any Federal Government agency, any
state or local government, the District of Columbia, or any of the
territories or possessions of the United States (unless significant
time required and/or expenses would be incurred).
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NO FEE |
(b) Executing commissions to take testimony in connection with
foreign documents for use in criminal cases when the commission is
accompanied by an order of Federal court on behalf of an indigent
party.
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NO FEE |
(Items 54 through 60 reserved.) |
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Services Relating to Vessels and Seamen |
61. Shipping and Seaman's services: Including but not limited to
recording a bill of sale of a vessel purchased abroad, renewal of a
marine radio license, and issuance of certificate of American ownership. |
Consular time (Item 75) plus expenses |
(Items 62 through 70 reserved.) |
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Administrative Services |
71. Non-emergency telephone calls |
$10 plus long distance charges |
72. Setting up and maintaining a trust account: For 1 year or less
to transfer funds to or for the benefit of a U.S. citizen in need in a
foreign country. |
$30 |
73. Transportation charges incurred in the performance of fee and
no-fee services when appropriate and necessary. |
Expenses incurred. |
74. Return check processing fee. |
$25 |
75. Consular time charges: As required by this Schedule and for fee
services performed away from the office or during after-duty hours (per
hour or part thereof/per consular employee). |
$231 |
76. Photocopies (per page). |
$1 |
(Items 77 through 80 reserved.) |
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