New $250 U.S. Visa Integrity Fee To Raise Costs For American Visitors
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The new U.S. Visa Integrity Fee will be important to know about for any of your relatives, friends, or business associates planning to visit the United States in the coming months. Starting in late 2025, the U.S. government will begin charging a $250 “Visa Integrity Fee” to most foreign nationals applying for a U.S. visa. This fee was established under the One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on July 4, 2025, and is likely to affect millions of travelers.
Who Has to Pay The U.S. Visa Integrity Fee?
The fee applies to almost all nonimmigrant visa categories: tourist and business (B-1/B-2), student (F/M), work (H-1B/H-4), and exchange visas (J). Applicants from non-waiver countries,such as China, India, Nigeria, and Brazil,will have to pay the visa integrity fee of $250 in addition to their other required fees. Most tourists coming from Africa, Latin America, and South America as well as select countries in Asia and the Middle East, will also be subject to the new $250 levy. On the other hand, visitors from Visa Waiver Program countries,such as the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and South Korea,won’t be affected. Most Canadians and Bermudians will also be exempt from paying the fee. Diplomats in parts of the Middle East, as well as official visa holders, may qualify for special waivers.---- quote end
I did not even notice this one in the big beautiful bill.