In a Federal Register Notice last week, the Department of State (DOS) announced an increase in their fee structure for non-immigrant and immigrant visa case processing at US Consulates and Embassies.

The fee being proposed for Immigrant Visas for both family and employment-based cases would be based on a new 4-tier fee structure.  Presently, both pay $355 plus an MRV (machine readable visa) fee of $45 (total $400).  They are proposing a lower fee for family-based immigrant visas ($330 + $45) and a much higher fee for employment-based immigrant visas $720 + $45.  There will be another fee tier for self-petitioned cases and humanitarian cases.

The Affidavit of Support review fee is proposed to go from $70 to $88 for family-based cases.

There appears to not be a fee increase at this time for non-immigrant visa applications which are currently $131 USD.