Visa Fees Hiked: US visa has become expensive, know how much extra you will have to pay now?
America Visa Fees Hiked: Indians wishing to get US visa have got a big shock. Because getting US visa has become more expensive. A new order is going to be implemented under One Big Beautiful Act, after which additional money will have to be paid to get US visa.
America Visa Fees Hiked: Getting a US visa has become more expensive. The Trump government has made a provision of a new visa integrity fee of $250 (Rs 21,546) for all non-immigrant visas, which will be $185 (Rs 15,944) extra from the existing visa fee. This provision is part of the One Big Beautiful Act recently passed in the US Parliament, which will come into effect from the coming financial year.
According to the new order, those applicants who follow the rules completely after getting the visa and leave the US on time will be refunded this extra fee. This decision will affect all those countries including India, whose people come to America for studies, jobs or on tourist visas. At the same time, America’s new order will also put an economic burden on the people. At the same time, it can also affect America.
America gives 2 types of visas
Let us tell you that America gives 2 types of visas to people coming from other countries. One is a non-immigrant visa, which is given for temporary stay. The second immigrant visa is given to people, which is given for permanent residence. America has increased the fees of non-immigrant visa. Non-immigrant visa is given for tourism, business, study or any other work. B-1/B-2 visa is available for tourism, business and medical treatment. America gives F-1 visa for study, H-1B visa for servant, J-1 visa for any kind of exchange program and H-2A/H-2B visa for agricultural and non-agricultural work.
Immigrant visa is also given to people by America. Immigrant visa is given to those who want to reside permanently in America. Want to do business permanently in America. Under this, family based visa is given to a relative of an American citizen living abroad or to a relative of a person who has come from abroad and has permanently settled in America. Employment based visa is given on the basis of investment. Apart from this, 55000 visas are given every year through lottery.
You can contact here for visa
People can contact the US Embassy in India for US visa. One can log on to the embassy’s website https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/in.usembassy.gov. To check the status of the visa, one can log on to https://ceac.state.gov/CEAC/. Indians can contact support-india@usvisascheduling.com to resolve visa related queries.
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