The US Embassy in the Philippines wishes to inform the public that they would raise their visa fees this month. Starting June 4, the visa fee for nonimmigrant visa would have an additional USD9 or Php420. The said increase would be implemented to cope with the rising cost that comes with ensuring efficient and quality service.

The current USD130 or Php6,097 application fee would be raised to USD140 or Php6,566 and it would be applied for the following visa categories: tourist and business visa (B1 and B2 categories), seafarer and crew (C1 and D categories), student (F category) and exchange visitor (J category).

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