SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Also the $165 fee is not applicable to only DV applicants. It's a fee that must now be paid by anyone who has been issued with an IV via consular processing regardless of whether the visa petition is via DV or Family based. So they couldn't have justified the introduction of the new fee by the fact that DV administrative processing fee has been reduced.
It wasn't only the DV fee that got changed though but other IV too iirc?
Anyway if I have time to go check on what they said at the time will do so...not now!