beginning june 4, 2010 important changes go into effect regarding payment of non-immigrant visas applications fees:
* a new, tiered visa application fee is being introduced. For most applicants the new visa application fee is us $140. This includes applicants for visitor and business visitor visas (categories b-1 and b-2), student visas (category f) and exchange visitor visas (category j).
* for applicants for most petition-based visas (categories h, l, o, p, q and r) the new visa application fee is $150.
