[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5372-5377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1930]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
22 CFR Part 22
[Public Notice 4984]
RIN 1400-AB94; 1400-AB95
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and
Overseas Embassies and Consulates
AGENCY: State Department.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This rule adopts as final the Department of State's proposed
rule to revise the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (``Schedule
of Fees'' or ``Schedule''), with four changes, one incorporating and
finalizing an already effective additional exemption to the MRV fee and
the others adding three new fees authorized by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub. L. 108-447). None of these changes are
being made in response to public comments. Only one comment was
received during the period for public comment, but the Department has
decided that the comment does not warrant any changes in the proposed
rule. The additional exemption being added to the Schedule simply
incorporates and finalizes an exemption that has been in effect during
the comment period on the revised Schedule as a result of an Interim
Rule issued pursuant to a separate but related rulemaking. No comments
on the additional exemption were received during the comment period for
that rulemaking. The three new fees are being added because they were
established by legislation enacted after the comment period for this
rulemaking closed. The addition of these fees does not require public
comment. The proposed rule, modified only to incorporate the new
exemption and the new legislatively established fees, is therefore
adopted as final.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective March 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip Min, Office of the Executive
Director, Bureau of Consular Affairs, fax: 202-663-2499; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published a proposed rule in
the Federal Register at 69 FR 42913-42919 on July 19, 2004 (Public
Notice 4765, RIN 1400-AB94), proposing to amend sections of part 22 of
Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Specifically, the rule
proposed changes to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services,
including seven increases and two decreases. The Department's proposed
rule solicited comments, and one general comment sent by e-mail was
received. The comment, dated July 19, 2004, criticized all consular
fees as still being too low.
After publication of the aforementioned proposed rule, the
Department also published a separate but related interim rule in the
Federal Register at 69 FR 53618-53619 on September 2, 2004 (Public
Notice 4809, RIN 1400-AB95), amending the Schedule of Fees for Consular
Services to include an exemption from the nonimmigrant visa application
processing fee for family members traveling to the United States for
the funeral or burial of a U.S. Government employee killed in the line
of duty or to visit a U.S. Government employee critically injured in
the line of duty. The amendment became effective upon publication on
September 2, 2004. Interested parties were invited to submit written
comments by September 24, 2004. No comments were received. The
exemption added to the existing Schedule of Fees by the amendment is
finalized and carried forward in the Schedule of Fees for Consular
Services as published in this final rule.
As explained when the revised Schedule of Fees was published as a
proposed rule, the majority of the Department of State's consular fees
are established pursuant to the general user charges statute, 31 U.S.C.
9701, and/or 22 U.S.C. 4219, which, as implemented through Executive
Order 10718 of June 27, 1957, authorizes the Secretary of State to
establish fees to be charged for official services provided by
embassies and consulates. Other fees are established pursuant to more
specific statutory authorities, some of which provide for full or
partial exemptions.
With the exception of nonimmigrant visa reciprocity fees, which are
established based on the practices of other countries, and fees that
are established at amounts specified by statute, all consular fees are
established on a basis of cost recovery and in a manner consistent with
general user charges principles, regardless of the specific statutory
authority under which they are promulgated. The Department of State is
required to review consular fees periodically to determine the
appropriateness of each fee in light of applicable provisions of OMB
Circular A-25, and it was as a result of such a review that the
amendments to the Schedule of Fees were proposed. This review attempted
to identify the fully allocated costs of consular services (direct and
indirect).
In situations where services are provided often enough to develop a
reliable estimate of the average time involved, a flat service fee was
adopted. In other situations where services are provided infrequently,
the consular hourly rate was made the basis of the fee. In either case,
the fee is designed to recover some or all--but not more than--actual
fully allocated costs the Department expects to incur over the period
that the Schedule will be in effect. When the fee is set below costs,
the remaining cost is either recovered through allocation to related
services for which fees are charged, or will be covered through
appropriations. (Detailed information concerning the methodology of the
study is available from the Bureau of Consular Affairs.)
Based on this effort and subsequent analysis, the Department
proposed adjustments to the Schedule of Fees, including the fee to
search Department of State files to verify an applicant's U.S.
citizenship (from $45 to $60); the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery
surcharge for a diversity immigrant visa application (from $100 to
$375); the Affidavit of Support Review fee (from $65 to $70); the fee
for determining returning resident status (from $360 to $400); the fee
for a transportation letter issued to a Legal Permanent Resident Alien
(LPRA) who needs a transportation letter to reenter the U.S. (from $300
to $165); the fee for waiver of the two-year return residency
requirement (from $230 to $215); the fees for processing Letters
Rogatory and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) judicial
assistance cases (from $650 to $735); and the fee for consular time
(from $235 to $265).
In addition, the fee for loan processing was combined with the fee
for assistance regarding the welfare and whereabouts of a U.S. citizen,
including child custody inquiries. This is a purely technical change in
the Schedule.
Significantly, Division B, Title IV (Diplomatic and Consular
Programs appropriation) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
(Public Law 108-447), authorized two new fees while section 426 of
Division J, title IV
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(Visa Reform) of the same Act authorized a third. In each of these
three cases, the amount of each fee was also specified. These three
fees are incorporated in the Schedule as new items 8 (a passport
surcharge of $12 to enhance the security of the passport document), 25
(a fraud prevention and detection fee of $500 for H-1B and L visa
applicants), and 36 (an immigrant visa surcharge of $45 to enhance the
security of the immigrant visa).
Analysis of Comments
As noted, the proposed rule (Public Notice 4765 at 69 FR 42913-
42919) was published for comments on July 19, 2004. During the comment
period, which closed August 18, 2004, the Department received only one
comment, which criticized all consular fees as still being too low. The
commenter said that the Department should increase all of the fees
rather than provide below-cost services to non-U.S. citizens. In many
cases, of course, the fees are in fact paid by U.S. citizens for
services to U.S. citizens. Leaving that aside, in virtually all cases
the fees result in full cost recovery either by (1) setting the fee for
the specific service at full cost; (2) recovering the cost of a service
through both the fee for the specific service and a fee for a related
service (e.g., the passport fee recovers costs of certain overseas
citizens services for which there is no specific, separate fee or for
which the separate fee is set below cost); or (3) by shifting the cost
of a service to other users, when specifically authorized by the
statute. A few fees (such as the fee for a nonimmigrant visa
application, the fee for refugee parole, the fee for documentary
services, and the fee for scheduling depositions) are set below actual
cost; in each of these cases, the Department has determined that it is
in the public interest to recover the difference from U.S. Government
appropriations so as not to make these particular services
prohibitively expensive for the public, and/or because there is a
public as well as private benefit from performance of the service.
Regulatory Findings
Administrative Procedure Act
On July 19, 2004, the Department published a proposed rule
comprehensively amending its Schedule of Fees and providing a 30-day
period for public comments (69 FR 42913-42919, Public Notice 4765, RIN
1400-AB94). Subsequently, it published an interim rule in the Federal
Register (69 FR 53618-53619, Public Notice 4809, RIN 1400-AB95) that
amended the existing Schedule of Fees effective immediately only to
include as Item Number 22 (g) an exemption from the nonimmigrant visa
application processing fee for family members traveling to the United
States for the funeral or burial of a U.S. Government employee killed
in the line of duty or to visit a U.S. Government critically injured in
the line of duty. The change made by that interim rule, which became
effective upon publication on September 2, 2004, is thus now part of
the Schedule of Fees being comprehensively amended, and the exemption
is carried forward and included as final in the Schedule of Fees for
Consular Services, as published in this Final Rule.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, signed into law by the
President on December 8, 2004, authorized three new fees and specified
the amount of each. These are included in the Schedule below in Items
8, 25, and 36. Item 8, a new $12 passport surcharge, applies to all
applicants except those who are exempt from passport fees per item 4 of
the Schedule. The surcharge is designed to recover the costs of
consular services in support of enhanced border security that are in
addition to those covered by the passport fees in effect on January 1,
2004. This fee is specifically authorized by Division B, Title IV
(Diplomatic and Consular Programs appropriation). Item 25 is a fraud
prevention and detection fee of $500. The fee has both a domestic and
an overseas component. Abroad, the State Department, through its
consuls, will collect the fee from a principal applicant for an ``L''
nonimmigrant visa who is covered under a blanket petition as provided
for in section 214(c)(2) (A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA). This fee is specifically authorized by subsections 214(c)(12)(B)
and (C) of the INA as amended by section 426 of Division J, title IV
(Visa Reform). Unlike the other two fees, it will take effect for
nonimmigrant visa applications filed on or after ninety days from
enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act--i.e., on or after
March 8, 2005 (90 days from Dec. 8, 2004), in accordance with section
426(c). Item 36, a new $45 immigrant visa surcharge, applies to all
applicants for immigrant visas, including Diversity Visas. The
surcharge was added to recover costs of consular services in support of
enhanced border security that are in addition to those covered by the
immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004. This fee is
specifically authorized by Division B, Title IV (Diplomatic and
Consular Programs appropriation). Since these three new fees have been
statutorily authorized and the amounts are statutorily established, the
Department for good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) finds that
public comment on the fees is unnecessary.
The final rule will be effective March 8, 2005, in accordance with
5 U.S.C. 553(d). All changes in the Department's existing fees will
take effect at that time.
Regulatory Flexibility Act/Executive Order 13272: Small Business
The changes made by this regulation are hereby certified as not
expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number
of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(5 U.S.C. 601-612) and section 3(b) of Executive Order 13272 (Proper
Consideration of Small Entities in Agency Rulemaking).
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100
million or more in any year and it will not significantly or uniquely
affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary
under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
This rule is not a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804, for
purposes of congressional review of agency rulemaking under the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801-808). This
rule will not result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million
or more; a major increase in costs or prices; or significant adverse
effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity,
innovation, or on the ability of the United States-based companies to
compete with foreign-based companies in domestic and export markets.
Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Review
The Department of State does not consider this rule to be a
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866, section
3(f), Regulatory Planning and Review. In addition, the Department is
exempt from Executive Order 12866 except to the extent that it is
promulgating regulations in conjunction with a domestic agency that are
significant regulatory actions. The Department has nevertheless
reviewed the regulation to ensure its consistency with the regulatory
philosophy and principles set forth in that Executive
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Order. In addition, OMB has been provided with a copy of the proposed
regulation.
Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice Reform
The Department has reviewed this regulation in light of sections
3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order No. 12988 to eliminate ambiguity,
minimize litigation, establish clear legal standards, and reduce
burden.
Executive Orders 12372 and 13132: Federalism
This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the
states, on the relationship between the national government and the
states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. Nor would the regulation have federalism
implications warranting the application of Executive Orders 12372 and
13132.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not impose any new reporting or record-keeping
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35.
List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 22
Consular services, Fees, Schedule of fees for consular services,
Passports and visas.
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Accordingly, an amendment to part 22 is amended as follows:
PART 22--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 22 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1153 note, 1351, 1351 note; 10 U.S.C.
2602(c); 22 U.S.C. 214, 2504(a), 4201, 4206, 4215, 4219; 31 U.S.C.
9701; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681 et seq.; Pub. L. 108-447, 118
Stat. 2809 et seq.; E.O. 10718, 22 FR 4632, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp.,
p. 382; E.O. 11295, 31 FR 10603, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 570.
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2. Section 22.1 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 22.1 Schedule of fees.
The following table sets forth the U.S. Department of State's
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services:
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services
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Item No. Fee
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Passport and Citizenship Services
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1. Passport Execution: Required for $30.
first-time applicants and others
who must apply in person [01-
Passport Execution].
2. Passport Application Services
for:
(a) Applicants age 16 or over 55.
(including renewals) [02-Adult
Passport].
(b) Applicants under age 16 [03- 40.
Minor Passport].
(c) Passport amendments No fee.
(extension of validity, name
change, etc.) [04-Amendment].
3. Expedited service: Three-day 60.
processing and/or in-person
service at a U.S. Passport Agency
(not applicable abroad) [Expedited
Service].
4. Exemptions: The following
applicants are exempted from
passport fees:
(a) Officers or employees of No fee.
the United States and their
immediate family members (22
U.S.C. 214) and Peace Corps
Volunteers and Leaders (22
U.S.C. 2504(a)) proceeding
abroad or returning to the
United States in the discharge
of their official duties [05-
Passport Exempt].
(b) U.S. citizen seamen who No fee.
require a passport in
connection with their duties
aboard an American flag vessel
(22 U.S.C. 214) [05-Passport
Exempt].
(c) Widows, children, parents, No fee.
or siblings of deceased
members of the Armed Forces
proceeding abroad to visit the
graves of such members (22
U.S.C. 214) [05-Passport
Exempt].
(d) Employees of the American No fee.
National Red Cross proceeding
abroad as members of the Armed
Forces of the United States
(10 U.S.C. 2603) [05-Passport
Exempt].
5. Travel Letter: Provided as an No fee.
emergency accommodation to a U.S.
citizen returning to the United
States when the consular officer
is unable to issue a passport
book. (Consular time charges, item
75, may apply) [06-U.S.C. Travel
Letter].
6. File search and verification of 60.
U.S. citizenship: When applicant
has not presented evidence of
citizenship and previous records
must be searched (except for an
applicant abroad whose passport
was stolen or lost abroad or when
one of the exemptions is
applicable) [07-PPT File Search].
7. Application for Report of Birth 65.
Abroad of a Citizen of the United
States [08-Report Birth Abroad].
8. Passport security surcharge [09- 12.
Passport Surcharge].
Items nos. 9 through 10 vacant)
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Overseas Citizens Services
Arrests, Welfare and Whereabouts, and Related Services
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11. Arrest and prison visits....... No fee.
12. Assistance regarding the No fee.
welfare and whereabouts of a U.S.
citizen, including child custody
inquiries and processing of
repatriation and emergency dietary
assistance loans.
(Item no. 13 vacant)
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Death and Estate Services
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14. Assistance to next-of-kin:
(a) After the death of a U.S. No fee.
citizen abroad (providing
assistance in disposition of
remains, making arrangements
for shipping remains, issuing
Consular Mortuary Certificate,
and providing up to 20
original Consular Reports of
Death).
(b) Making arrangements for a Consular Time (Item 75) Plus
deceased non-U.S. citizen Expenses.
family member (providing
assistance in shipping or
other disposition of remains
of a non-U.S. citizen) [11-Non
U.S.C. Death].
15. Issuance of Consular Mortuary 60.
Certificate on behalf of a non-
U.S. citizen [12-Non-U.S.C. Mort
Cert].
16. Acting as a provisional
conservator of estates of U.S.
citizens:
(a) Taking possession of No fee.
personal effects; making an
inventory under an official
seal (unless significant time
and/or expenses incurred).
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(b) Overseeing the appraisal, No fee.
sale, and final disposition of
the estate, including
disbursing funds, forwarding
securities, etc. (unless
significant time and/or
expenses incurred).
(c) For services listed in 16 Consular Time (Item 75) and/or
(a) or (b) when significant Expenses.
time and/or expenses are
incurred [13-Estate Costs].
(Items nos. 17 through 20 vacant)
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Nonimmigrant Visa Services
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21. Nonimmigrant visa application
and border crossing card
processing fees (per person):
(a) Nonimmigrant visa [21-MRV 100.
Processing].
(b) Border crossing card--10 100.
year (age 15 and over) [22-BCC
10 Year].
(c) Border crossing card--5 13.
year (under age 15). For
Mexican citizen, if parent or
guardian has or is applying
for a border crossing card [23-
BCC 5 Year].
22. Exemptions from nonimmigrant
visa application processing fee:
(a) Applicants for A, G, C-3, No fee.
NATO and diplomatic visas as
defined in 22 CFR 41.26 [24-
MRV Exempt].
(b) Applicants for J visas No fee.
participating in official U.S.
Government-sponsored
educational and cultural
exchanges [24-MRV Exempt].
(c) Replacement machine- No fee.
readable visa when the
original visa was not properly
affixed or needs to be
reissued through no fault of
the applicant [24-MRV Exempt].
(d) Applicants exempted by No fee.
international agreement as
determined by the Department,
including members and staff of
an observer mission to United
Nations Headquarters
recognized by the UN General
Assembly, and their immediate
families [24-MRV Exempt].
(e) Applicants traveling to No fee.
provide charitable services as
determined by the Department
[24-MRV Exempt].
(f) U.S. Government employees No fee.
traveling on official business
[24-MRV Exempt].
(g) A parent, sibling, spouse, No fee.
or child of a U.S. Government
employee killed in the line of
duty who is traveling to
attend the employee's funeral
and/or burial; or a parent,
sibling, spouse, son, or
daughter of a U.S. Government
employee critically injured in
the line of duty for
visitation during emergency
treatment and convalescence
[24-MRV Exempt].
23. Nonimmigrant visa issuance fee, Reciprocal.
including border-crossing cards
[25-NIV Issuance Reciprocal].
24. Exemptions from nonimmigrant
visa issuance fee:
(a) An official representative No fee.
of a foreign government or an
international or regional
organization of which the U.S.
is a member; members and staff
of an observer mission to
United Nations Headquarters
recognized by the UN General
Assembly; and applicants for
diplomatic visas as defined
under item 22(a); and their
immediate families [26-NIV
Issuance Exempt].
(b) An applicant transiting to No fee.
and from the United Nations
Headquarters [26-NIV Issuance
Exempt].
(c) An applicant participating No fee.
in a U.S. Government-sponsored
program [26-NIV Issuance
Exempt].
(d) An applicant traveling to No fee.
provide charitable services as
determined by the Department
[26-NIV Issuance Exempt].
25. Fraud Prevention and Detection 500.
Fee for Visa applicant included in
L blanket petition (principal
applicant only) [27-NIV
Adjudication, Blanket L].
(Items nos. 26 through 30 vacant)
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Immigrant and Special Visa Services
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31. Filing immigrant visa petition
(collected for the Bureau of U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration
Services):
(a) Petition to classify status 185.
of alien relative for issuance
of immigrant visa [81-USCIS I-
130 Petition].
(b) Petition to classify orphan 525.
as an immediate relative [82-
USCIS I-600 Petition].
32. Immigrant visa application 335.
processing fee (per person) [31-IV
Application].
33. Diversity Visa Lottery 375.
surcharge for lottery
participation (per person applying
for an immigrant visa as a result
of the lottery program) [32-DV
Processing].
34. Affidavit of Support Review 70.
(only when AOS is reviewed
domestically).
35. Special visa services:
(a) Determining Returning 400.
Resident Status [33-Returning
Resident].
(b) Transportation letter for 165.
Legal Permanent Residents of
U.S. [34-LPR Transportation
Letter].
(c) Waiver of 2-year residency 215.
requirement [J Waiver].
(d) Waiver of immigrant visa 250.
ineligibility (collected for
the Bureau of U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services) [83-
IV Waiver].
(e) Refugee or significant No fee.
public benefit parole case
processing [35-Refugee/Parole].
(f) U.S. visa fingerprinting 85.
[36-Fingerprints].
36. Immigrant visa security 45.
surcharge [37-IV Surcharge].
(Items nos. 37 through 40 vacant)
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Documentary Services
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41. Providing notarial service:
(a) First service (seal) [41- 30.
Notarial].
(b) Each additional seal 20.
provided at the same time in
connection with the same
transaction [42-Additional
Notarial].
42. Certification of a true copy or
that no record of an official file
can be located (by a post abroad):
(a) First copy [43-Certified 30.
Copy].
(b) Each additional copy 20.
provided at the same time [44-
Additional Copy].
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43. Provision of documents,
certified copies of documents, and
other certifications by the
Department of State (domestic):
(a) Documents relating to 30.
births, marriages, and deaths
of U.S. citizens abroad
originally issued by a U.S.
Embassy or Consulate.
(b) Issuance of Replacement 30.
Report of Birth Abroad.
(c) Certified copies of 30.
documents relating to births
and deaths within the former
Canal Zone of Panama from
records maintained by the
Canal Zone Government from
1904 to September 30, 1979.
(d) Certifying a copy of a 30.
document or extract from an
official passport record.
(e) Certifying that no record 30.
of an official file can be
located [45-Brth/Mar/Death/No
Record].
(f) Each additional copy 20.
provided at same time [46-
Additional Cert].
44. Authentications (by posts
abroad):
(a) Authenticating a foreign 30.
notary or other foreign
official seal or signature.
(b) Authenticating a U.S. 30.
Federal, State, or territorial
seal.
(c) Certifying to the official 30.
status of an officer of the
United States Department of
State or of a foreign
diplomatic or consular officer
accredited to or recognized by
the United States Government.
(d) Each authentication [47- 30.
Authentication].
45. Exemptions: Notarial,
certification, and authentication
fees or passport file search fees
will not be charged when the
service is performed:
(a) At the direct request of No fee.
any Federal Government agency,
any State or local government,
the District of Columbia, or
any of the territories or
possessions of the United
States (unless significant
costs would be incurred) [48-
Documents Exempt].
(b) With respect to documents No fee.
to be presented by claimants,
beneficiaries, or their
witnesses in connection with
obtaining Federal, State, or
municipal benefits [48-
Documents Exempt].
(c) For U.S. citizens outside No fee.
the United States preparing
ballots for any public
election in the United States
or any of its territories [48-
Documents Exempt].
(d) At the direct request of a No fee.
foreign government or an
international agency of which
the United States is a member
if the documents are for
official noncommercial use [48-
Documents Exempt].
(e) At the direct request of a No fee.
foreign government official
when appropriate or as a
reciprocal courtesy [48-
Documents Exempt].
(f) At the request of direct No fee.
hire U.S. Government
personnel, Peace Corps
volunteers, or their
dependents stationed or
traveling officially in a
foreign country [48-Documents
Exempt].
(g) With respect to documents No fee.
whose production is ordered by
a court of competent
jurisdiction [48-Documents
Exempt].
(h) With respect to affidavits No fee.
of support for immigrant visa
applications [48-Documents
Exempt].
(i) With respect to endorsing No fee.
U.S. Savings Bonds
Certificates [48-Documents
Exempt].
(Items nos. 46 through 50 vacant)
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Judicial Assistance Services
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51. Processing letters rogatory and
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(FSIA) judicial assistance cases,
including providing seal and
certificate for return of letters
rogatory executed by foreign
officials:
[51-Letters Rogatory].......... 735.
[52-FSIA]...................... 735.
52. Taking depositions or executing
commissions to take testimony:
(a) Scheduling/arranging 475.
appointments for depositions,
including depositions by video
teleconference (per daily
appointment) [53-Arrange Depo].
(b) Attending or taking 265 Per Hour Plus Expenses.
depositions, or executing
commissions to take testimony
(per hour or part thereof) [54-
Depose/Hourly].
(c) Swearing in witnesses for 265.
telephone depositions [55-
Telephone Oath].
(d) Supervising telephone 265 Per Hour Plus Expenses.
depositions (per hour or part
thereof over the first hour)
[56-Supervise Tel Depo].
(e) Providing seal and 70.
certification of depositions
[57-Deposition Cert].
53. Exemptions: Deposition or
executing commissions to take
testimony. Fees will not be
charged when the service is
performed:
(a) At the direct request of No fee.
any Federal Government agency,
any State or local government,
the District of Columbia, or
any of the territories or
possessions of the United
States (unless significant
time required and/or expenses
would be incurred). [58-
Judicial Exempt].
(b) Executing commissions to No fee.
take testimony in connection
with foreign documents for use
in criminal cases when the
commission is accompanied by
an order of Federal court on
behalf of an indigent party
[59-Indigent Test].
(Items nos. 54 through 60 vacant)
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Services Relating to Vessels and Seamen
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61. Shipping and Seaman's services:
Including but not limited to,
recording a bill of sale of a
vessel purchased abroad, renewal
of a marine radio license, and
issuance of certificate of
American ownership:
[61-Shipping Bill of Sale]..... Consular Time (Item 75) Plus
Expenses.
[62-Shipping Consular Radio Time (Item 75) Plus Expenses.
LISC].
[63-Shipping Cert AM Own]...... Consular Time (Item 75) Plus
Expenses.
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[64-Shipping Misc]............. Consular Time (Item 75) Plus
Expenses.
(Items nos. 62 through 70 vacant)
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Administrative Services
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71. Non-emergency telephone calls Long Distance Charge Plus $10.
[70-Toll Call Cost] [71-Toll Cost
Surcharge].
72. Setting up and maintaining a 30.
trust account: For one year or
less to transfer funds to or for
the benefit of a U.S. citizen in
need in a foreign country [72-OCS
Trust].
73. Transportation charges incurred Expenses Incurred.
in the performance of fee and no-
fee services when appropriate and
necessary [73-Transportation].
74. Return check processing fee [74- 25.
Return Check].
75. Consular time charges: As 265.
required by this schedule and for
fee services performed away from
the office or during after-duty
hours (per hour or part thereof/
per consular employee) [75-
Consular Time].
76. Photocopies (per page) [76- 1.
Photocopy].
(Items nos. 77 through 80 vacant)
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Dated: January 14, 2005.
Grant S. Green,
Under Secretary for Management, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-1930 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-06-P