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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR22.1]

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TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PART 22--SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN SERVICE--Table of Contents

Sec. 22.1 Schedule of fees.

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Item No. Fee
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Passport and Citizenship Services
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1. Passport Services:
(a) Execution. Required for first-time $15.00.
applicants and renewals under age 16.
(b) First-time application:
(1) Applicants age 16 or over................. $45.00 plus expedited processing fee if applicable.
(2) Applicants under age 16................... $25.00 plus expedited processing fee if applicable.
(c) Subsequent application (renewal):
(1) Applicants age 16 or over................. $40.00 plus expedited processing fee if applicable.
(2) Applicants under age 16................... $25.00 plus expedited processing fee if applicable.
(d) Expedited service (exclusive of express
mail charges) not applicable overseas:
(1) Requested guaranteed 3-day service........ $35.00.
(2) In-person service at a U.S. Passport $35.00.
Agency, unless the Department has determined
that the applicant is required to apply at a
U.S. Passport Agency.
2. Exemptions: The following applicants are exempted
from passport fees:
(a) Officers or employees of the United States No fee.
proceeding abroad or returning to the United
States in the discharge of their official
duties, or their immediate family members (22
U.S.C. 214).
(b) American seamen who require a passport in No fee.
connection with their duties aboard an
American flag vessel (22 U.S.C. 214).
(c) Widows, children, parents, or siblings of No fee.
deceased members of the Armed Forces
proceeding abroad to visit the graves of such
members (22 U.S.C. 214).
(d) Employees of the American National Red No fee.
Cross proceeding abroad as members of the
Armed Forces of the United States (10 U.S.C.
2602(c)).
(e) Peace Corps and Volunteer Leaders deemed No fee.
to be employees of the United States for
purposes of exemption from passport fees (22
U.S.C. 2504(a)).
3. File search and verification of U.S. citizenship $15.00.
when applicant has not presented evidence of
citizenship and previous records must be searched.
(This fee will not be charged when the applicant's
passport was stolen or lost overseas or when one of
the exemptions in item 38 is applicable.).
4. Determination or adjudication of U.S. citizenship No fee.
for applicants born overseas who have not presented a
U.S. passport, Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of
the United States, or Certificate of Naturalization
or Citizenship from the Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
5. Passport amendments, to add current or new No fee.
information, change a name, extend a previous
passport time limitation, correct an administrative
error, validate a passport for travel to restricted
countries, or add extra pages.
6. Passport waiver (22 CFR 53.2(h), Passport No fee.
requirement and exceptions).
7. Registration of a U.S. Citizen at a U.S. Embassy or No fee.
Consulate when documentary proof of U.S. citizenship
has been presented.
8. Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United $40.00.
States (includes new no. 4).

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9. Issuance of Replacement Report of Birth Abroad of a $40.00.
Citizen of the United States by the Department of
State in Washington. For fees relating to obtaining
documents from passport files and related records,
see Documentary Services, item 35 and succeeding.
(Item nos. 10 through 14 vacant.)
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Overseas Citizens Services
General Overseas Assistance:
15. Arrest visits................................. No fee.
16. Assistance regarding the welfare and No fee.
whereabouts of a U.S. Citizen, including child
custody inquiries.
17. Loan processing:
(a) Repatriation loans........................ No fee.
(b) Emergency dietary assistance loans........ No fee.
(Item Nos. 18-20 vacant.)
Death and Estate Services:
21. Identification of remains and consultation No fee.
with family members of a U.S. Citizen.
22. Assistance to the next-of-kin in making No fee.
arrangements for shipping or other disposition of
remains of a U.S. Citizen.
23. Affidavit attesting to preparation and packing No fee.
of remains of a U.S. Citizen.
24. Issuance of consular mortuary certificate on No fee.
behalf of a U.S. Citizen.
25. Assistance in transshipment of remains of a $700.00.
foreign national to or through the United States,
including documentation covered by items 23 and
24.
26. Preparation of Report of Death of an American No fee.
Citizen Abroad, including sending copies to legal
representative and closest known relative or
relatives.
27. Acting as a provisional conservator of estates No fee.
of U.S. Citizens (other than U.S. Government
employees), by taking possession of, making an
inventory, and placing the official seal.
28. Acting as a provisional conservator of estates
of U.S. Citizens (other than U.S. Government
employees), by overseeing the appraisal, sale,
and final disposition of the estate, disbursing
funds, forwarding securities, etc.:
(a) Estates under $10,000..................... No fee.
(b) Estates $10,000 or more, for rendering Consular time (item 70) and costs.
services additional to taking possession,
inventorying, and placing the official seal.
(Item no. 29 vacant.)
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Services Relating to Vessels and Seamen
30. Shipping and seamen services, including recording Per service, $80.00.
of bill of sale of vessel purchased abroad, taking of
application for certificate of American ownership,
and investigation.
31. Documentary services related to shipping, Per service, $650.00 plus costs incurred.
including issuance of certificate of American
ownership.
32. Services provided for an American vessel (a vessel No fee.
with a certificate of American ownership) or American
seamen. (22 U.S.C. 4206).
(Items nos. 33-34 vacant.)
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Documentary Services
35. Notarials......................................... $55.00.
36. Certifications:
(a) Certifying under official seal that a copy $20.00; each additional copy $10.00.
or extract made from an official or a private
document is a true copy.
(b) Certifying under official seal a statement $20.00; each additional copy $10.00.
or extract from official files or a statement
that no record of an official file can be
located.
(c) Certifying the fact of issuance of a Fee: $20.00; each additional copy $10.00.
Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the
United States and certifying copies of
documents relating to births, marriages, and
deaths of citizens abroad issued by a U.S.
Embassy or Consulate (obtainable from the
Department of State, Washington, D.C.); and,
certifying copies of documents relating to
births, marriages, and deaths of citizens of
the United States or foreign nationals within
the former Canal Zone of Panama from records
maintained by the Canal Zone Government from
1904 to September 30, 1979 (obtainable from
the Department of State, Washington, D.C.).
37. Authentications:
(a) Certifying to official character of a $32.00.
foreign notary or other official (i.e.,
authenticating a document).

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(b) Authenticating a federal, state, or $32.00.
territorial seal, or certifying to the
official 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, or any document submitted to the
Department for that purpose.
38. Exemptions: Notarial, certification, and
authentication fees (items 35, 36, and 37) or
passport file search fees (item 3) will not be
charged when the service is performed:
(a) At the direct request of any federal No fee.
government agency (unless substantial costs
would be incurred).
(b) At the direct request of any state or No fee.
local government, the District of Columbia,
or any of the territories or possessions of
the United States (unless substantial costs
would be incurred).
(c) With respect to documents to be presented No fee.
by claimants, beneficiaries, or their
witnesses in connection with obtaining
federal, state, or municipal monetary
benefits.
(d) For American citizens outside the United No fee.
States preparing ballots for any public
election in the United States or any of its
territories.
(e) At the direct request of a foreign No fee.
government or an international agency of
which the United States is a member if the
documents are for official noncommercial use.
(f) At the direct request of a foreign No fee.
government official when appropriate or as a
reciprocal courtesy.
(g) At the direct request of U.S. Government No fee.
personnel, Peace Corps volunteers, or their
dependents stationed or travelling officially
in a foreign country.
(h) With respect to documents whose production No fee.
is ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(i) With respect to affidavits of support for No fee.
immigrant visa applications.
39. Executing commissions to take testimony in No fee.
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.
40. Providing seal and certificate for return of $455.00.
letters rogatory executed by foreign officials.
41. Taking depositions or executing commissions to Per hour, $200.00 plus costs incurred.
take testimony.
(Items nos. 42-49 vacant.)
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Visa Services
50. Immigrant visa application processing fee......... $260.00.
51. Immigrant visa application surcharge for Diversity $75.00.
Visa Lottery.
52. Immigrant visa issuance fee....................... $65.00.
53. Refugee case preparation and processing........... No fee.
54. Nonimmigrant visa application processing fee...... $45.00.
55. EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa application
processing fee:
(a) Applicants for A, G, C-2, C-3, and NATO No fee.
visas.
(b) Applicants for J visas participating in No fee.
official U.S. Government (USIA or USAID)
sponsored educational and cultural exchanges.
(c) Persons issued replacement machine No fee.
readable visas when the original machine
readable visa has not adhered to the passport
or other travel document through no fault of
the applicant.
(d) Persons exempted by international No fee.
agreement as determined by the Department.
(e) Persons travelling to participate in No fee.
charitable activities as determined by the
Department.
56. Nonimmigrant visa issuance fee, including border RECIPROCAL.
crossing cards.
57. EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa issuance fee:
(a) An official representative of a foreign No fee.
government or an international or regional
organization of which the U.S. is a member.
(b) An applicant transiting to and from the No fee.
United Nations headquarters.
(c) An applicant participating in a U.S. No fee.
Government sponsored program.
(d) Persons travelling to participate in No fee.
charitable activities as determined by the
Department.
58. Visa fingerprinting............................... $25.00.
59. Special visa processing services for aliens:
(a) Returning resident status................. $50.00.
(b) Transportation letter (unless waived in $120.00.
significant public benefit parole cases).
(c) Waiver of immigrant visa ineligibility $95.00.
(collected for INS; subject to change).
60. Filing immigrant visa petition (collected for INS; $80.00.
subject to change).
61. Affidavit of Support Processing Fee:.............. $50.00

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(Items nos. 62-64 vacant.)
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Administrative Services
65. Non-emergency telephone calls..................... Local long distance rate plus $10.00.
66. Setting up and maintaining a trust account for 1 $20.00.
year or less to transfer funds to or for the benefit
of an American in need in a foreign country.
67. Transportation charges incurred in the performance Costs incurred.
of fee and no-fee services when appropriate and
necessary.
68. Emergency passport photo service overseas......... No fee.
69. Return check processing fee (only in the United $25.00.
States).
70. Consular time charges as required by this schedule Per hour, $180.00 plus costs incurred.
or for fee services performed away from the office or
after-duty-hours.
71. Photocopies (provided other than pursuant to 22 Per page, $1.00.
CFR Part 171 or order of a court of competent
jurisdiction).
72. Fee for Exchange Waiver Review.................... $136.00.
(Item nos. 73-80 vacant.)
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[63 FR 5100, Jan. 30, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 54539, Oct. 7, 1999; 64
FR 66770, Nov. 30, 1999; 65 FR 14212, Mar. 16, 2000; 65 FR 54150, Sept.
7, 2000; 66 FR 17361, Mar. 30, 2001]