8 U.S.C. § 1713 — Machine-readable visa fees
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-173 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 131 words · no verdicts yet
The machine-readable visa fee is the greater of $65 or the cost of providing that service, as determined by the Secretary of State after a cost study. The Department may charge an additional $10 for issuing one in a nonmachine-readable passport, and collected fees are available for consular services.
(a) Omitted.
(b) Fee amount. The Department of State’s machine-readable visa fee must be the higher of $65 or the cost of the machine-readable visa service, as determined by the Secretary of State after studying that service’s cost.
(c) Surcharge. The Department of State may charge a $10 surcharge, in addition to the machine-readable visa fee, for issuing a machine-readable visa in a passport that is not machine-readable.
(d) Availability of collected fees. Despite any other law, fees collected under this section must be deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account to recover the costs of consular services. The credited amounts remain available until spent, for the same purposes as the appropriation to which they are credited.
The machine-readable visa fee charged by the Department of State shall be the higher of $65 or the cost of the machine-readable visa service, as determined by the Secretary of State after conducting a study of the cost of such service.
The Department of State is authorized to charge a surcharge of $10, in addition to the machine-readable visa fee, for issuing a machine-readable visa in a nonmachine-readable passport.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected as fees described in this section shall be deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account to recover costs of providing consular services. Amounts so credited shall be available, until expended, for the same purposes as the appropriation to which credited.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–173, title I, § 103, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 115–31, div. J, title VII, § 7081(b), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 716.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-173 · 116 Stat. 547
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-31 · 131 Stat. 716
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-173 on 2002-05-14.
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