US Will Begin Charging Some Tourists a $250 'Visa Integrity Fee'
Visiting the United States is about to get significantly more expensive thanks to a new US visa fee increase.
Federal lawmakers have approved a hefty new visa fee that will soon apply to a large number of tourists entering the US. As part of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law on July 4, a new $250 “visa integrity fee” will be charged to any US visitor who needs a nonimmigrant visa.
According to the bill’s language, the fee will apply to “any alien issued a nonimmigrant visa at the time of such issuance.” That means anyone applying for a nonimmigrant visa in any category that requires issuance for entry into the US should expect to pay the $250 charge, according to immigration legal firm Envoy Global.
When officials begin collecting the fees (the start date of which remains in question), the money will go to the US Treasury Department’s general fund.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-begin-charging-tourists-250-202347202.html
Tourism is already down, and Trump wants to put it even deeper in the shitter.