This part charges $250 for a nonimmigrant visa. The fee rises with prices each year. It may be paid back to someone who kept every visa condition. That person must have left on time or gained a new status.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 100007 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the payment of a fee, equal to the amount specified in this subsection, by any alien issued a nonimmigrant visa at the time of such issuance.”
The section requires the Secretary, on top of any other fee, to charge a fee to any alien issued a nonimmigrant visa when it is issued. For fiscal year 2025 the amount is the greater of $250 or what the Secretary sets by rule, and it rises each year with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, rounded down to the nearest dollar. Money not paid back goes into the general fund of the Treasury and the fee may not be waived or reduced.
What the document actually says
“the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the payment of a fee, equal to the amount specified in this subsection, by any alien issued a nonimmigrant visa at the time of such issuance.”
That sentence, in plain words
A fee must be paid for a nonimmigrant visa. It is due when the visa is given.
What this is about
It comes on top of other fees. The amount starts at $250. It climbs with prices each year.
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The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 100007 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary of Homeland Security may provide a reimbursement to an alien of the fee required under subsection (a) for the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa after the expiration of such nonimmigrant visa's period of validity if such alien demonstrates that”
The section lets the Secretary pay the fee back after the visa's period of validity ends where the alien shows they kept every condition of the visa after admission, including not taking unauthorized work, and either did not seek to extend their stay and left within 5 days of the last day, or were granted an extension of that status or adjustment to lawful permanent resident during the period.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary of Homeland Security may provide a reimbursement to an alien of the fee required under subsection (a) for the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa after the expiration of such nonimmigrant visa's period of validity if such alien demonstrates that”
That sentence, in plain words
The agency may pay the fee back. That comes after the visa has run out. The person must show two things.
What this is about
One is that they kept every visa rule. That includes not working without leave. The other is that they left on time or got a new status.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Both things the section does: charge the fee with its amount, yearly rise, disposition and waiver bar, and allow a reimbursement on the two conditions.
Nothing in the section is left out. It has two subsections and each is recorded.
The section sets a fee directly and points to no other statute, so nothing recorded here depends on a document that is not indexed.
