Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110
§1713 Machine-readable Visa Fees
Title 8 › CHAPTER 15 — ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › SUBCHAPTER I — FUNDING › § 1713
Summary
Secretary of State must set machine-readable visa fee at the higher of $65 or the cost found after study. A $10 surcharge can be added for passports that are not machine-readable. Fees go into the Consular and Border Security Programs account to cover consular services; funds remain available until spent.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1713
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(a)Omitted
(b)Fee amount
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.
(c)Surcharge
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.
(d)Availability of collected fees
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of section 103 of Pub. L. 107–173. Subsec. (a) of section 103 of Pub. L. 107–173 amended provisions set out as a note under section 1351 of this title.
Amendments
2017—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account” for “credited as an offsetting collection to any appropriation for the Department of State”.
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1713
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110