Schedule of Fees

Schedule of Fees for Consular Services

As of October 1, 2007, the U.S. Consulate exchange rate is MAD 9.3 per USD.

This Schedule of Fees is based on the Code of Federal Regulations - i.e. Title 22, Part 22, Sections 22.1 through 22.7.
Bracketed entries of codes and abbreviations are added to facilitate consular staff reference
and the recording of consular services.

*This change is effective March 8, 2005.

PASSPORT AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES

1.	Passport Execution: Required for first-time applicants and others who must apply in person.	[01-PASSPORT EXECUTION]	$30
2.	Passport Application Services for:
	(a) Applicants age 16 or over (including renewals)	[02-ADULT PASSPORT]	$67*
	(b) Applicants under age 16.	[03-MINOR PASSPORT]	$52*
	(c) Passport amendments (extension of validity, name change, etc.)	[04-AMENDMENT]	NO FEE
3.	Expedited service: Guaranteed 3-day processing and/or in-person service at a U.S. Passport Agency (not applicable abroad)	[EXPEDITED SERVICE]	$60*
4.	Exemptions: The following applicants are exempted from passport fees:
	(a) Officers or employees of the United States and their immediate family members (22 U.S.C. 214) and Peace Corps Volunteers and Leaders (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)) proceeding abroad or returning to the United States in the discharge of their official duties	[05-PASSPORT EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(b) U.S. citizen seamen who require a passport in connection with their duties aboard an American flag vessel (22 U.S.C. 214)	[05-PASSPORT EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(c) Widows, children, parents, or siblings of deceased members of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the graves of such members (22 U.S.C. 214)	[05-PASSPORT EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(d) Employees of the American National Red Cross proceeding abroad as members of the Armed Forces of the United States (10 U.S.C. 2603)	[05-PASSPORT EXEMPT]	NO FEE
5.	Travel Letter: Provided as an emergency accommodation to a U.S. citizen returning to the United States when the consular officer is unable to issue a passport book (consular time charges, item 75, may apply)	[06 USC TRAVEL LETTER]	NO FEE
6.	File search and verification of U.S. citizenship: When applicant has not presented evidence of citizenship and previous records must be searched (except for an applicant abroad whose passport was stolen or lost abroad or when one of the exemptions is applicable)	[07-PPT FILE SEARCH]	$60*
7.	Application for Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States:	[08-REPORT BIRTH ABROAD]	$65

(Items nos. 8 through 10 vacant.)

OVERSEAS CITIZENS SERVICES

ARRESTS, WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS, AND RELATED SERVICES

11.	Arrest and prison visits	NO FEE
12.	Assistance regarding the welfare and whereabouts of a U.S. Citizen, including child custody inquiries.	NO FEE
13.	Loan processing.
	(a) Repatriation loans	NO FEE
	(b) Emergency dietary assistance loans	NO FEE

DEATH AND ESTATE SERVICES

14.	Assistance to next-of-kin:
	(a) After the death of a U.S. citizen abroad (providing assistance in disposition of remains, making arrangements for shipping remains, issuing Consular Mortuary Certificate, and providing up to 20 original Consular Reports of Death)		NO FEE
	(b) Making arrangements for a deceased non-U.S. citizen family member (providing assistance in shipping or other disposition of remains of a non-U.S. Citizen)	[11-NON USC DEATH]	Consular time (item 75) plus expenses
15.	Issuance of Consular Mortuary Certificate on behalf of a non-U.S. Citizen	[12-NON-USC MORT CERT]	$60
16.	Acting as a provisional conservator of estates of U.S. Citizens:
	(a) Taking possession of personal effects; making an inventory under an official seal (unless significant time and/or expenses incurred)		NO FEE
	(b) Overseeing the appraisal, sale, and final disposition of the estate, including disbursing funds, forwarding securities, etc. (unless significant time and/or expenses incurred)		NO FEE
	(c) For services listed in 16(a) or (b) when significant time and/or expenses are incurred	[13-ESTATE COSTS]	Consular time (item 75) and/or expenses

(Items nos. 17 through 20 vacant.)

NONIMMIGRANT VISA SERVICES

21.	Nonimmigrant visa application and border crossing card processing fees (per person):
	(a) Nonimmigrant visa	[21- MRV PROCESSING]	$100
	(b) Border crossing card - 10 year (age 15 and over)	[22- BCC 10 YEAR]	$65
	(c) Border crossing card - 5 year (under age 15).For Mexican citizen if parent or guardian has or is applying for a border crossing card:	[23- BCC 5 YEAR]	$13
22.	EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa application processing fee:
	(a) Applicants for A, G, C-3, NATO and diplomatic visas as defined in 22 CFR 41.26	[24-MRV EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(b) Applicants for J visas participating in official U.S. Government sponsored educational and cultural exchanges	[24-MRV EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(c) Replacement machine-readable visa when the original visa was not properly affixed or needs to be reissued through no fault of the applicant	[24-MRV EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(d) Applicants exempted by international agreement as determined by the Department, including members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly, and their immediate families	[24-MRV EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(e) Applicants travelling to provide charitable services as determined by the Department	[24-MRV EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(f) U.S. Government employees traveling on official business.	[24-MRV EXEMPT]	NO FEE
23.	Nonimmigrant visa issuance fee, including border-crossing cards.	[25-NIV ISSUANCE RECIPROCAL]	RECIPROCAL
24.	EXEMPTIONS from nonimmigrant visa issuance fee:
	(a) An official representative of a foreign government or an international or regional organization of which the U.S. is a member; members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly; and applicants for diplomatic visas as defined under item 22(a); and their immediate families	[26-NIV ISSUANCE EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(b) An applicant transiting to and from the United Nations Headquarters	[26-NIV ISSUANCE EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(c) An applicant participating in a U.S. Government sponsored program	[26-NIV ISSUANCE EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(d) An applicant traveling to provide charitable services as determined by the Department.	[26-NIV ISSUANCE EXEMPT]	NO FEE

(Items nos. 25 through 30 vacant.)

IMMIGRANT AND SPECIAL VISA SERVICES

31.	Filing immigrant visa petition (Collected for CIS and subject to change)
	(a) Petition to classify status of alien relative for issuance of immigrant Visa	[81- INS I-130 PETITION]	$185
	(b) Petition to classify orphan as an immediate relative	[82- INS I-600 PETITION]	$460
32.	Immigrant visa application processing fee (per person)	[31-IV APPLICATION]	$380*
33.	Diversity Visa Lottery surcharge for immigrant visa application (per person applying as a result of the lottery program)	[32-DV PROCESSING]	$375*
34.	Affidavit of Support Review (only when AOS is reviewed domestically)		$70
35.	Special visa services:
	(a) Determining Returning Resident Status	[33-RETURNING RESIDENT]	$400*
	(b) Transportation letter for Legal Permanent Residents of U.S.	[34-LPR TRANSPORTATION LETTER]	$165*
	(c) Waiver of 2 year residency requirement	[J WAIVER]	$230
	(d) Waiver of immigrant visa ineligibility (collected for CIS and subject to change)	[83-IV WAIVER]	$250
	(e) Refugee or significant public benefit parole case processing	[35-REFUGEE/PAROLE]	NO FEE
	f) U.S. Visa fingerprinting	[36-FINGERPRINTS]	$85

(Items nos. 36 through 40 vacant.)

DOCUMENTARY SERVICES

41.	Providing notarial service:
	(a) First service (seal)	[41-NOTARIAL]	$30
	(b) Each additional seal provided at the same time in connection with the same transaction	[42-ADDITIONAL NOTAR]	$20
42.	Certification of a true copy or that no record of an official file can be located (by a post abroad):
	(a) First Copy	[43-CERTIFIED COPY]	$30
	(b) Each additional copy provided at the same time.	[44-ADDITIONAL COPY]	$20
43.	Provision of documents, certified copies of documents, and other certifications by the Department of State (domestic):
	(a) Documents relating to births, marriages, and deaths of U.S. citizens abroad originally issued by a U.S. Embassy or Consulate.		$30
	(b) Issuance of Replacement Report of Birth Abroad.		$30
	(c) Certified copies of documents relating to births and deaths within the former Canal Zone of Panama from records maintained by the Canal Zone Government from 1904 to September 30, 1979.		$30
	(d) Certifying a copy of a document or extract from an official passport record.		$30
	(e) Certifying that no record of an official file can be located	[45-BRTH/MAR/DEATH/NO RECORD]	$30
	(f) Each additional copy provided at same time	[46-ADDITIONAL CERT]	$20
44.	Authentications (by posts abroad):
	(a) Authenticating a foreign notary or other foreign official seal or signature		$30
	(b) Authenticating a U.S. Federal, State, or territorial seal		$30
	(c) 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		$30
	(d) Each authentication [47-AUTHENTICATION]		$30
45.	Exemptions: Notarial, certification, and authentication fees (items 35, 36, and 37) or passport file search fees (item 4) will not be charged when the service is performed:
	(a) At the direct request of any Federal Government agency, any State or local government, the District of Columbia, or any of the territories or possessions of the United States (unless significant costs would be incurred).	[48-DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(b) With respect to documents to be presented by claimants, beneficiaries, or their witnesses in connection with obtaining Federal, State, or municipal benefits.	[48-DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(c) For U.S. citizens outside the United States preparing ballots for any public election in the United States or any of its territories	[48-DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(d) At the direct request of a foreign government or an international agency of which the United States is a member if the documents are for official noncommercial use.	[48-DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(e) At the direct request of a foreign government official when appropriate or as a reciprocal courtesy.	[48-DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(f) At the request of direct hire U.S. Government personnel, Peace Corps volunteers, or their dependents stationed or traveling officially in a foreign country.	[48-DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(g) With respect to documents whose production is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction	[48 DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(h) With respect to affidavits of support for immigrant visa applications	[48 DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(i) With respect to endorsing U.S. Savings Bonds Certificates.	[48 DOCUMENTS EXEMPT]	NO FEE

(Items nos. 46 through 50 vacant.)

JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES

51.	Processing letters rogatory and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) judicial assistance cases, including providing seal and certificate for return of letters rogatory executed by foreign officials:
		[51-LETTERS ROGATORY]	$650
		[52-FSIA]	$650
52.	Taking depositions or executing commissions to take testimony:
	(a) Scheduling/arranging appointments for depositions, including depositions by video teleconference (per daily appointment)	[53-ARRANGE DEPO]	$475
	(b) Attending or taking depositions, or executing commissions to take testimony (per hour or part thereof)	[54-DEPOSE/HOURLY]	$235 per hour plus expenses
	(c) Swearing in witnesses for telephone depositions	[55-TELEPHONE OATH]	$235
	(d) Supervising telephone depositions (per hour or part thereof over the first hour)	[56-SUPERVISE TEL DEPO]	$235 per hour plus expenses
	(e) Providing seal and certification of depositions.	[57-DEPOSITION CERT]	$60
53.	Exemptions: Deposition or executing commissions to take testimony. Fees (item 42) will not be charged when the service is performed:
	(a) At the direct request of any Federal Government agency, any State or local government, the District of Columbia, or any of the territories or possessions of the United States (unless significant time required and/or expenses would be incurred)	[58-JUDICIAL EXEMPT]	NO FEE
	(b) Executing commissions to take testimony in 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	[59-INDIGENT TEST]	NO FEE

(Items nos. 54 through 60 vacant.)

SERVICES RELATING TO VESSELS AND SEAMEN

61.	Shipping and Seaman's services: Including but not limited to, recording a bill of sale of a vessel purchased abroad, renewal of a marine radio license, and issuance of certificate of American ownership:
		[61-SHIPPING BILL OF SALE]	Consular time (item 75) plus expenses
		[62-SHIPPING RADIO LIC]	Consular time (item 75) plus expenses
		[63-SHIPPING CERT AM OWN]	Consular time (item 75) plus expenses
		[64-SHIPPING MISC]	Consular time (item 75) plus expenses

(Items nos. 62 through 70 vacant.)

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

71.	Non-emergency telephone calls
		[70-TOLL CALL COST]	Long distance charge plus
		[71-TOLL COST SURCHARGE]	$10
72.	Setting up and maintaining a trust account: For 1 year or less to transfer funds to or for the benefit of a U.S. citizen in need in a foreign country [72-OCS TRUST]		$30
73.	Transportation charges incurred in the performance of fee and no-fee services when appropriate and necessary.	[73-TRANSPORTATION]	Expenses incurred
74.	Return check processing fee	[74-RETURN CHECK]	$25
75.	Consular time charges: As required by this schedule and for fee services performed away from the office or during after-duty hours (per hour or part thereof/per consular employee).	[75-CONSULAR TIME]	$235
76.	Photocopies (per page)	[76-PHOTOCOPY]	$1

(Items nos. 77 through 80 vacant.)

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