VISA FEES FOR USA

Visa Fees

Visa Category Visa Fee in U.S. Dollars Visa Fee in Indian Rupees B1/B2 Business / Tourism /Medical Treatment $140 INR 6580 C1 Transiting to US $140 INR 6580 D Crew Members - Airline and Ship $140 INR 6580 F Student - Academic $140 INR 6580 J Exchange Visitors $140 INR 6580 M Students - Vocational $140 INR 6580 H Temporary Workers / Employment or Trainees $150 INR 7050 L Intra-company  Transfers $150 INR 7050 O Persons  with Extraordinary Ability $150 INR 7050 P Athletes, Artists and Entertainers $150 INR 7050 R Religious Workers $150 INR 7050

Please note that you should receive a green-coloured receipt from the HDFC bank for petition-based visas categories (H, L, O, P& R )."

Current Conversion Rate
1 U.S. Dollar = 47 Indian Rupees

VFS Service Charges (For all applicants)
VFS service charge – INR 359 (including service tax of 10% and education cess  of 0.30%)
HDFC Bank charges – INR 21 (including service tax of 10% and education cess  of 0.30%)
Total service charge – INR 380

Note :
The Visa Application fee (MRV Fee) and VFS Service Charge is payable at designated HDFC Banks. Visa Application Fee (MRV Fee) is payable in cash or by DD/HDFC Bank cheque favoring “US Embassy - Visa Fees”. VFS Service Charge is payable in cash or by DD/HDFC Bank cheque favoring “HDFC Bank a/c VFS ”. DDs issued by cooperative banks are not accepted.

You are required to submit a clear photocopy of the first page (bio data) of your current passport to the bank when making your payment. The bank will issue you a visa fee receipt in duplicate which will have a 10 digit barcode number affixed on it. You require this barcode number to schedule your interview appointment. Please note, you are required to wait for one working day from the date of purchase of your visa fee receipt before you can use it for scheduling your interview appointment.

If you are an Indian citizen resident in the U.S., to obtain a Visa Fee Receipt from HDFC Bank, please send  a copy of your passport’s bio data page to the person in India assisting you. That person will have to submit the bio data page fax to HDFC Bank in order to get a fee receipt issued.

The above fees are not refundable. You must appear for visa interview within 1 year (365 days) from the date you purchased your fee receipt from HDFC Bank. If you do not appear for an Interview within one year after the purchase of your fee receipt, it will no longer be valid. The receipt is deemed as utilized once the interview has taken place, and cannot be used to make a subsequent appointment.

After you have paid the application fee, please keep the HDFC Bank fee receipt for your records to carry for submission at the Embassy / Consulate, on the day of your interview. You will be required to submit the Embassy copy (blue or green copy as applicable).If you are applying for an interview at the Mumbai Consulate; you will be required to submit the original Embassy copy along with your application pack to the VFS Application Centre.

Other Fees (If applicable).

Immigrant visa applicants and U.S citizens may please click on the respective links to check the VFS service fee applicable.

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