US VISA Visa Fees

Payment of Application Fee

Nonimmigrant visa applicants must pay the machine-readable visa application fee shown on the schedules below. The fee is based on the purpose of the trip or visa category.

Effective June 4, 2010, the fees are as follows:

$140  - B1/B2, C1/D, F, J, and all other NIV categories not listed below
          (Visitor/Transit/Student)
$150  - H, L, O, P, Q, and R (Temporary Worker)
$350  - K (Fiancée)
$390  - E (Investor/Trader)

To pay the fee, the applicant must have his or her passport number available.  The applicant’s passport number will be tied to the MRV fee paid at the bank.  The payment will be activated four hours after the time the cash payment was made; 24 hours for on-line payment. 

There are three ways to pay the MRV fee:

1. Pay in cash at any branch of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
2. Pay through online bill payment option provided by BPI for their customers
3. Online payment through Bancnet

The following individuals and visa classifications are exempt from paying the machine-readable visa application fee:

• Diplomatic (A1, A2)
• Official (G1, G2, G3, G4)
• Personal Employees of A and G visa holders (A3, G5)
• NATO and NATO-7
• Transit to and from the United Nations Headquarters District (C2)
• Transit of Foreign Government Officials and Immediate Family (C3)
• Applicants for J visas participating in official U.S. government-sponsored educational and cultural exchanges
• Replacement machine-readable visa when the original visa was not properly affixed or needs to be reissued through no fault of the applicant.

A fee applies to only one visa classification/application. If an applicant wishes to apply for more than one visa simultaneously, corresponding payment per visa class must be made.

Visa application fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. No exceptions will be made to this rule.  It is valid for one year after the date of actual payment; the interview must fall within the one-year validity.

source http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwhni20.html